Working both digitally and using traditional watercolours and pencils, he says his biggest inspirations are Carter Goodrich, ...

At his panel on character design across game genres, Blizzard concept artist Arnold Tsang discussed some of the particular requirements of character designs in fighting games, online arena titles and ...

At Devcom last month, senior narrative designer Arden Osthof gave a talk entitled "Playing with gender: A design framework for character customisation," giving tips on how game makers can improve ...

Monster Hunter Wilds comes with a robust character creator, which should come as no surprise seeing how Capcom has been making fairly robust character creators lately. The game also allows you to ...

Are you playing "Overwatch" yet? You should be. In this chaotic multiplayer first-person shooter, there are 21 completely unique characters players can choose from. The sheer number of characters is ...

Veteran freelance artist Lucy (Loukia) Kyriakidou addressed the need for more diverse bodies in games during her talk at Develop:Brighton yesterday. If you look at the main characters from the best ...

An is intimately familiar with the Honkai franchise at this point, and in his current role, he contributed to the design of not just Honkai: Star Rail’s initial version but also its many ongoing ...

Has qualifications in English and hopes to complete a degree in the sector one day. Wrote as a volunteer contributor at the online outlet Xbox Nerds. With almost 20 years of experience playing video ...

At what sort of pace is gaming moving towards more sophisticated and diverse depictions of humans? Do the stylised heroes of the modern medium affect how we feel about our own appearance? And will ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Now, the similarities between these characters are not exact; Emma, Sue, and Dagger (also known as ...