How to get a job as a game developer in 2025 – Part 2: Insider advice from a studio game director

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June 25, 2025

Where to next? A quick update about Visual Assist's future from our GM

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June 24, 2025

C++ Pattern Matching: Should C++ Embrace Functional Programming Constructs?

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June 18, 2025
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How to Set Up a Fully Local AI in Visual Studio

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May 19, 2026
VA Intelligence is Visual Assist’s local AI feature. It runs Gemma3 on your GPU through Ollama, both bundled and managed by Visual Assist itself. No API keys, no cloud round-trip, no telemetry pipeline waiting to be audited by your security team. By the end of this guide you’ll have two features wired up inside Visual Studio: Explain with AI and Change Code with AI. If you’ve…
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Visual Assist’s AI Assistant: Things You Can Do with VA Intelligence Right Now

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April 23, 2026
If you’ve been following Visual Assist for a while, you might have noticed something a little different about the last few releases. Alongside the navigation improvements, refactoring updates, and parser optimizations, there’s a quieter but important thread running through it all: VA Intelligence. We introduced Explain with AI a few releases back, and with 2026.3 we just shipped Change…
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Visual Assist 2026.3 release post

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April 3, 2026
Visual Assist 2026.3: Expanding AI Workflows & Improving Performance AI in IDEs is evolving quickly, but for many the hype might feel artificial. For most C++ developers, the question isn’t “can AI write code?” — it’s: “how can I fit this…
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Blueprints Aren’t Always A Choice: How Your IDE Shapes The Way You Learn Unreal Engine Development

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March 11, 2026
Ever feel like you’re fixing and configuring your tools rather than designing game logic? For a lot of people, that’s the start of Unreal Engine C++ development. Visual Studio is a great option, but when you’re starting, it introduces some minor inconveniences that feels like a necessary buy-in fee before you can actually develop games. For instance, IntelliSense throws a sea of red…
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Why Are Pointers Used in C++? A Practical Guide for Modern Developers

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February 4, 2026
Pointers confuse a lot of C++ developers, especially early on. Many people learn Java or Python first, where memory feels invisible and safe. Then C++ shows you addresses, lifetimes, and crashes, and it feels unnecessary. You have seen this question on Reddit and Stack Overflow many times. Why are pointers used in C++ when they seem to break things so easily? The honest answer is that pointers are…
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