Studio Profile: Aardman Digital
From Plasticine to pixels: the interactive ambitions of an extraordinary animation house.
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GDC 2012: David Cage shows new tech demo
Fully motion-captured showreel features weepy elfin android lady.
GDC 2012: Nintendo licenses Autodesk for Wii U
Autodesk has announced a licence agreement with Nintendo that will enable developers of Wii U games to use its Gameware technology. Announced at GDC in San Francisco, the deal gives Nintendo and its licensed developers access to popular UI solution Autodesk Scaleform, the Autodesk Kynapse AI middleware, and Autodesk HumanIK, used for interactive character animation. More >
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The Making Of: Alan Wake
Remedy’s game took five years to emerge from the darkness of development. The studio explains how it finally saw the light.
1First images of Disney's videogame animation Wreck-It Ralph
Originally announced last August at the company's D23 convention, the film follows the titular Wreck-It Ralph (voiced by John C Reilly) as he becomes tired with destroying buildings in his 8-bit arcade game only for Fix-It Felix (Jack McBrayer) to clean up the mess and take all the glory. When a modern first-person shooter (Hero's Duty) is installed in the arcade, he spots an opportunity to become the hero and escapes his dated enclosure via the power lead. Of course, calamity ensues and Ralph has to team up with a character from a racing game (played by comedian Sarah Silverman) to save the arcade before it closes down. More >
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Find your future translating Japanese for Nintendo, designing games for core x group, or supporting the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Things: Idle animations
We examine the deceptively complex process of just standing around.
The 2011 Edge Awards: visual
Child Of Eden, Battlefield 3 and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception vie for best visual design.
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Find your future developing a new console game at Mediatonic, working on a Massive MMOG in Sweden or building cloud servers at Rare.
Designing Limbo's spider
The scariest arachnid in gaming was also a nightmare to develop.
1Studio profile: Double Fine
From heavy metal to Sesame Street, the studio that’s so much more than just ‘what Tim Schafer did next’.
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Find your future crafting the look of Ryse, building MMOGs at Funcom or showcasing core x group's technology.
McNamara: Framerate biggest barrier to motion capture's evolution
30 frames-per-second not high enough for realistic animations, LA Noire’s director tells us.
1Square Enix shows off photo-realistic next-generation engine
The DirectX 11-based Luminous Engine can ape the visual fidelity of digital photographs, while a suite of development tools called Luminous Studio will feature advanced cloth and fluid simulation, realtime reflections, animation and AI, and will apparently reduce development costs by up to 30 per cent. More >
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Find your future at Crytek UK - to work on Homefront 2? - or up and coming Playground Games.
Siggraph speakers reveal powerful facial scanning technology
Microsoft, Disney and university researchers hint at the future of expressive game characters.
LA Noire wins Edinburgh Interactive Edge Award
Gong given to Motionscan performance capture tech, which has helped to push videogames another step towards mainstream entertainment.
Tekken Tag 2 intro wins Siggraph award
At this week's Siggraph computer graphics festival in Vancouver an animation award was given to Namco Bandai for the opening movie to the upcoming Tekken Tag Tournament 2. The sequel to the PlayStation 2 launch title was originally set for release in Japanese arcades this summer, but was postponed following the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March and is now due this autumn. Namco Bandai is yet to confirm a console release, though Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue will form part of the PS3-exclusive Tekken Hybrid collection that is due before the year is out.
The making of: Medal Of Honor
One of gaming's biggest franchises was almost killed before it cleared the beach.