First in a series of three installments of the highly anticipated Modo 13 series pushes further into design workflows, delivering native support for GPU-rendering with AMD Radeon ProRender. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 4:04pm LONDON — Leading CG software developer Foundry has launched Modo 13.0, the first in a series of three installments of the highly anticipated[…..] […]
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Epic Games Launches MegaGrants, New Unreal Engine Technology & Online Services at GDC 2019
Announcements include $100,000,000 Epic MegaGrants, features in Unreal Engine 4.22 and beyond, SDK availability for free Epic Online Services, Epic Games store news and more. By Jennifer Wolfe | Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 4:50pm SAN FRANCISCO — Today’s “State of Unreal” GDC opening session from Epic Games Founder and CEO Tim Sweeney and CTO Kim Libreri revealed[…..] […]
Netflix Plans Oscar-Qualifying Release for Original Feature ‘Klaus’
By Mercedes Milligan | March 22, 2019 During a press preview at its Hollywood headquarters recently, Netflix announced that it is planning an Oscar-qualifying theatrical release for its first original animated feature film, Klaus. Attendees got to check out early footage from the film, which is directed by Despicable Me creator Sergio Pablos and produced by his Madrid-based The Spa[…..] […]
Sony Animation Snags Kickstarter Record-Setter ‘Hair Love’
By Mercedes Milligan | March 20, 2019 Sony Pictures Animation has signed on to help bring an endearing animated story about family, self-acceptance and the African-American experience to screens with Hair Love, from BlackKklansman exec producer Matthew A. Cherry. The filmmaker’s first foray into animation set a new Kickstarter campaign record for a short film project back in 2017, raising[…..] […]
‘Bao’ Down to the Female Filmmakers Changing Animation
by SIGGRAPH Conferences | Mar. 5th, 2019 Original Link:https://blog.siggraph.org/2019/03/bao-down-to-the-female-filmmakers-changing-animation.html/ In honor of Women’s History Month (a U.S. observation in March), we are shining a spotlight on the female faces of animated filmmaking who are making waves in the industry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 2019 Academy Award nominations marked a true sign that the animation world is[…..] […]
Rai Com SPA Introduced Its MIPDOC and MIPTV 2019 Line-up
Rome, March 22sd, 2019 Rai Com, which is the sales arm of Italian pubcaster RAI, has the pleasure to introduce its MIPDOC and MIPTV 2019 line-up, consisting in the best products available for international distribution. Rai Com focuses on foreign countries taking advantage of a favorable international trend that is characterizing the areas in which it is[…..] […]
I Have a Question – Hong Kong Game Industry Association
At the GDC conference, representatives of the Hong Kong Game Industry Association(HKGIA) and 26 local game companies from Hong Kong participated in the promotion of Hong Kong games to present original Hong Kong games to the world. CGGE had the opportunity to interview Mr. Yang Shouneng, the leader of HKGIA, to talk about Hong Kong[…..] […]
I Have a Question – Avatar SDK
The Avatar SDK is a smartphone-based advanced 3D scanning technology developed by the US company itSeez3D. It is able to convert a user’s single selfie into a realistic 3D image. At the GDC conference, CGGE had an opportunity to interview the CEO of itSeez3D, Victor Erukhimov. CGGE: Can you simply introduce your product? What are[…..] […]
I Have a Question – Unity Technologies
Unity Technologies is a game engine company dedicated to researching and developing technology and providing technical support to solve interesting and complex problems for customers. At the GDC conference in 2019, CGGE had an opportunity to interview the head of Unity Technologies. CGGE: Tell us about the enterprise services. Unity Technologies: Our No.1 mission is[…..] […]
“Return of the Obra Dinn” Wins The Seumas Mcnally Grand Prize at The 21st Annual Independent Games Festival Awards
Tonight, Lucas Pope’s Return of the Obra Dinn won the Seumas McNally Grand Prize for Best Independent Game at the 21st annual Independent Games Festival (IGF) Awards, as well as the Excellence in Narrative Award. Lucas Pope is the creator of 2013’s acclaimed Papers, Please, which took home the Seumas McNally Grand Prize during the 16th Annual IGF[…..] […]