SIGGRAPH 2020 Makes Digital Magic During First Virtual Conference

Global Event Also Honors ‘Best of’ Computer Graphics Industry With Premier Awards CHICAGO—SIGGRAPH 2020, which launched online on 17 August, has concluded its live session week with nearly 400,000 streams worldwide. The 47th annual international conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques was held for the first time virtually and, though no new[…..] […]

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The unpredictable Covid-19 effect: global add-in board sales unseasonably high for Q2 2020

Nvidia makes huge jump in market share to 78% As part of its Market Watch and Add-in-Board report subscription services, Jon Peddie Research has continuously tracked GPU shipments. As a follow-on to its recent MarketWatch Report, JPR is releasing the latest Add-in-Board quarterly report. The add-in board market increased in Q2’20 from last quarter with[…..] […]

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Bite into Playable Demo of Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest

27 August 2020, Warsaw—Gamers worldwide can now take their first steps into the World of Darkness in the playable demo for Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest. The demo, released to celebrate the Future Games Show, will be available on Steam until the 1st of September. Link to Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart[…..] […]

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gamescom 2020 launches with several political guests of honour

Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer announces start of major games fund Dorothee Bär, Minister of State for Digitalisation, calls for greater efforts to boost digital education NRW Minister-President Armin Laschet supports esports Berlin/Cologne, 28 August 2020 – gamescom 2020 has officially started. A large number of political guests took part in the political opening, which, like[…..] […]

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Market share of games made in Germany remains stagnant

The market share of German-developed games remains under 5 per cent in the domestic market game association calls for smooth, prompt implementation of major funding for games game publishes 2020 annual report for the German games industry Berlin, 27 August 2020 – Game developers in Germany benefitted very little from the games industry’s record year[…..] […]

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Gianfranco Rosi is the Guest of Honor at IDFA 2020

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) is proud to announce its Guest of Honor for the 2020 edition: Italian director Gianfranco Rosi, the only filmmaker to win top awards at two A-list festivals with documentary films, the Golden Lion at Venice with Sacro GRA in 2013 and the Golden Bear at the Berlinale with[…..] […]

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GDC Reveals Upcoming Virtual Program, 2021 Event Lineup

Organizers for Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest and longest-running event for professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, have revealed a new structure for virtual and physical GDC events for the rest of 2020 and 2021, which are continuing to evolve due to changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With[…..] […]

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X4: Cradle of Humanity – EGOSOFT unveils next chapter in long-standing space simulation saga

Second expansion and 4.0 update for space simulation X4: Foundations to be released Q4 2020 X series returns to Earth, with Terran factions re-joining game, including economy, ships, weapons and stations New terraforming gameplay feature and volumetric fog visual enhancement to be included in free 4.0 update Livestream at www.twitch.tv/egosoftofficial on Friday, August 28th 2020,[…..] […]

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Werewolf: The Apocalypse Developers Explore Ancient European Forest in New Dev Diary

26 August 2020, Warsaw — Find out why the ancient and mysterious Bialowieza Forest became the setting for the savage horror of Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest. The new diary reveals how the game connects reality with fantasy. Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is the upcoming savage horror game[…..] […]

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