Almost two decades have passed since the first The Fast and the Furious movie set the standard for gorgeous high-performance race cars, mind-bending visual effects and the kind of awe-inspiring cinematography that plants you right in the middle of those impossibly fun chase sequences. With all of that in mind, the showrunners of the new[…..] […]
The winter holidays mean a lot of different things to different people, but no matter how you‘re planning to spend your seasonal break, there’s a Ubisoft game for you. Whether you’re nesting at home or traveling abroad, seeing friends and family or taking some time for yourself, the right game can make your holidays even[…..] […]
In 2012, Ubisoft Toronto opened an 8,000-square-foot performance-capture studio to help in the development of the studio’s first game, Splinter Cell: Blacklist. Seven years – and many games – later, and the studio has completed construction on its new 12,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art performance-capture studio. To learn more about the new space, and the ways it will[…..] […]
Organizers of the 20th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers, have revealed that Kate Edwards, former head of the International Game Developers Association and current Global Game Jam executive director, will receive the Ambassador Award for helping video games advance to a[…..] […]
The winners of the latest DXR Spotlight contest have been selected. The contest invited game developers and content creators to build tech demos in Unreal Engine 4.23, featuring Microsoft DirectX 12 and DirectX Raytracing. Dozens of participants submitted entries for a shot at the grand prize: an NVIDIA RTX GPU. Ray Tracing: the Future of[…..] […]
Game design can be used to explore and convey a whole spectrum of human experience, and next year a team of experienced developers will assemble at GDC 2020 to share new insights on how games deal with themes of love and sex. In “Sexy Microtalks: Designing Sex and Emotions”, a special Advocacy track session, this[…..] […]
For Honor is wrapping up Year 3 in grand fashion with Zhanhu’s Gambit, a seasonal event built around the game’s newest Hero. Centering on the Zhanhu Sun Da (for whom Year 3, Season 4 is named), the event introduces a variety of themed rewards and items, along with a new limited-time game mode – Emperor’s[…..] […]
An unlikely group of characters begin to melt their misinformed prejudices of each other in this newly revealed icebreaker scene from Ice Princess Lily. Featuring the voices of Mackenzie Ziegler, Cameron Ansell, Kevin Dennis and Benedict Campbell, the wintry family adventure is coming to theaters and VOD on December 27 through Viva Kids, having launched[…..] […]
As you settle in for the winter and look to the year ahead, know that Game Developers Conference organizers have been working hard all year to line up some exciting, insightful content for GDC 2020 in San Francisco this March! That includes a boatload of practical, technical talks from industry experts, including a great Programming[…..] […]
Deadlines coming soon: Nominate your colleagues for the ACM SIGGRAPH awards for researchers, practitioners, artists, and educators. Nominate your colleagues for the ACM SIGGRAPH awards for researchers, practitioners, artists, and educators. Nominations/submissions for each award category must be finalized by the deadline date (coming soon) to be considered for 2020. The nine SIGGRAPH awards are:[…..] […]
