Ace Racer, the revolutionary racing game that has taken the world by storm, has recently showcased its latest technology at the 2023 Game Developers Conference (GDC). The event, held from March 20 to March 24, was the perfect platform for the Ace Racer development team to demonstrate their expertise and innovation in the field of[…..] […]
Japanese animation film “Suzume” was top of the Chinese box office at the close of its opening weekend — grossing over 90 million yuan ($13 million) — while in South Korea, more that 3 million moviegoers saw the film within the first three weeks of its release. That is the biggest opening score by any[…..] […]
Epic Games Launches the Unreal Editor for Fortnite, Creator Economy 2.0, and New Tools for Building Photorealistic Worlds and Animating Characters Unreal Editor for Fortnite now in Public Beta Since 2018, it’s been possible to create your own island in Fortnite thanks to the Fortnite Creative toolset. Today, there are more than one million of[…..] […]
Belgian Animation Master Raoul Servais, Director Of Palme d’Or Winner ‘Harpya,’ Dies At 94 Belgian filmmaking legend Raoul Servais passed away on March 17 at his home in Leffinge, Belgium.Known as the wizard of Ostend,Raoul Servais,made 16 short films and one feature film, which won numerous awards including the Golden Palme at the Cannes International[…..] […]
Brand Central and the Rube Goldberg Institute collaborated with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine team to launch a new contest to bring the joy of building Rube Goldberg machines to students, hobbyists, game developers and creators of real-time 3D content. The contest invites users to use Epic’s Unreal Engine, to create a functioning Rube Goldberg machine[…..] […]
New Full-Length Trailer for ‘Pokémon Horizons: The Series’ Offers Closer Look at New Characters, Storyline The Pokémon Company International unveiled the official title and logo of the upcoming Pokémon animated series, “Pokémon Horizons: The Series,” premiering around the world in 2023 and beyond. The Pokémon Company group also released a new full-length trailer featuring never-before-seen[…..] […]
Our 2023 winners have just joined the third Annecy Festival Residency for three intense, stimulating and productive months. Now is the time to present their distinguished mentors! A few months back, we revealed the projects selected to join the third Annecy Festival Residency dedicated to animation feature film graphic development. Caroline Cherrier and her project[…..] […]
Avatars are a building block of the metaverse. This report explores the central role avatars play in digital identity, providing users with infinite possibilities for expression, communication and representation. It explores how users can create and control their digital identities through avatars, enabling them to use the metaverse across different platforms and applications. The report also examines avatar markets and their size, including the use of 3D avatars in virtual worlds and the emergence of digital asset emotes as new forms of expression. Finally, it considers the important role that avatars and digital identities will play in the development of an open, inclusive and interoperable metaverse of the future. Avatars are one of the essential building blocks of the metaverse and are the theme of this report. While this is by no means an entirely new topic—avatars having been used in virtual worlds as early as the 1970s—the emergence of Web 3.0 and blockchain- based digital economies enables new ways of creating and using avatars and enjoying the economic benefits of digital creations. This report investigates avatars and their role for the digital identities of metaverse users. Following a brief exposition of the thematic pillars of the metaverse, we introduce avatars, their history and their different types. Next, we provide an overview of the meaning and relevance of avatars, discussing motivational patterns of avatar creation, how avatars influence user behavior and how avatars in Web 2.0 compare to those in Web 3.0. We provide an overview of Web 2.0 avatar markets to gain an impression of the phenomenon’s current economic significance. Avatar markets exist on a variety of online platforms, including social media sites, online games, and[…..] […]
Dear Villagers reveals new visual identity, with amazing games coming in 2023! Dear Villagers, a boutique publishing label composed of a team of twenty people, has announced a massive rebranding effort. A subsidiary of Plug in Digital, Dear Villagers emerged in 2018 and has since flourished into its own thriving, unique ecosystem of over 20[…..] […]
Be Mad or be Dead on Nintendo Switch with two new modes: 1v1 And Cooperative One O One Games is proud to announce the launch of Fury Roads Survivor on the Nintendo Switch platform, comprising two new game modes designed specifically for this release. The game was available for download on Nintendo’s eShop from March 30,[…..] […]
