Montréal, Canada and Tokyo, Japan – February 18th, 2020 – Audiokinetic Inc., the leading global provider of cross-platform audio solutions for the interactive media and gaming industries announced today that it has appointed technology executive Arnaud Saint-Martin as Head of Business Development for the Asia market. Saint-Martin, who is based in Tokyo, Japan, will[…..] […]
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, Zog and The Snail and the Whale, vie for honours for Best Long Form, whilst Aardman leads nominations with six nods including one for Best Music Video for the film ‘Daddy’ for Coldplay. The finalists have been announced for the prestigious British Animation[…..] […]
Following another successful programme in 2019, AWUK launches The Helen North Achieve Programme for a fourth year to continue to provide targeted career development to women across the VFX and animation industries. Animated Women UK, the organisation supporting women in the UK’s VFX and animation industries, today announced that its Achieve Programme is open for[…..] […]
Director Yoshinori Kitase and art director Yusuke Naora reflect on the creation of Final Fantasy 7 (Image credit: Square Enix) Final Fantasy 7 was an enormously influential RPG that introduced a lot of players to the genre. While the series had released in America previously, this was a breakout success, selling over 10 million copies[…..] […]
The Mandalorian’s digital backlot upgrades how we think about rear projection and matte paintings. Star Wars ‘side-wel’ The Mandalorian lands in our universe next month with state-of-the-art visual effects that build on one of the oldest tricks in cinema’s book. Rear projection was introduced by Hollywood in the 1930s, typically as moving backdrop to characters[…..] […]
5G(5th-generation) is the abbreviation of the fifth generation mobile communication technology. However, different from 4G, 3G and 2G, 5G is not an independent and brand new wireless access technology, but a general term for the technological evolution of the existing wireless access technology (including 2G, 3G, 4G and WiFi), as well as the integrated solutions[…..] […]
The new Lifelong Learning Chair will organize a committee that will lead efforts in developing online educational materials such as webinars, online courses (SIGGRAPH University), and ACM Books and state of the art reports to support practitioners and other members wanting to strengthen their existing skills and/or expand their skills by learning about new areas.[…..] […]
The VFX & feature animation studio has been recognised as one of the UK’s fastest growing companies in the annual Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 league table. Cinesite, the independent visual effects and feature animation studio, has been named among the UK’s leading growth companies as part of The Sunday Times HSBC International Track[…..] […]
The point & click adventure game set in a fantasy version of the American Roaring 1920s turns premium, gains lovely new features and a release on March 8th, the International Women’s day, to celebrate its heroine, the rich and famous Brialynne Stockholm, February 14, 2020 – On Valentine’s day, Valiant Game Studio AB wishes everyone[…..] […]
Russian based studio Owlcat Games announced on Feb13 that their current Kickstarter campaign for Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous has reached $1,000,000 after only eight days. Backers of the CRPG, based on Paizo’s famous tabletop RPG and the adventure path of the same name; helped the team achieve its initial $300k goal in 15 hours. Today Owlcat[…..] […]
