WeChat, one of the world’s largest social networks, with more than 1,082 million monthly active users is now opening up its newest and powerful Mini Games platform, enabling game developers around the world to create hit games on WeChat’s unique ecosystem. Here are the proof points: The Mini Games platform has grown to more than 400[…..] […]
The IGDA Foundation announced the first recipient of the Jerry A. Lawson Award for Achievement in Game Development this morning. Let me know if you would like to speak with someone from the IGDA or our winner Cierra McDonald. SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MARCH 20, 2019 – The International Game Developer Association Foundation today announced that[…..] […]
The World’s Largest Professional Game Industry Event Kicks Off 33rd Edition with Five Days of Education, Inspiration, and Networking. SAN FRANCISCO – March 18, 2019 – The 2019 Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest event for professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games, kicks off today with its 33rd edition at the Moscone[…..] […]
Amazon Game Tech customers will be able to use Yokozuna Dataʼs state-of-the-art machine learning technology for predicting individual player behavior Yokozuna Data, a Keywords Studio has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and will integrate its prediction platform and recommendation system into Amazon Game Tech solutions. Thanks to Yokozuna Data’s technology,[…..] […]
3D tool from Allegorithmic enables the rapid creation of PBR Material Libraries for game, film, architecture and industrial design. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 12:29pm SAN FRANCISCO — Today at Game Developers Conference 2019, the Substance team announces the start of the Project Substance Alchemist open beta. Effective immediately, all current Substance subscribers have exclusive and unrestricted access[…..] […]
By Mercedes Milligan | March 18, 2019 The 23rd edition of the Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) opened Monday and continues through 21 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. FILMART, the largest marketplace of its kind in Asia, is one of eight events taking place as part of Entertainment Expo Hong[…..] […]
Foundry’s name and brands to remain unchanged under the continued leadership of CEO Craig Rodgerson in all-cash deal expected to close in April 2019. By Jennifer Wolfe | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 3:13pm SARASOTA, FL — Diversified technology company Roper Technologies has reached a definitive agreement to acquire CG content creation software developer Foundry in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly[…..] […]
Using assets from the award-winning Netflix series, NVIDIA teams with Autodesk and Vancouver VFX studio Image Engine to showcase real-time GPU-accelerated rendering workflows with RTX Server and Quadro vDWS. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, March 18, 2019 at 5:30pm Using real-world assets from Netflix’s award-winning show Lost in Space , NVIDIA this week is showcasing the flexibility and impressive rendering speed[…..] […]
Production studio explores different animation styles with the help of V-Ray renderer for new anthology series now on Netflix. By Jennifer Wolfe | Monday, March 18, 2019 at 1:53pm LOS ANGELES — There have always been blips of mature content on the animation spectrum, but never anything like Love, Death & Robots. Released last weekend, this new anthology kicks[…..] […]
By Trevor Hogg | March 18, 2019 For the first time, a female superhero takes center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the arrival of Captain Marvel, directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The origin tale recalls how U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) gains her otherworldly powers and becomes entangled in a[…..] […]
