Unreal Fest ANZ 2023
Begins: June 21, 2023
Epic Games brings the event way down South to help Unreal Engine users from Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia broaden their skills and build community.
Category: Games
Unreal Engine 5.2 Now Available
The new update introduces Procedural Content Generation tools and a Substrate shading system providing artists with new real-time functionality – both showcased in March at GDC’s Electric Dreams real-time demo; also announced Unreal Fest 2023 coming to New Orleans in October.
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Podcast EP 207: How Tina Nawrocki Is Helping Keep Hand-Drawn Animation Alive
The 2D animator discusses how she creates hand-drawn animation, shares a behind-the-scenes look at her short ‘Syrenka: Legend of the Warsaw Mermaid,’ and talks about the team of women she assembled to help bring her project to life.
New Trailer and Poster Drop for Neil Blomkamp’s ‘Gran Turismo’
The high-octane film, based on the true story of a teenage gamer whose skills ultimately made him a professional racecar driver, screeches into theaters August 11.
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NVIDIA Studio Highlights NVIDIA Omniverse and USD in ‘Cold Inside Diorama’
3D artists Gianluca Squillace and Pasquale Scionti’s project interconnect their workflows by replacing linear pipelines with live-sync creation, harnessing the collaboration platform powered by RTX GPU to create their Viking scene that conveyed a cold, glacial mood.
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Sega Acquires Rovio for $775 Million
The deal, in which the game giant offered $10.15 per share and $1.62 per option for the Angry Birds franchise creator, comes just a couple months after Playtika extended a $735 million bid for the Finnish developer.
Nelvana and Toikido Partner on ‘Piñata Smashlings’ Series
The two companies will develop a new, character-driven animated kids’ show based on the game IP that launches on Roblox this June.
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FMX 2023 Announces New Program Updates
Wētā FX ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ panels added to a vast array of already confirmed programming for the upcoming 4-day hybrid event, running April 25-27 and online April 28 in Stuttgart.
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Baobab Studios’ New Metaverse Game ‘Momo Quest’ Coming to Roblox
The studio’s latest ‘Momoguro’ franchise expansion launches on the global gaming platform this summer; also announced - Disney+ collaboration to adapt studio’s award-winning VR film ‘Baba Yaga’ and its workplace comedy ‘Intercats’ into animated series.
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Mainframe Teams with Gamer Nick Eh 30 on ‘Endurathon’ Series
The show, produced in Unreal Engine 5, follows two teenage best friends as they compete in an eSports meets ‘American Ninja Warrior’ VR game tournament.
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Warner Bros. Announces Jason Momoa-Led ‘Minecraft’ Feature Release Date
The upcoming adaptation of Mojang’s best-selling video game of all time has yet to secure a title but will hit theaters in 2025; Momoa’s new ‘Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom’ now hits theaters December 20, 2023.
Unreal Fest ANZ Goes Down Under
Epic Games brings the event way down South to help Unreal Engine users from Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia broaden their skills and build community.
In 3D, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Films, Games, Previs/Postvis/Visualization, Short Films, Technology, Television, Transmedia, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: Australia
Legendary Acquires ‘Street Fighter’ Live-Action Film, TV Rights
The entertainment giant will team with videogame developer Capcom on all future projects in the famed franchise, including a new feature film already in development.
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Amuse Animation to Produce eOne’s First Direct-to-Digital Preschool Series
The boutique animation studio has produced 30+ original digital series, and worked on projects including 'Molang,' 'Louie,' and 'Tulipop.'
SIGGRAPH Asia 2023
Begins: December 12, 2023
Annual computer graphics conference and exhibition comes to Sydney, Australia December 12-15; the event’s Computer Animation Festival celebrates the inspiring world of computer generated visuals.
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Jon Spaihts to Pen ‘Gears of War’ Film for Netflix
The ‘Dune’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ writer has boarded the popular video game adaptation that follows the Delta Squad, led by badass Marcs Fenix, in humanity’s last stand against the Locust alien race.
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Electronic Arts to Lay off Six Percent of Workforce
The gaming giant cites restructuring efforts, including workspace reductions and project refinement, for the axing of nearly 800 jobs.
VIEW 2023 Set for October 15-20
Begins: October 15, 2023
The VIEW Conference is Italy's premiere international event on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX - coming to Turin October 15-20.
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Dynamic Wrinkles Arise - Character Creator 4.2 and iClone 8.2 Available Now
Reallusion’s latest release provides the tools to create powerful, groundbreaking facial realism in 3D game and cinematic characters of any gender, age, and ethnicity.
Creepy Meets Cute in New Ghibli-esque ‘Resident Evil 4’ Promo
The animation style on ‘Leon and the Mysterious Village,’ a new promotional short for Capcom’s upcoming remastered horror game, feels quite familiar… and is positively adorable.
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NVIZ Harnesses Unreal Engine for Netflix’s ‘Shadow and Bone’ Season 2 Previs
Leading visualization company provides key techvis to help the production team make informed creative and financial decisions by first enabling exploration of virtual scenes and providing what amounted to a ‘digital storyboard.’
SIGGRAPH 2023
Begins: August 6, 2023
The premier conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques runs August 6-10 in Los Angeles and online.
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FMX: Film & Media Exchange 2023
Begins: April 25, 2023
The 4-day hybrid event runs April 25-27 in Stuttgart, with an exclusive online day April 28.
Annecy Festival 2024
Begins: June 9, 2024
The annual festival returns to Annecy June 9-15, 2024.
Horror Classic ‘Silent Hill’ Reboot Gets Underway
The new film, ‘Return to Silent Hill,’ will be based on ‘Silent Hill 2,’ the second installment in the hit video game series from Konami, with ‘Silent Hill’s Christophe Gans back as director.
