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Monday, January 27th, 2014
videogames
Eye candy: Blur Studio's 'A Twist of Fate' FX breakdown
FX artist Dan Chamberlin's video deconstructs the fire effects from the League of Legends trailer's best shot.
Monday, January 6th, 2014
So what is... The Foundry's Modo Steam Edition?
Our summary of the tech specs cuts through some of the confusion about the new $149 modding tool.
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
Autodesk Labs launches Project Khan
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games.
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
Eye candy: the new V-Ray VFX and cinematics reel
Watch five minutes of V-Ray-based visual delights, including work from Pixomondo, Platige, Blur Studio.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
10 questions for... creature creator Dominic Qwek
The Blizzard star and veteran of Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm faces our questions about his 3D workflow.
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
Eye candy: the best game trailers from E3 2013
Relive the highlights of last week with our pick of the best cinematics released at the show.
Monday, June 17th, 2013
Disney shuts LucasArts
Legendary games studio gets the axe just five months after Disney's $4.05 billion Lucasfilm buyout.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make new Star Wars movies
George Lucas stays on as 'creative consultant'; ILM and LucasArts also caught up in the $4.05 billion deal.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 3.1
Update to games texturing tool adds the option to paint seamlessly tiling textures automatically.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012
Bjorn Klaasen releases TrackMaker for Maya
Create tracks for racing games (or anything else) with this specialised but weirdly compelling toolset.
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
Eye candy: the best of E3 2012
Relive the thrills of last week's CG industry jamboree with our pick of the show's best new game trailers.
Monday, June 11th, 2012
UK government announces animation tax incentives
'Wallace and Gromit' scheme offers tax breaks on UK-produced games, animation to match those for VFX.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012