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Quadrupled draw distances, water effects and dynamic light and shadows introduced to Jagex’s MMO
Read More »Autodesk acquires Arnold renderer dev Solid Angle
Visual effects software used in games, films and shows including Clash of Clans, Star Wars Battlefront, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Game of Thrones, The Martian and Ex Machina
Read More »Breaking down the (right) walls: Ubisoft Montreal on texturing Rainbow Six Siege’s destructible world
From brick walls to plaster ceilings, no material is safe in Rainbow Six Siege. Lucas Granito, senior tech artist at Ubisoft Montreal, tells Develop how the studio built up the shooter’s environments – so players could tear them right back down
Read More »GameGuru targets students with standalone release and content controls
Latest revision of creation tool also adds ability to save and load, FBX importer and engine tweaks
Read More »Unity Focus: How the Homeworld IP saved Deserts of Kharak dev Blackbird Interactive
Blackbird Interactive went from developing a spiritual successor to Homeworld to helming the first new entry in the sci-fi strategy series in more than decade. Lead programmer Yossarian King reveals the transformative power held by the licence
Read More »Unity, Red Hat and JetBrains join open-source advocate .NET Foundation
Engine firm plans future improvements to IL2CPP .NET runtime, native Visual Studio integration, C# 6 support and mono runtime and class libraries in future updates
Read More »Humble Bundle offering pay-what-you-want CryEngine assets ends today
Under four hours left to grab assets including weapons, characters, flora and vehicles
Read More »Oculus Rift update adds Asynchronous Timewarp, Unity and Unreal support
Software additions and launch of Platform SDK coincide with release of consumer model of VR headset
Read More »Collaborative world-building tool Scene Fusion opens beta to Unity devs
Real-time platform-as-a-service allows multiple users to work on one scene at the same time
Read More »Animation software used for Futurama and Spirited Away to go open-source
Toonz also powered games such as Monolith’s Claw and Psygnosis’ Discworld 2
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