Xtra Legs

The Three Legged Legs directing collective has definitely shown considerable growth and progress since they launched waaaay back in 2005. A major site update and… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 17 years ago

Logan and PlayStation: Resistance 2 “Twisted History”

So far this week, video games are reigning supreme. If the onslaught of great work isn’t an indicator of advertising and marketing dollars shifting in… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

EXIT 73 Studios: Coin

“Coin” begins as a rather humble homage to fighting games of yesteryear, an 8-bit nod at nostalgia with lovingly crafted keyframes. Then things get awesome.… Read more

Justin Cone • 11 years ago

How performance-driven animation and digi doubles are transforming video games.

COO and co-founder of DI4D, Douglas Green, discusses performance capture and digi doubles in the making of video games.

Douglas Green • 3 years ago

Trailer Thrash

First and foremost, kudos to Justin for running this amazing website and acting as the provider to all of us in the motion world, no… Read more

Jon Saunders • 16 years ago

Minivegas for bol.com

Minivegas mixes up a little laughter for Dutch game retailer bol.com

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Life in LittleBigPlanet Episode 2

Life in LittleBigPlanet Episode 2 is out. I’m thinking of getting a PS3 just for this game…

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

“Blood Trail” (Updated with interview and making-of)

Warning: Extreme gore and violence. Content may not be suitable for all audiences. Nathan Love’s latest masterwork, “Blood Trail,” is a neo-renaissance for the studio,… Read more

Lauren Indovina • 15 years ago

Need For Speed: SHIFT2 Unleashed

The first trailer of the new Need for Speed SHIFT2: Unleashed is online (more info soon) UPDATE: the game trailer was produced by The Embassy… Read more

Daniel Coutinho • 14 years ago

David O’Reilly: “Her” Alien Child / Hologram Sequences

Director David O’Reilly has posted a compilation of his work on Spike Jonze’s “Her.” O’Reilly was responsible for animating and directing the holographic game sequences… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Renascent: Killzone 2

Renascent creates titles for Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 2

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

Animation, VFX & Games Facilities Salaries

From VFXSoldier: Over 2,500 salaries over the last 8 years from various animation vfx games facilities for you to see.

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 14 years ago

Celebrating the 2020 Winners | Overwatch League Grand Finals

We teamed up with Blizzard to create a show package for the Overwatch league finals! The package was comprised a series of energetic spots that… Read more

Staff • 4 years ago

Who are AtomicHub? With co-founder Jona Wilmsmann.

AtomicHub is an NFT marketplace on the EOS and WAX blockchain. We interview co-founder Jona Wilmsmann, as he balances starting his first business and learning… Read more

Staff • 2 years ago

CypherAudio’s John Black reflects on 15 years of sound design for motion

Filmmaker George Lucas famously declared, “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Everyone I know who’s crafted a film or animation or game… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Join the Rockband

Pete Candeland & Passion pictures have just released a new cinematic trailer for upcoming game Rockband, for which the few screengrabs above don’t nearly do… Read more

Jon Gorman • 17 years ago

The Softer Side of Slaying

Digital Domain and director Joseph Kosinski have teamed up again for Gears of War to promote the second installment of the successful XBOX 360 title,… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

ELASTIC: GAME OF THRONES

[qt:https://motionograph.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Elastic_GOT_FS.mov 983 552] Angus, first off we wanted to congratulate you for the well deserved Oscar for your hard work alongside Kirk Baxter for The… Read more

Brian Gossett • 14 years ago

Psyop jumps in the VR game with “Kismet”

Targeted at higher end VR systems like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, Psyop's "Kismet" is a real-time VR experience that leverages the studio's long-standing… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Exopolis: Xbox “Experience Welcoming Animation”

[…] go over the day’s progress and development. We had a lot of fun and the meetings would often extensively cover other interesting material in… Read more

Brian Gossett • 16 years ago

The Games We Play Q&A

Watch Moto Watch Running Watch Fitness Watch Golf Questions: What was your process like at the concepting stage? Your films require the viewer to connect-the-dots… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Previsualization Society Launches

The Previsualization Society is a new organization, formed in September 2009 that is “dedicated to advancing previsualization (“previs”) in feature film, games, commercials and architecture.”… Read more

Bran Dougherty-Johnson • 15 years ago

Motion and code: Getting to know Lucas Zanotto

Italian-born designer/animator Lucas Zanotto’s career is as varied and playful as his creations.  Moving seamlessly between analogue and digital techniques, he’s created commercials, short films,… Read more

Justin Cone • 10 years ago

Big Spaceship Gets in the Game

Some of you may remember a Quickie we posted a while back linking to Big Spaceship’s first ever motion reel on Newstoday. Well, now that… Read more

Justin Cone • 19 years ago