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

[…] the glossed up leader in our industry’s news with 2.0….simply put, she’s out of your league. Anyways, enough praise, onto the post…..the first post!… Read more

Jon Saunders • 16 years ago

Minivegas for bol.com

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

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)

[…] violence. Content may not be suitable for all audiences. Nathan Love’s latest masterwork, “Blood Trail,” is a neo-renaissance for the studio, a breakthrough as… 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 • 3 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

[…] and just like the first time around, this spot pairs an unlikely soundtrack with contemplative moments to craft a mood that is—to put it… Read more

Justin Cone • 16 years ago

ELASTIC: GAME OF THRONES

[…] David didn’t win.  He’s a master filmmaker at every level, so he frankly deserves a fair share of our award as well. Before we… Read more

Brian Gossett • 13 years ago

Psyop jumps in the VR game with “Kismet”

[…] your reading. Kismet is a collection of three activities, including a past-present-future Tarot Card reading (“The Cards”), daily Astrology and Horoscope session (“The Stars”),… Read more

Justin Cone • 9 years ago

Exopolis: Xbox “Experience Welcoming Animation”

[…] took each genre and distilled it down it’s essential idea. From there we used these basic principles to mold a story line. So what’s… 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