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AMD Foundation to Sponsor Video Game Design Category for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Published Date: 11-Mar-2010
Sunnyvale, Calif. - AMD announced the AMD Foundation, in support of AMD Changing the Game, has awarded a grant to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The $65,000 grant will be used to help fund the Alliance’s new video game design category for the 2010 and 2011 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
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NewTek LightWave 3D Artists Receive Coveted VES Awards
Published Date: 10-Mar-2010
San Antonio, Texas - NewTek, manufacturer of 3D animation and video products, extends congratulations to all the 2010 Visual Effects Society (VES) Award winners who pushed the limits of technology to deliver outstanding visual effects in film, animation, television, commercials, and video games. Of the many prestigious VES Awards winners, more than 10 are distinguished LightWave artists and technical directors whose artistic contributions helped make “Hollywood magic” for broadcast and cinema, reveals a NewTek representative.
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AMD Open Physics Initiative Expands Ecosystem with Free DMM for Game Production
Published Date: 10-Mar-2010
Sunnyvale, Calif. - AMD announced that, along with partners Pixelux Entertainment and Bullet Physics, it has added significant support to the Open Physics ecosystem by providing game developers with access to the newest version of the Pixelux Digital Molecular Matter (DMM), a tool for physics simulation. In addition to enabling a superior development experience and helping to reduce time to market, Pixelux has tightly integrated its technology, DMM with Bullet Physics, enabling developers to integrate physics simulation into game titles that run on both OpenCL- and DirectCompute-capable platforms. Both DMM and Bullet work with Trinigy’s Vision Engine to create and visualize physics offerings in-game.
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72andSunny Creates Provocative Campaign Offering Largest Contest Prize in Video Game History
Published Date: 9-Mar-2010
Los Angeles, Calif. - 72andSunny, the Los Angeles-based creative company known for its work with worldwide brands, has launched an integrated marketing effort for the newest video game from 2K Sports,
Major League Baseball 2K10. 72andSunny has captured the drama of the pitcher vs. hitter dual, by creating a campaign that has the MLB 2K10 game offering a $1,000,000 performance bonus to the first player to pitch a Perfect Game.
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Wanted: Your Images and Videos in The CGW Online Gallery!
Published Date: 8-Mar-2010
Windham, N.H. – The staff of
Computer Graphics World, published by COP Communications in Glendale, Calif., invite you to submit your unique and original videos for the
CGW Online Gallery. Take this opportunity to show off your talent, hard work, and recent project in
Computer Graphics World’s eye-catching, attention-grabbing Online Gallery.
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Allegorithmic Unveils Substance Redux Automatic Texture Compression Tool
Published Date: 8-Mar-2010
Clermont-Ferrand, France - As developers continue to push the limit and create high-quality and visually stimulating online games, yet the need to quickly and efficiently reduce content size is increasing. Emerging 3D technology company Allegorithmic is addressing the demand to decrease downloadable client size with its new automatic texture compression tool, Substance Redux.
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Avatar, Up Winners
Published Date: 8-Mar-2010
Hollywood, Calif. - After much debate between the heavy-hitter
Avatar and the small-budget
The Hurt Locker, the Academy voters have decided. At last night’s Oscars,
Avatar snagged statuettes for Best Art Direction, Cinematography, and Visual Effects. However,
The Hurt Locker nudged out the huge 3D stereo blockbuster for Best Picture and Best Directing.
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Distributed Game Development Becoming the Model of Choice for Producing Games
Published Date: 8-Mar-2010
Boston, Mass. - Focal Press, a division of Elsevier, is pleased to announce the publication of
Distributed Game Development by Tim Fields. Game companies have started using a distributed development model involving use of creative terms to work on portions of games, and then compiling at the home company. Game industry veteran Tim Fields teaches video game producers and directors how to challenge conventional wisdom and make use of this model by working collaboratively in teams.
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Animal Logic Wins VES Award
Published Date: 5-Mar-2010
Los Angeles - Animal Logic digital artists were recognized at the 8th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards and won the award for Outstanding Matte Painting in a Broadcast Program or Commercial for its work on a Kaiser Permanente television commercial.
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DAZ 3D-Gizmoz Introduces Digimi
Published Date: 4-Mar-2010
Draper, Utah - On the heels of a successful merger, DAZ 3D-Gizmoz has unveiled Digimi, its platform for generating personalized avatars. Leveraging the collaboration of existing technologies from DAZ 3D and Gizmoz, Digimi offers a solution for complete avatar customization that extends creative possibilities toward developers of games, online worlds, and real-time environments.
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