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GDC 2012 Roundup

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Games, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: Business, Events, Games, Technology
The 2012 iteration of the Game Developers Conference, presented each spring in San Francisco, kicked off on Monday, marking another great year for creators, publishers, technology developers and consumers alike.

GlobZ Re-Creates 'TwinSpin' for iPhone With Autodesk Scaleform

Posted In | News Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
Autodesk announced that indie game studio GlobZ used the company's user interface (UI) solution, Autodesk Scaleform middleware, to re-create the Flash-based game "TwinSpin" for the iOS platform, which runs on Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.

Autodesk Announces New Gameware Products at GDC 2012

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Autodesk has announced new and enhanced game development middleware from its recently launched Autodesk Gameware product line.

Nicktoons MLB 3D is First Baseball Game on Nintendo 3DS

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2K Play, Nickelodeon, the Major League Baseball Players Association and Major League Baseball Properties today announced that Nicktoons MLB 3D is now in stores.

Autodesk Gameware Technology Licensed to Nintendo

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Autodesk has entered into a landmark license agreement allowing Nintendo to provide Autodesk Gameware technology to its licensed developers, creating video games for the upcoming Wii U platform and helping differentiate Nintendo's new hardware, expected to hit store shelves later this year.

Luxology Integrates IKinema Solver into modo 601

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IKinema LTD, creators of IKinema inverse kinematics (IK) solver, announced that Luxology has integrated their RunTime technology into the freshly released modo 601.

OptiTrack Announces Flex 13 Mo-Cap Camera

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OptiTrack introduced the world’s first megapixel motion capture camera for under $1K, the Flex 13.

Luxology to Showcase modo 601 at GDC 2012

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This year at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2012, Luxology will be showcasing modo 601, the brand new version of its award-winning 3D content creation software.

THQ Announces Darksiders II Original Music Score by Jesper Kyd

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BAFTA award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd, renowned for his musical scores in the Assassin's Creed and Hitman series, has crafted a thrilling original score for DARKSIDERS II, the sequel to the action/adventure title developed by THQ's in-house studio Vigil Game.

Critical Mass: The Power of Mass Effect 3

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Electronic Arts’ BioWare studio has come a long way since first launching Mass Effect on the PC. What began as an epic single-player experience has expanded into a new cooperative gameplay mode with Mass Effect 3. Up to four players can engage in exclusive co-op firefights on top of the epic conclusion of the single player campaign.

AudioGaming Launches AudioWeather

Posted In | News Categories: Games, Music and Sound, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: Games, Music and Sound, Places, Technology
The first innovative plug-in from AudioGaming, AudioWeather, will be launched at the Game Developer Conference (GDC) 2012 in San Francisco.

Gnomon Q&A with Tully Summers

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, Films, Games, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Education and Training, Films, Games, People, Places, Visual Effects
Gnomon School of Visual Effects student Tyler Bolyard interviewed concept and creature designer Tully Summers about his career in film.

Syfy Launches ‘Monster Island’ Game

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Syfy is extending its popular Saturday Original Movies franchise to the video game universe.

EA Games Launches ‘The Simpsons: Tapped Out’

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EA Mobile announced the launch of The Simpsons: Tapped Out for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Luxology Ships Parasolid-based CAD Loaders for modo 601

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With the release of the new CAD Loaders for the recently announced modo 601 software, CAD designers working with XT, IGES, and STEP files will now be able to use Luxology’s powerful 3D software to create photorealistic images and animations.

HBO & Bigpoint to Develop 'Game of Thrones' Online Game

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Bigpoint has partnered with HBO to develop a ‘Game of Thrones’ browser-based massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) game inspired by the network's critically acclaimed television show.

Indie Espionage Underwater Shooter Deep Black: Reloaded Released

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Underwater Third-Person Shooter Emerges onto Digital Platforms

Luxology’s modo 601 Now Available

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Games, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Event: GDC | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Games, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
Luxology announced the immediate availability of modo 601, a landmark release of its award-winning, artist-friendly 3D content creation software.

Autodesk to Unveil New Versions of Gameware Products at GDC 2012

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Autodesk plans to unveil new versions of its gameware products, including an enhanced solution for mobile game development and an expanded artificial intelligence (AI) toolset, at GDC 2012.

New Pac-Man Series Coming to Disney XD

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Namco Bandai Games, Arad Productions and 41 Entertainment LLC (“41e”) announced that they have granted the U.S. television rights to Disney XD for the brand new animated action comedy series tentatively entitled “PAC-MAN - The Adventure Begins” in time for a fall 2013 airing.