Games

South Park: Tenorman's Revenge on Xbox LIVE Arcade, March 30

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South Park Digital Studios LLC announced today that its all-new downloadable video game “South Park: Tenorman’s Revenge,” will be arriving Friday, March 30, exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

FMX 2012 Announces Program Highlights

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With less than seven weeks remaining before FMX 2012 opens its doors, Europe's leading conference on the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment is proud to present this year's program highlights.

Cubic Motion Announces New Compression Technology

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Cubic Motion announced the availability of new ultra-high compression technology - unique to facial animation.

Quantic Dream Re-Tools Game Development Pipeline

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Maker of acclaimed “Heavy Rain” videogame adds Autodesk HumanIK middleware and Autodesk Mudbox software to pipeline.

Digimon Masters Reaches for the Stars

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Joymax announced the launch of the biggest content patch yet for their online massive multiplayer title, "Digimon Masters."

Armored Core V Now Available in North America

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NAMCO BANDAI Games announced that ARMORED CORE V is now available in North America for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Animayo Festival 2012 Call for Entries

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The deadline for submissions to Animayo Festival 2012 is March 23.

2011 Ursa Major Awards Voting Now Open

The annual Ursa Major Awards, for the best anthropomorphic (“funny animal”) literature and art of the year, is now open for voting for works produced during the calendar year 2011.

Aardman to Develop Shaun the Sheep Mobile Game

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Aardman Digital announced that it has partnered with Nokia to develop the first Shaun the Sheep mobile game for users of Windows phones.

Capcom Brings Classic Horror to PS3

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Game developer and publisher Capcom announced that “Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection” will be coming to the PlayStation 3 system across Europe and North America in June 2012 as a digital download.

Digital Frontier Employs cebas on ‘Tekken’

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Production company Digital Frontier used thinkingParticles, one of the flagship VFX products developed by cebas Visual Technology, to create the visual effects for Japan’s 3D computer-animated CG film, “TEKKEN Blood Vengeance 3D.”

Gnomon Announces Character Rigging Workshop Tutorial

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In the latest release from The Gnomon Workshop -- Character Rigging: Production Practices and Techniques -- respected technical director (TD) Axel Stanley-Grossman demonstrates why a quality character rig is important, while also providing a comprehensive set of practices and techniques needed to create character riggings for triple-A video game titles.

STC to Promote Star Arcade Games in Saudi Market

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Star Arcade, developers of the most advanced technology platform for implementing cross platform multiplayer social games across any smartphone operating system or Facebook, announced that Saudi Telecom Company (STC) will promote Star Arcade games to its 25 million subscribers in the local market.

Catalis Group Unveils End-to-End Game Development Solution FullCycle

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Testronic Labs, Kuju Entertainment, and Doublesix Digital Publishing, sister companies of the Catalis Group, have unveiled FullCycle, an integrated, quality-focused services package for the development, digital publishing and testing of video games.

5D | FLUX Kicks Off March 13

Immersive design consortium 5D | Institute will kick off their world-building design discussion series in Los Angeles on March 13, 2012 with ʻ5D | FLUXʼ presented in association with Autodesk and USC School of Cinematic Arts.

GDC 2012 Roundup

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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

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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.