The Chaos series of mods have a long history of successful releases, dating all the way back to Quake 2; http://chaoticdreams.org/about-us/ To this day, Chaos still enjoys fairly wide and positive name recognition among players; http://www.forums.chaoticdreams.org/viewtopic.php?p=69317#p69317 We've even been mentioned a…
Mare Nostrum is a modification for Red Orchestra OstFront 41-45 that concentrates on adding both new playable forces and many new specially designed custom maps to play in. Aiming to bring the most realistic and exciting experience of the battles of the deserts of North Africa up to the invasions of Sicily and Italy and…
Just thought I'd mention that VGL with be at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday Oct 29. This is a really cool show featuring a full orchestra and choir playing video game music. COPY&PASTE: The first major U.S. video game music concert tour is finally here! Think music concert, theatrical stage show, and interactive video…
I plan on becoming a character artist. Initially, I will use images from google for anatomy studies and likeness sculpts, but eventually I want to populate my portfolio. I am concerned about the legality and copyright of including reference images in my portfolio. Questions: 1) Am I legally allowed to include character…
I am a Final Year university student currently working on a concept art based project for one of my modules. The hypothetical game brief is a stealth-based action / FPS game set in a city based around themes of surveillance and controlling appearances. The protagonist is a spy operating in an environment where everyone is…
Auto LOD is included in every major game engine and it can be good enough in most cases until it isn´t anymore. Like for example eyes or hair pieces which are suddenly missing. (these four examples show an active Auto LOD without the included Distance where it occurs) Depending on when those issues pop up, you could do…
It was decently entertaining, but it certainly didn't live up to the original. I am hard pressed to decide whether I liked it more or less than Predator 2. Although I don't think very highly of Predator 2, I would have to say that the writing and pacing of that film was considerably more consistent than Predators.…
This doesn't prove that the relationship is negligible, all it proves is that the game is already priced on the bell curve where it is most profitable. Using your example, Crysis 2 sold 3 million copies as of July 2011 (not including digital sales) and it had been pirated 3.9 million times by the end of December.…
Greetings! Maiden Gaming is a brand new game development studio and we’re going to need talented and creative people to join us to help realize our vision. If you don’t see your area of expertise listed but you have experience that will help us on our journey, please send us your resume and how you think you can contribute…
I was hoping to get a critique of my portfolio by the polycount community. I've done this before a while back, and changed most everything that had been in it, and also redesigned it. The feedback I'm looking for: 1 - on the general quality and presentation of the models. If you think something doesn't belong, or should be…