This might be of interest to people - just thought I'd pass it on :D The State of Character Animation Technology in the Games Industry http://aigamedev.com/insider/event/session-state-of-animation "This is a review of the cutting-edge of character animation, based on recent presentations from games such as HALO: REACH,…
Thats a real shame is that, but i guess it will be worth the wait! One game seminar I would actually pay for is how the new battlefield animation system works, looks fantastic!
Sorry peeps :( I only saw it mentioned on Facebook and posted it here. I hear it'll be made available at some point... though hopefully they're not all pissy about it and make it so you have to pay... A lot of it was about Crysis 2 actually - which is pretty cool. It was a good mix between programming+animation techniques.