New Games
Tag: Animation
Interview
Everything you need to know about Blizzard’s new mobile game Warcraft Rumble
We spoke with the games senior animator, Carin Huurnink and senior game designer Brendan Farrell
Hot Five
Hot Five: Azur Games and Metacore acquisitions, hybridcasual hype, and Niantic’s new star
Our quick-fix roundup of the hottest stories on PocketGamer.biz
Acquisition
Metacore to acquire Merge Mansion and Clash of Clans animators studio Piñata
The animation studio is Metacore’s first acquisition and will serve to bolster their creative abilities
Q&a
YOOM’s Nir David: “The potential for AI in gaming is vast, touching nearly every aspect of the industry”
Nir David explains how YOOM is utilising AI to create high quality digital characters
Adaptations
Raid: Shadow Legends is set to become an animated series
The billion-dollar mobile franchise is set to become a television series
Design For Life
Creating something out of nothing: coming up with visuals for a new IP
Eran Alboher, studio art director at Outfit7, explains the company’s process for designing and creating the visuals for its new strategy RPG, Mythic Legends
Eastern European Expansion
Virtuos acquires Ukrainian studio Volmi Games for undisclosed amount
An expanding global footprint
More Cinematic
League of Legends animated series Arcane streaming on Netflix this fall
Prepare for a visually spectacular thrill ride
Mover Over Marvin
Lab Cave partners with Sunnyside Studios to develop Groovy The Martian games
"We have been exploring making games featuring our characters and Lab Cave feels like the right partner"
18,000 Users
Nekki makes open beta animation software Cascadeur free for commercial use
"I'm convinced physics-assisted animation tools will soon be an expected standard."
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: Why internships are important according to Sega associate production manager Jasmin Hernandez
"It wasn’t until I was in college that working in these industries even seemed like an option"
#blacklivesmatter
POC in Mobile: The Game Band lead animator Cedric Adams on why we need diverse main characters
"We need to inspire and facilitate growth in diverse creators"
Remote Working
Remote Working: How an all-day "Zoom room" is helping Tag Games to communicate
"It's certainly an unusual situation, but we're already discovering ways to improve how we work that will come in handy"
Anime And Animation
Activision Blizzard co-president leaks Diablo and Overwatch series in the works for Netflix
Nick van Dyk profile details both shows are planned
New Tv Show
Etermax unveils new Trivia Crack animated series Triviatopia
The new show will launch for free on YouTube and YouTube Kids on September 12th
Animated
DeepMotion partners with Samsung to bring AR dance moves to mobile
DeepMotion's handheld motion capture could mean big things for next-gen mobile gaming
Secret World
Netflix to air Niantic’s Ingress in October 2018
Ingress: The Animation set to release alongside a sequel to Niantic’s debut title
Key Takeaways
5 things we learned at Unite Berlin 2018
Google, machine learning, mixed reality and more were the key topics in Germany
Smooth
Unity showcases machine learning powered animation with Kinematika
New pipeline hopes to make high-quality animation easier