Take-Two is trying to pretend, that they have rights for anything called Rockstar, Bully, and apparently Take / Two: so, the amazing EA / Hazelight game may have to rename itself or limit sales, until the dispute will be closed...

https://twitter.com/GameUnionTV/status/1466900989433327623

#Blender 3.0 stable release is now available, so you can enjoy extremely fast Cycles X rendering and multiple new features:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRqY_20ti9A

By the way, this #Blender video explains all the key features, available in the update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZIFWEY3l6k

Good #Marketing video for developers (but as a marketing guy, must warn you, that it is truly limited to developers point of view and only describes that one topic, not the whole marketing of your game):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCXb-_IQWqI

Me: it's that day, when I need to go to sleep in time!
22:45 version of me: what a cool #Sounddesign video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-10h7Mu5VP8

#HaloInfinite is charming, old-school and not for everyone, but it feels like home:

https://twitter.com/GameUnionTV/status/1468680681156976653

#Blender geometry nodes + #UnrealEngine

https://80.lv/articles/a-plugin-for-using-blender-s-geometry-nodes-setups-in-unreal/

The game, that is still under copywrite attack by Take-Two, just won the TGA game of the year:

It Takes Two by Josef Fares, award winning director and legendary game designer is now the best game of 2021!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urR0zhn-ty4

Friday is perfect for #Free #Textures / #GameAssets:

https://twitter.com/adigitaldreamer/status/1469240377471385600

Charming #GameDesign video for puzzles creators:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bsSZVpJw9g

Upscaler for #GodotEngine

https://twitter.com/cybereality/status/1470389521481179139

Pretty old video, but still very important one – GDC talk about common Camera positioning mistakes, that you should avoid for your 3rd person view game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7307qRmlMI

It's #meme time! 🔊 VOLUME UP, BOYZ!

https://twitter.com/GameUnionTV/status/1470703301951991815

Maxon (you know them for #Cinema4D) purchased Pixologic (#Zbrush creators). As it was with Adobe and Substance, people are mostly worried about permanent licenses vs subnoscriptions.

But, as you know, Substance apps can still be purchased on Steam, if you need a perpetual license. Will see, how it goes with this acquisition!

https://www.maxon.net/en/article/maxon-announces-an-agreement-to-acquire-the-assets-of-pixologic-makers-of-zbrush

This high tech is so techy, but game-changing and possibly gonna be in all computers very soon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK3eTGkX6qY

#GodotEngine fans be like

By the way, #GodotEngine just received the update:

https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-4-1

#AMD #GPUOpen team is trying to combine SSR (Screen-Space Reflections) with #Raytracing to achieve an optimized balance between performance and quality:

https://github.com/GPUOpen-Effects/Hybrid-Stochastic-Reflections

As we wrote before, #UnrealEngine 5 is making something similar with their Lumen technology, that can utilize SSR and other techniques to get Global Illuminations and Reflections, but also able to add Raytracing layer for better quality:

https://www.gameunion.tv/en/gamedev/get-unreal-engine-5-now-update-early-access-whats-new-123

There is so much #ArtDirection in this game – colors, shapes, even angles of objects are expressive in some way. Maybe, one of the most beautiful #GodotEngine games I've seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3PR9ILA_yA

The Year in Numbers 2021
#Analytics #Marketing #GameDev #Business

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-12-21-gamesindustry-biz-presents-the-year-in-numbers-2021

Show your first renders in the comments here or on Twitter!

#Blender #3D

https://twitter.com/GameUnionTV/status/1473200193143283715