The AAA games industry has a clear interest in adopting more cinematic techniques. The most lauded titles of recent years — God of War (2018) and Red Dead Redemption 2 are among them — all seem like ...

In the past few months, as the COVID-19 pandemic took over even trivial aspects of our daily lives, the games industry did its best to carry on as usual. But many areas in games were just not able to ...

Trends & Intelligence takes an analytical look at the forces that will shape the performance landscape. Today, we examine the huge advances in performance capture – and how the ability to drive a ...

One of the ways game developers add realism to character motion is through the use of motion capture technology. An actor dons a specialized suit and performs motions, and these motions are captured ...

In the early 20th century, star of stage and screen Lon Chaney became known as "The Man of a Thousand Faces" thanks to his ground-breaking and transformative make-up techniques. His disguises, as ...