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After the tech exodus, Russian state prepares to fund its own ’national game engine’ | PC Gamer
▻https://www.pcgamer.com/after-the-tech-exodus-russian-state-prepares-to-fund-its-own-national-game-

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Some of Russian tech’s heaviest hitters, including homegrown Facebook alternative VKontakte, have recently been cajoling ministers to allocate potentially billions of rubles to fund a Russian “national game engine”, per a Kommersant report. A source close to the Russian government claims that Russian tech titans are deep in talks with the Ministry of Digital Development to fund an alternative to game engines like Unity and Unreal Engine, in the wake of western tech’s exodus from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

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Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has led to extensive crunch at development studio TT Games - Polygon
►https://www.polygon.com/features/22891555/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-has-led-to-extensive-crunch-at-tt-games

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late 2017, development studio TT Games began work on Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga at a time when dozens inside the company were at odds with management. Citing frustration over tight development schedules, the company’s crunch culture, and outdated development tools, more than 20 current and former TT Games employees tell Polygon that calls for change over the years had largely been ignored.

More TT Games Employees Speak Out After Skywalker Saga Report
▻https://www.fanbyte.com/?p=124963

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In late January, roughly 30 current and former TT Games employees spoke anonymously to Polygon (and myself) about the culture of crunch and mismanagement at both its Knutsford and Wilmslow offices. The final report highlighted instances of premeditated crunch, mishandled projects, and allegations of sexual harassment that occurred under the company’s former management, in addition to complaints of micro-management under the new leadership that had arrived from Sony. Former employees claimed these factors were responsible for a large turnover of staff over the last few years, with at least forty people leaving the two studios since the beginning of 2021, though that number has since grown considerably.

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City Sample in Engine Feature Samples - UE Marketplace
▻https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/city-sample
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This downloadable project reveals how the city scene from The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience was built and demonstrates how we used Unreal Engine 5 to bring it to life.

The City Sample is a free downloadable sample project that reveals how the city scene from The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience was built. It consists of a city, complete with buildings, vehicles, and crowds of MetaHuman characters. The project demonstrates how we used new and improved systems in Unreal Engine 5—including World Partition, Nanite, Lumen, Chaos, Rule Processor, Mass AI, Niagara, MetaHumans, MetaSounds, and Temporal Super Resolution—to create the experience.

Designers and developers alike can use this playground to explore how to use Unreal Engine 5 to create expansive and engaging environments.

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CD Projekt will swap REDengine for Unreal Engine 5 to create the next Witcher saga
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/cd-projekt-will-swap-redengine-for-unreal-engine-5-to-create-the-next

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The company said the project will begin “a new saga for the franchise,” and explained development will be shifting from its proprietary REDengine to Unreal Engine 5 as part of a “multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games.”

That’s a notable pivot given CD Projekt has leveraged REDengine to develop the bulk of its major projects, including Cyberpunk: 2077, The Witcher 3, and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

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Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, and Take-Two to halt sales in Russia
▻https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/activision-blizzard-and-epic-games-to-halt-sales-in-russia

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Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, and Take-Two Interactive are the latest game companies to suspend sales in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.

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Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has led to extensive crunch at development studio TT Games - Polygon
►https://www.polygon.com/features/22891555/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-has-led-to-extensive-crunch-at-tt-games

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According to sources who worked at TT Games over the last two decades, overtime at the studio was always presented as voluntary and paid. The company had systems in place for calculating, monitoring, and paying out overtime. Starting in 2010, though, overtime at TT Games was split between two types for every employee: “flexitime” and overtime. Department leads were responsible for determining which hours were which, based on workloads and milestones.

Employees could exchange overtime hours worked for extra pay or days off, while flexitime hours could be exchanged only for late starts or extra holiday. Flexitime also had a 40-hour cap, according to staffers. This meant that employees could hit the limit and not get any benefit for hours they were putting in beyond it, if there was still work that they needed to stay behind and finish.

Several employees say it was extremely difficult to turn down working additional hours. In some cases, employees were warned about consequences if they didn’t pull their weight and told that they were letting others down if they chose not to work, while in other cases, staff felt compelled to take on additional overtime to bolster their salary. Half a dozen staffers told us it was not uncommon to work 80-100 hours, six days a week, while crunching.

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The Matrix is Unreal – fxguide
▻https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/the-matrix-is-unreal

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In 1999 Kim Libreri was the bullet time supervisor on the original 1999 Matrix film. Today he is the CTO of Epic Games, and he and the team have just returned to the Matrix. In a remarkable tie-in between the technical advances shown in UE5 and the new The Matrix Awakens, a new tech demo An Unreal Engine 5 Experience has been launched. The cutting-edge showcase can be downloaded for free on PlayStation5andXbox Series X/S. This boundary-pushing technical demo is an original concept piece within the world of WarnerBros’ The Matrix Awakens.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta promise a metaverse that video game companies are already building - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/10/29/facebook-meta-rebrand-metaverse-video-games

In addition to announcing Facebook’s rebranding to Meta on Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg delivered a number of lofty promises about the metaverse and its features. It was billed as the company’s vision for the “future.” But much of what Zuckerberg promised about the metaverse exists today in video games.

Sur les métavers existants que Meta/Facebook souhaite rattraper et dépasser.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #metavers #facebook #meta #metavers #roblox #mark_zuckerberg #meta_horizon #vrchat #minecraft #fortnite #netflix #horizon_home #steam #marne_levine #ubisoft #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed_origins #jeu_vidéo_assassin_s_creed_odyssey #vishal_shah #epic_games #unreal_engine #andrew_bosworth #presence_platform

Fortnite maker believes Facebook and Google broke the Internet. This is Epic’s plan to fix it. - The Washington Post
▻https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/09/28/epic-fortnite-metaverse-facebook

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and other executives detail their plan for the metaverse and how it differs from Facebook’s vision

Sur la vision d’un hypothétique « metaverse », qui fusionnerait réseaux sociaux, jeux vidéo et web, et pour lequel Epic serait le mieux placé pour le mettre en place.

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Unity Workers Question Company Ethics As It Expands From Video Games to War
▻https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3d4jy/unity-workers-question-company-ethics-as-it-expands-from-video-games-to-war

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Unity, the popular game making tool, has long been used in industries outside of video games. Unity’s site celebrates this versatility, saying its technology offers “incredible possibilities” for film, engineering, architecture, automotive, transportation, and more. 

Unity’s site also proudly lists its technology being used by the government and military, but internal Unity documents obtained by Waypoint show the company is struggling to explain why its employees, who supposedly signed up to create tools that empower game makers, are now directly or inadvertently developing technologies for militaries with the stated objectives of fighting wars.

Dans sa quête de développement en dehors du jeu vidéo, Unity s’intéresse au marché militaire, au grand damne de salariés peu à l’aise à l’idée de travailler pour l’armée. Parmi les usages développés pour le compte de l’armée ou par l’armée elle-même figurent l’IA, des simulations de physique et de théâtres d’opérations.

#jeu_vidéo #jeux_vidéo #business #unity #armée #guerre #développement #unreal_engine #jeu_vidéo_hollow_knight #jeu_vidéo_hearthstone #étique #schlumberger