Mar 27

‘Battlefield V’ Firestorm Duos to release Next Month

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Having officially received its most anticipated battle royale mode, Firestorm, earlier this week, Battlefield V saw players jumping into the map that comes along with the popular mode to withstand the great burning ring of fire as it closes in on all who drop in.

There are only two ways to play Firestorm. Either you have to go solo, or you’re left teaming up with three others. However, it looks like those looking for more of a duo-focused sort of outing will soon have their wishes fulfilled as a duos mode will be hitting the stores next month.

In a recent post on the EA website, the devs showcased a slate of content that will be coming for not only Firestorm but also Battlefield V itself. When it comes to the battle royale mode, however, it was noted that things will be improved with the Tides of War. “Note that Firestorm will be improved and expanded after launch for all Battlefield V players as part of Tides of War; Duo play, for instance, is coming for a limited time in April,” the post said.

While we are sure that players are asking for a duo mode of the game right now, it will be exciting to see exactly how things play out as Firestorm develops.

Battlefield V and Firestorm are both available now on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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Mar 27

505MES and Redemy’s ‘Control’ to launch on 27 August

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Global videogame publisher 505 Games and its partner, internationally renowned developer Remedy Entertainment, Plc. today announced the highly anticipated Control will release on Tuesday, 27 Aug 2019 on PlayStation 4  and Xbox.

 Set in a unique and ever-changing world that juxtaposes our familiar reality with the strange and unexplainable, Control is a third-person action-adventure game combining Remedy’s trademark gunplay with supernatural abilities.

 After a secretive agency in New York is invaded by an otherworldly threat, players will take on the role of Jesse Faden, the new Director struggling to regain Control. This sandbox-style, gameplay-driven experience built on the proprietary Northlight engine challenges players to master a combination of supernatural abilities, modifiable loadouts and reactive environments while fighting through the deep and mysterious worlds Remedy is known for.

 Players eager to unlock the secrets of the enigmatic Oldest House are now able to pre-order Control. Those who pre-order the base game will receive two exclusive in-game items; the Tactical Response Gear outfit for Jesse and a Crafting Resources Pack. Purchasers who choose the base game for PlayStation 4  will also receive additional launch day rewards including Rare Service Weapon and Player mods, the Astral Dive suit for Jesse and two themes showcasing the unique world of Control.

 Also available for pre-order are the physical retail-exclusive Retail Deluxe Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, with collectable FuturePak Exclusive Metal Packaging and limited-edition art cards

 The game will be up for pre-orders with leading retailers, online and offline.

 

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Mar 27

Dream11’s new campaign ‘Ye Game hai Mahaan’ celebrates the frenzy of Indian cricket fans

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Dream11, India’s one of the biggest sports game, recently launched its integrated marketing campaign Ye Game hai Mahaan, celebrating the Indian cricket fan’s love for their favourite sport.

Through six ad films, Dream11 puts the spotlight on the fans and celebrates the passion that makes them go out of their way to play a game of cricket. Be it rough grounds, unfavourable weather or the fury of the neighbours, a real cricket fan never gives up.

Commenting on the launch of campaign, Dream11 CEO and co-founder Harsh Jain said, “We’re thrilled to launch our unique advertising campaign that salutes the effort a true cricket fan makes to play a game of cricket. As sports fans, we’ve all been through some innocuous problems to play a game of cricket, and there’s always a hero who ensures that the game goes on. Our campaign celebrates these heroes and I’m sure it will strike a chord amongst all cricket fans. We believe this campaign will play a pivotal role in engaging our current 5 crore users and help us in welcoming on board another 50M users to Dream11 in 2019”.

With over 80 crore Indian fans, cricket is a national passion. Among over five crore users on Dream11, 85 per cent play cricket. As a cerebral game of skill, Dream11 helps users to apply their cricket knowledge and expertise giving fans an opportunity to become a champion. The advertisements are true to the brand’s belief of not only celebrating the victories of the cricket greats but also the everyday unsung heroes, that make cricket a great game.

“With a strong user base of over five crore fans, Dream11 has established itself as the leader of the Indian Sports Gaming industry. This IPL season, our campaign takes an innovative route for the brand’s storytelling, by paying an ode to the most loved sport in India and its passionate fans. The campaign attempts to further establish Dream11 as the platform where every fan can connect with their favourite sport. Dream11 celebrates this passion and emotional connection of fans with cricket through – Ye Game hai Mahaan. We are confident that the brand campaign will resonate with cricket fans and our users across the country, stirring memories of their experiences with the sport,” added Dream11 chief marketing officer Vikrant Mudaliar.

Conceived and created by Tilt Brand Solutions in six different languages, the six ad films uniquely capture the spirit of cricket fans in diverse situations, featuring Dream11’s brand ambassador MS Dhoni.

The plots of the films will make every sports fan smile with nostalgia as they creatively attempt to establish the brand’s belief of immersing every fan in his/her favourite sport to immortalise the love and dedication of the cricket fans by showcasing seemingly inconsequential actions as acts of heroism.’

Concludes Tilt Brand Solutions Shriram Iyer chief creative and content officer, “Cricket in India is so popular not just because of the game and its players, but arguably more so, because of the fans who are obsessed with it. The films showcase acts of dedication and heroism of fans for the cause and sake of cricket. These films truly are, made about cricket fans for cricket fans.”

The advertising campaign went live on 21 March on TV channels across popular genres like news, entertainment, lifestyle, sports, movie channels etc in multiple languages. It is also being aired during the IPL games on  Star Sports and Hotstar. In addition to these, the campaign will also engage with fans and users on social media platforms.

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Mar 27

Neflix bringing on board game deisgners to create more shows like Brandersnatch

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Netflix has been recently investing more in its interactive experiences with a job opening for narrative designers. Netflix’s job page cites vacancy for someone who can apply “passion for interactive experiences, narrative design and technology to help reimagine the future of entertainment experiences on Netflix”  It alludes to Black Mirror: Bandersnatch as an example of those experiences, a movie which exists in the Black Mirror universe.

The requirements for the job also call for someone with eight or more years of “professional hands-on narrative and/or game design experience in a digital media or production environment” as well as a portfolio that includes examples of narrative design in apps or games. Like story-based games such as Telltale’s The Walking Dead that adapted The Walking Dead into a new, interactive story, Bandersnatch gave viewers the option to control the narrative with important decisions. Bandersnatch was more about a movie than a game through the two mediums had similar elements. Netflix wishes to apply the gaming prowess on its process of creating interactive experiences.

“Above all, you have deep expertise helping design and craft interactive narratives across a range of mediums (video, games, apps) and platforms (TV, mobile, web) for a diverse audience,” part of the job listing’s description reads.

Netflix’s product vice president was quoted as saying to Comicbook.com that the movie was a “huge hit around the world” and that the company would be “doubling down” on interactive experiences.

We will keep you posted on further development.

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Mar 27

Quick Lighting Tip: How to Properly Overexpose Objects in 3D

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Learn this simple trick to make sure that your renders can properly become overexposed when harshly lit within your scene.

I recently spent some time watching the video What 3D Artists need to know about CG Math and I came away with a new appreciation for lighting in 3D.

In this video, Kenneth Turner begins by talking about light rays in general, specifically scattered light (diffuse) and reflected light (specular). By combining the two, you are able to generate a realistic final render.

But then he goes a step further to introduce you to the simple math behind the results. The biggest takeaway being that any underlying math that results in a zero, will have negative consequences on your final render.

The left image demonstrates proper overexposure, and the right image shows what happens if your RGB values include a zero.

If you look at the base color RGB on the right image you would see: R = 0.8, G = 0, B = 0.

In the proper overexposure image on the left, you’ll find the base color RGB set to: R = 0.8, G = 0.05, B = 0.05

By slightly increasing your values to above zero, you’ll find that the lights in your scene will properly overexpose your objects.

As Turner says about the image with zero values,

On the right, we have some bad exposure. Here, no matter how much light we throw at the scene, no matter how much light we throw at that surface, it will never go white. It will never clamp, it will never overexpose in the correct way. It will always go to a pure red value because of the math underlying how it works.

He reiterates that whenever you’re making textures, you don’t want to use zero as an RGB value. In the same way you’d never want to use an all black 0,0,0 value that will never light up, keep in mind that same applies to RGB as well.

It’s a really solid introduction to the simple lighting math, and I highly recommend giving it a watch.

So if you’re finding weird results in your renders, check those values.

For a deeper dive into this, Turner suggests the following two papers.

You can find more of Kenneth’s tutorials on YouTube and his website designimage.co.uk.

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Mar 27

Ted Ed – How tall can a tree grow?

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Mar 27

IBM Design Language

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Mar 27

Mitski: A Pearl

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With a very appropriate title, “A Pearl” is a stunning music video showcasing beautiful storytelling and a unique combination of techniques. Motionographer spoke to the creators of this piece to get some insight into their process. 

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Mar 26

Here’s the full list of winners of Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2019

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Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards (international) 2019 witnessed a starry affair including Chris Pratt, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Ellen DeGeneres, Adam Sandler, Robert Downey Jr. and many others, who won the coveted orange blimps on 23 March.

Hosted by music mogul DJ Khaled and assisted by Kylie Jenner and the Jonas Brothers, the awards show was broadcast live from USC’s Galen Center in Los Angeles, where kids celebrated their favourites in pop culture, television, music, social media and movies.

This year’s party kicked off with DJ Khaled’s arrival with a ride in a Rolls Royce Phantom, followed by a cruise on a luxury yacht, and a trip on board the ‘Kids’ Force One’ helicopter,  before landing at the Kids’ Choice Awards.

 

There were no shortage of epic moments from this year’s show as Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott from Disney’s Aladdin arrived on a magic carpet and made the audience’s wishes come true. DJ Khaled had to don a JoJo bow after losing a dance battle to JoJo Siwa in a live vote. He also surprised the audience by unboxing social media sensation Ryan of Ryan ToysReview

Besides that, Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez and Michael Peña, from Dora and the Lost City of Gold, world premiered the trailer for the upcoming Paramount Players live-action movie. Social media star David Dobrik, Chris Pratt, Josh Peck and Adam Sandler were soaked from head to toe and the show culminated with DJ Khaled turning up the volume one last time with the biggest sliming of the night, blanketing the first-time host and the crowd.

Additional celebrities in attendance consisted of Paris Berelc, Ally Brooke, Lana Condor, Joel Courtney, Jennifer Hudson, Jack & Jack, Liza Koshy, Caleb McLaughlin, Janelle Monáe, Shameik Moore, Bebe Rexha, Kiernan Shipka, Lilly Singh, SSSniperWolf, Jason Sudeikis; cast members of Shazam! -Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer and Zachary Levi), and Fuller House -Andrea Barber, Soni Nicole Bringas, Candace Cameron Bure, Michael Campion, Elias Harger, Jodie Sweetin and Scott Weinger); as well as Nickelodeon stars from Henry Danger, Cousins For Life and Knight Squad.

 

Multi-platinum hip-hop trio Migos performed their hits Walk It Talk It and Stir Fry, along with rising single Pure Water, accompanied by DJ Durel. Members of the original Broadway cast of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical Allan Washington (Plankton), Brian Ray (Mr. Krabs), Christina Sajous (Sandy), Danny Skinner (Patrick), Ethan Slater (SpongeBob) and Gavin Lee (Squidward), also made their KCA debut with a medley of ‘Best Day Ever’ and the animated show’s iconic theme song.

Here’s the full list of winners:

TELEVISION:

Favorite Funny TV Show: Fuller House

Favorite TV Drama: Riverdale

Favorite Reality Show: America’s Got Talent

Favorite TV Host: Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen’s Game of Games)

Favorite TV Judges: Simon Cowell, Mel B, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel (America’s Got Talent)

Favorite Cartoon: SpongeBob SquarePants

Favorite Male TV Star: Jace Norman (Henry Hart/Kid Danger, Henry Danger)

Favorite Female TV Star: Zendaya (K.C. Cooper, K.C. Undercover)

FILM:

Favorite Movie: Avengers: Infinity War

Favorite Movie Actor: Noah Centineo (Peter Kavinsky, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before)

Favorite Movie Actress: Joey King (Shelly “Elle” Evans, The Kissing Booth)

Favorite Superhero: Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron Man, Avengers: Infinity War)

Favorite Butt-Kicker: Chris Pratt (Owen Grady, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom)

Favorite Animated Movie: Incredibles 2

Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie: Adam Sandler (Dracula, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation)

Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie: Selena Gomez (Mavis, Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation)

MUSIC:

Favorite Music Group: Maroon 5

Favorite Male Artist: Shawn Mendes

Favorite Female Artist: Ariana Grande

Favorite Song: thank u, next (Ariana Grande)

Favorite Breakout Artist: Billie Eilish

Favorite Collaboration: No Brainer (DJ Khaled, featuring Justin Bieber, Chance the Rapper, Quavo)

Favorite Social Music Star: JoJo Siwa

Favorite Global Music Star North America: Taylor Swift

OTHER CATEGORIES:

Favorite Video Game: Just Dance (2019)

Favorite Social Star: David Dobrik

Favorite Gamer: SSSniperWolf

Sponsored by Barbie, Chobani Gimmies, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Goldfish Epic Crunch, Lysol and The LEGO Group, Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2019 is produced by Nickelodeon Productions. Elizabeth Kelly, Michael Dempsey and Jay Schmalholz serve as executive producers. Production is overseen by Unscripted Content executive vice president Rob Bagshaw.

Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2019 will see a repeat telecast tonight 8pm (ET/PT).  Fans can go to KCA2019.com or the Nick App to relive all of their favourite show moments by watching video highlights from the live show and flipping through live event pictures.

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Mar 26

‘Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice’ packs a punch on Steam

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has officially been made available for players across the globe.

Explore late 1500s Sengoku Japan, a brutal period of constant life and death conflict, as you come face to face with larger than life foes in a dark and twisted world. Unleash an arsenal of deadly prosthetic tools and powerful ninja abilities while you blend stealth, vertical traversal, and visceral head to head combat in a bloody confrontation.

Those aquainted with FromSoftware’s body of work know that playing the new IP isn’t a piece of cake as there are many adversaries you have to grapple with difficulty level rising after each level, which will surely regale the fans. The PC launch for the new title to come out of FromSoftware seems to be winning many hearts, especially considering it has already become a massive launch on Steam for 2019.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice launched on 22 March, but already garnered players on Steam. According to Steam Charts, Sekiro rocked at 124,334 concurrent players on Sunday, 24 March.

FromSoftware took a risk with a new IP, and and it proved to be a successful move. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

 

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