Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone announced the 1.5 update delay and received an overwhelming amount of support from the fans in return.

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3D Character Designer known as G.Zhao has presented a new awesome model of a girl created in Unreal Engine 5 using Marvelous Designer, Maya, XGen, and Substance 3D Painter, and Epic Games' MetaHuman.

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Die Hard and Vikings: Valhalla screenwriter Jeb Stuart revealed that he is "no longer involved" in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Netflix series.

Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/assasins-creed-netflix-series-loses-writer-jeb-stuart/?utm_source=telegram

KeenTools has released a stable version of GeoTracker for After Effects – a plug-in for 3D object tracking that allows doing match-moving tasks and offers a pin-based approach to control the model.

Link: https://80.lv/articles/keentools-geotracker-for-after-effects-officially-released/?utm_source=telegram

The sales of Factorio, a construction and management simulation game from the Czech studio Wube Software, have surpassed 3.5 million copies.

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Curious Archive released a video essay discussing Rain World and its complex virtual ecosystem, procedurally generated animation, and complex AI.

Watch the video: https://80.lv/articles/a-look-at-complex-ecosystem-of-rain-world/?utm_source=telegram

Square Enix reaffirmed its plans to focus on blockchain games and shared that it will reveal more such projects in 2023.

Details: https://80.lv/articles/square-enix-to-continue-focusing-on-blockchain-games-in-2023/?utm_source=telegram

NASA is exploring the possibility of using AR in its future spacesuits. The AR solution should be able to provide access to information without communication with the Earth as well as withstand radiation, dust, and extreme temperatures.

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During the CES 2023 event, NVIDIA unveiled the upcoming RTX 4070 Ti GPU and revealed a new series of laptops powered by RTX 4000 series.

Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/nvidia-unveils-the-rtx-4070-ti-gpu-and-rtx-4000-laptops/?utm_source=telegram

Have a look at Big Sister, an Arcane-inspired character animation created by Aleksandr Ladosha in Maya, ZBrush, 3DCoat, and Marmoset Toolbag.

See more: https://80.lv/articles/an-arcane-inspired-character-made-in-maya-zbrush-3dcoat/?utm_source=telegram

Freelance Voxel Artist Niklas Mäckle showed a detailed voxel art animation of Edinburgh's North Bridge created with MagicaVoxel.

More renders and info: https://80.lv/articles/an-impressive-voxel-animation-made-with-magicavoxel/?utm_source=telegram

3D Blender Artist Jesse Miettinen has teased an upcoming new version of the Geometry Nodes-powered cottage generator.

Details: https://80.lv/articles/jesse-miettinen-teases-a-new-version-of-the-blender-made-cottage-generator/?utm_source=telegram

NVIDIA has released a major update to Omniverse Enterprise that adds new features and capabilities, such as Omniverse Connectors and Omniverse DeepSearch, brings updates to the core components of the platform, and delivers increased performance.

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3D Character Artist Jan Dyśko presented a realistic 3D recreation of The Witcher's Geralt of Rivia made with Blender, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, Marvelous Designer, and Unreal Engine 5.

Link: https://80.lv/articles/an-older-version-of-geralt-of-rivia-rendered-in-unreal-engine-5/?utm_source=telegram

NVIDIA introduced a range of changes to its Omniverse platform, including Blender enhancements, new generative AI tools, new free USD assets, and Omniverse preinstallation on NVIDIA Studio laptops.

Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/nvidia-omniverse-introduces-blender-enhancements-and-new-generative-ai-tools-for-3d-artists/?utm_source=telegram

Lighting/Lookdev Artist Pasquale Scionti has turned a 2021 Silent Hill-inspired scene into a game prototype using Unreal Engine 5.1.

Full video and more info: https://80.lv/articles/pasquale-scionti-s-silent-hill-inspired-scene-turned-into-a-game-prototype/?utm_source=telegram

Wizards of the Coast is scaling back its video game ambitions and canceling at least five unannounced games.

Details: https://80.lv/articles/wizards-of-the-coast-cancels-at-least-five-video-game-projects/?utm_source=telegram