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Palworld Is Getting an Official MMO Before Pokémon Later This Year

Garena and Pocketpair have officially announced Palworld Online, a new mobile MMORPG that expands the creature-collecting survival hit into a persistent online world long before Pokémon has any indication of getting an official MMO of its own. The Palworld universe is expanding once again, but this…

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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Outlines Four Priorities for FY2027

"We will return Xbox to player and revenue growth." Xbox CEO Asha Sharma told workers in a memo what the priorities will be for fiscal year 2027 to get Xbox back to growth and to "improve profits back in line with industry averages." This comes after the news that Xbox's revenue dropped $1.7…

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Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic MMO Shooter Cinder City Playtest Starts Soon

NC has opened registrations for Cinder City's upcoming U.S. pre-alpha playtest, giving players their first opportunity to experience the studio's ambitious open-world, cinematic third-person sci-fi MMO shooter set in a post-apocalyptic version of Seoul. ▶ YouTube One of NC's most ambitious new…

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Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Is Reportedly Coming Back

Owners of Most Popular Social Network of Mid-2000s Are Looking to Relaunch It "We’re just waiting for the right time." Millennials are about to be blown away by a blast of nostalgia, as the main social network of their youth might be coming back. Tommy Avallone's latest documentary, Myspace,…

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Stunning Forest Stream Simulation Made with Houdini

CG and Character Artist Enrique De la Garza created this amazing liquid simulation using Houdini, showing a picturesque forest stream and sharing a sneak peek of the creative process with a WIP shot. Introduction I am currently the CG Supervisor at Frame48's Los Angeles studio. Over the past 7…

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Winamp Teams with Deezer to Power Next-Gen Music Player

Deezer's streaming tech and catalogue will drive Winamp's new subscription service, coming in 2027. Winamp has announced a new strategic collaboration with Deezer, which will power a premium music subscription service built into the next generation of the Winamp Player. Deezer will supply its…

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Sony Addresses Reaction to PS Disc Phase-Out, Keeps the Course

"We're going to cautiously move this forward." In July, Sony announced its digital shift, officially stating that physical disc production for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles will end in January 2028. The decision sparked considerable debate and backlash online. Now, Sony has issued its…

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Artist Releases Blender Add-On with Over 100 VFX Assets & Presets

Check out an extensive VFX library from Casey Sheep. 3D Technical Artist Casey Sheep, known for creating high-quality Blender tools, unveiled an add-on featuring a VFX library. VFX Toolkit 1.0 is a collection of over 100 procedural effects, Geometry Nodes generators, shaders, hand-drawn animation…

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Create Realistic Volumetric Fog Fast With This Blender Add-On

Add Cinematic Volumetric Fog To Blender Scenes In Just Minutes Whether you want a light haze or thick atmospheric fog, Lazy3D's add-on makes it easy to create the look you want. ▶ YouTube Physical Fog Addon does exactly what you'd expect from its name. It offers auto domains, layered presets,…

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This RPG Brings Cosmic Horror to an Anime Pixel Art Style

The monsters are weirdly cute. ▶ YouTube If you like horror with a cute style, you might like the game VOID DIVER: Escape from the Abyss, which is a 2.5D pixel art action RPG that will have you recovering artifacts from city dungeons. You'll have to command "Divers" as their manager, exploring,…

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This Retro LCD Game Will Have You Playing as a Robot and Its Tumor

It's inspired by Satoshi Kon's works. ▶ YouTube This arcade action game, Future Knight, will have you playing as a robot and its benign tumor, which has taken on a life of its own, trying to stop a cult and save humanity's memory. The game has an LCD aesthetic, inspired by classic electronic…

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This Supernatural Mystery Game Looks Like an Edward Hopper Painting

The paranormal with a painterly style? I'm in. The Eventide is a supernatural puzzle game, in a painterly style, that will have you guiding detectives as they collect information and interpret evidence to solve different cases. "There are planes of existence adjacent to our own. Unknown to most,…

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Cool VHS-Like Effect Made in Blender

Check Out This Cool VHS-Like Effect Made in Blender Triqlide Studios brings back the retro days. Triqlide Studios presented a fun effect that makes any scene look like an image from a VHS tape. This is not a recording but a Blender project done almost entirely in the compositor. The creator…

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Game That Shaped YouTube Might Get New Version This Year

A remake or a remaster? The legend that revolutionized the gaming YouTube community might soon be back – Amnesia: The Dark Descent will get a "new version" by the end of the year, if Frictional Games' 2025 report is to be believed. Redditor CarlZzZoneNnn was reading the studio's financial report…

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Don't Expect Dragon Age Remasters: BioWare Lost Old Engine Knowledge

Don't Expect Dragon Age Remasters: No One at BioWare Understands Old Engine Mark Darrah believes an Origins remaster would sell well. Dragon Age has tons of haters, many of whom never even played the games, but most of the time you'll hear players lamenting the good old days of Origins, the first…

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Quad Maker Simplifies Retopology For Tube-Like Shapes

Quad Maker Adds Retopology Feature For Tube-Like Forms Create a path, tweak it as needed, then turn it into a clean quad sleeve. Mark Kingsnorth's Quad Maker is a Maya-inspired Blender add-on that helps 3D artists quickly create clean, quad-based topology. Since launching in 2024, it has received…

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Creating Dynamic Ocean With Whirlpools In Godot

Custom Ocean Shader In Godot Featuring Dynamic Whirlpools It's like a Charybdis simulator. Levi Murray, whom we previously featured for his satisfying bridge tool and delightfully funny turret, set out on a new adventure involving an ocean-based cutscene. That turned into "falling down a bit of a…

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This Space Game's Diegetic HUD Takes Inspiration From NGE

Neon Genesis Evangelion-Inspired Diegetic HUD For Space Game ninetailedoctopus gave some insight into their approach. According to ninetailedoctopus, the AAA Wunder from the Rebuild of Evangelion film series was the main inspiration behind this design. They explained that spaceships in the game can…

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3D Artist Exposes Funny Distortions That Make Animation Work

Hilarious 3D Character Deformations You Never Notice On Camera A timeless classic. Discovering what 3D models really look like from the "wrong" angle is always a treat. Artists often rely on various deformations and camera tricks to create better stylized visuals, and Eit Mitsufuchi's viral flat…

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Modeler Creates a Blender-Style Modeling Plugin for Roblox Studio

No more changing programs to build your assets. The Builder and Modeler Dinonotdilo shared on Twitter/X Bloxender, a Blender-style modeling plugin for Roblox Studio. Dino created it to make 3D modeling easier and more accessible directly inside Roblox Studio. Dino has been updating the plugin since…

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You'll Be Able to Create Dynamic Cloth-Based Effects with This Pack

You can get it for $11.20. The pack has a collection of 10 customizable Geometry Nodes simulations. It includes effects like hanging cables, dynamic chains, inflation, ivy, money rain, wrapping, peeling surfaces, ropes, and spider webs. Each one can be customized. They also work with your own…

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Subnautica 2 Sells 5 Million Copies in 3 Weeks & Gives KRAFTON Best Q2

Subnautica 2 Sold 5 Million Copies in 22 Days & Gave KRAFTON Its Best Second Quarter Ever Drama between the developer and publisher didn't affect the sales, it seems. KRAFTON has published its Q2 2026 financial report, achieving record second quarter revenue of KRW 1.29 trillion (about $898…

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Meet the Main Characters from Dark Fantasy Game 1666: Amsterdam

Are you excited for this game? Panache Digital Games shared a gameplay feature video of 1666: Amsterdam, where Co-Founder and Executive Producer Jean-François Boivin talked about the main characters from the game, Noa and Aaron. 1666: Amsterdam is a story-led action-adventure game that is set in…

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Easily Make Your Blender Models 3D-Printable with This Add-On

Easily Make Your Blender Models 3D-Printable by Drawing Lines Dovetail Key prepares objects for printing in two clicks. Just knowing how to create 3D models is not exactly enough to easily 3D-print them, but you don't need to sculpt extra parts to connect them if you install Dovetail Key by Milad…