OpenAI thinks it's only the beginning. Old movies about machines taking over the world are suddenly not so funny: machine learning platform Hugging Face was breached by an AI agent, and ChatGPT creator OpenAI believes such incidents will continue in the future. Last week, Hugging Face discovered an…
New Tear Painter Update Lets You Pick Colors Directly From Textures Get the latest version of Nodes Interactive's Blender tool. Piotr Popek, also known as Nodes Interactive, has released a major new version of his Blender tool for creating tears with brush strokes. In Tear Painter 1.3, users can…
The Forgotten Metal Technique Behind 2008's Iron Man Lucas Piazzini's tutorial is now available. At 80 Level, we often look back at classic CGI and game development approaches that not only continue to amaze but have also stood the test of time, remaining just as applicable today. Lucas Piazzini's…
Prism Works' rain system for Unity URP features terrain-adaptive ripples, building occlusion, and more. Prism Works has released Dynamic Rain System URP, a high-quality real-time rain effect system for Unity URP, built with VFX Graph. The system features terrain-adaptive ripples that automatically…
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2's Xbox Exclusivity Deal Surpassed the Game's Own Development Budget GSC Game World's head shared an unexpected detail about the Xbox exclusivity deal. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl was so promising that it got Xbox to make it the platform's exclusive for a price that…
"100% bones, 0 blendshapes." Igor Silva, a Character Technical Artist at Blizzard Entertainment, shared a WIP project featuring a character created by Gustavo Medeiros, demonstrating an RBF muscle setup rendered in Unreal Engine 5. This rig uses no blendshapes: the torso and arms are powered by…
This 3D Artist Created Amazingly Detailed Rig For Bee Feet Great toe beans. Last week, we featured a tiny mosquito created by AhmadReza AfsharMoghadam, who modeled, textured, rigged, and animated it in amazing detail. If you want to see more of this kind of meticulous insect work, SinnersSAW has…
Daniel Abrams created this stunning setup inspired by the anime The Summer Hikaru Died without AI. Check out this gorgeous 3D animation by Daniel Abrams, inspired by the anime The Summer Hikaru Died. The animation captures the core feeling of the anime, where something beautiful and unsettling…
Artist Shows Process of Modeling Scar from The Lion King in Blender Check out a time-lapse from Juan Carlos CR. 3D Artist Juan Carlos CR shared a time-lapse of recreating Scar from The Lion King, a classic 1994 animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The artist recorded the entire…
Unity 7 Has Been Announced It promises to deliver faster workflows, an open and collaborative ecosystem, better graphics, and more. Earlier this week at Unite Seoul, the company announced Unity 7, the next major version of its game engine, designed for a "faster-moving, more open industry where…
Jared Palmer moves fast. Jared Palmer has left his position as VP of Engineering at Xbox 2 months after he got it, joining AI company Cognition to lead engineering instead. He said he is grateful to Xbox's CEO, Asha Sharma, and everyone at Xbox "for an amazing year." Palmer started as VP of Product…
Disney has laid off several hundred employees across its entertainment businesses, with Pixar reportedly bearing the largest impact within the studio division, despite Toy Story 5 approaching $1 billion at the global box office. Just weeks after Toy Story 5 delivered Pixar's biggest theatrical…
It's another impressive work by Rui Huang. Rui Huang is an artist known for creating mesmerizing space scenes full of beauty and detail. This time, the artist shared a video showing a spaceship flying in circles and then doing it in a vertical position. It was made using Blender's Eevee, and it's…
From Sonic Adventure 2 to Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and the upcoming Pico Park collaboration, Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka and Pico Park creator Shintaro Shimazu discuss why Sonic has remained one of gaming's most enduring icons for more than three decades. More than three decades after his…
I already want to know more about the game. The Game Developer veronicgrk on Twitter/X shared a video showing rabbits panicking when they see a hunter trying to shoot them with an arrow. The animals' behavior makes them look cuter, and it makes you feel bad for them. Veronika explained in the…
SimFest 2026: Don't Miss These Discounted Simulation Games Find your next favorite sim at up to 90% off. Summer, also known as the season when gamers spend way too much money on discounted games, may be past the halfway mark, but the sales are far from over. Organized by Mythwright, Stray Fawn…
Meshy's new 3D Agent brings conversational AI to 3D asset creation, helping game artists brainstorm, generate style-consistent assets, and export models directly into existing production pipelines. One of the biggest frustrations with today's AI-powered asset generation tools isn't necessarily the…
3D Artist Reimagines Fragonard's The Swing With Minions Behold Juhee Park's masterpiece. Juhee Park, also known as Kirby, has unveiled a hilarious yet beautifully executed project that puts a new spin on Jean-Honoré Fragonard's famous Rococo painting The Swing by adding Minions. Her goal was to…
In our exclusive interview, Cliff Bleszinski reflects on what exactly brought down Boss Key, including the publishing deal that was too favorable. Cliff Bleszinski negotiated a deal with Nexon that let Boss Key Productions keep the rights to LawBreakers and retain more ownership than usual. In our…
Modern Water Ripple Modifier For 3ds Max Luke Penry's Ripple Pro is a ground-up reimagining of the classic modifier as a complete ripple, wake, and rain toolkit. Luke Penry originally created the Ripple Pro modifier after hitting limitations when creating water surface physics in 3ds Max. Compared…
Arcane Studio Fortiche Shares Behind-the-Scenes Look at Collab with YouTuber Inoxtag Check out how a trailer for Inoxtag's challenge was brought to life. Fortiche, the studio behind the beloved Arcane series, shared a behind-the-scenes look at its latest collab with the French YouTuber Inoxtag, who…
Can You Recognize This Iconic Scene In Wireframe? ForbesVFX has recreated the entire sequence in Blender. More than 30 years later, this scene from the original Jurassic Park is still just as tense. Did you guess it right? It's the iconic moment when the T. rex breaks out of its paddock during a…
Jensn Trevino created all assets from scratch. Environment Artist Jensn Trevino unveiled this picturesque 3D scene with a temple and lush autumn vegetation, created using Unreal Engine 5. The environment is based on a concept by 林菜鸡. The project is a rework of a piece from the artist's time at…
nyanneco9's shader recreates a lilToon-like effect in the software. 3D Artist nyanneco9 has presented a toon shader called NyanToon for Substance 3D Painter, designed for VRChat. nyanneco9 explained that the default look confirmation in Substance 3D Painter is done with PBR-based shaders, so when…