From faster keyframe editing to in-editor sculpting and dynamic rig physics, the latest UE 5.6 update brings a robust set of features that streamline animation workflows.
Epic Games’ UE 5.6 update delivers major animation upgrades, including a cleaner Curve Editor, improved Sequencer navigation, experimental morph sculpting, and dynamic rig physics that empower artists at studios of all sizes to animate faster with fewer roundtrips to DCC tools.
Rod Fergusson takes over the video game franchise from Kelley Gilmore, who recently exited the company following internal complaints about the game’s narrative direction; the exact number of layoffs has not been disclosed.
Set in ‘The Dragon Prince’ universe, the story will pick up 7 years after the original show, with many key characters returning as adults; supporting Kickstarter campaign will this month.
Roberto Patino (‘Westworld’) and David Weiner (‘Halo’) will serve as creators, showrunners, and executive producers of the upcoming adaptation of game publisher Ubisoft’s hugely popular franchise.
From AHOY Comics, Issue #1 will land in stores on July 9, ahead of the ‘Toxic Crusaders’ videogame and ‘The Toxic Avenger’ feature release, which stars Peter Dinklage as Toxie.
The Naughty Dog studio head and HBO series executive producer/writer/director will continue to be credited as EP; ‘The Last of Us Part II’ co-writer and executive producer Halley Gross has also exited.
Upcoming video games ‘Perfect Dark’ and ‘Everwild,’ as well as several unannounced titles in development, have been scrapped as part of a sweeping initiative to remove ‘layers of management.’
The international festival of animation, games, and VFX runs November 16-21, 2025, at Teesside University in the U.K.
Created in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam and Psyop director duo Todd + Kylie, the short features footage largely captured through gameplay, with cinematic storytelling elements.
The company aims to expand integrations via SDKs and APIs; grow its data infrastructure and motion library; launch strategic partnerships; and hire across multiple departments.
The top-down heist video game picks up where the 2023 film ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ left off, as the gang works together to save chicken-kind; launches this Fall.
The debut offering will be ‘Invincible VS,’ a 3v3 tag fighting game set in the world of Skybound and Prime Video’s ‘Invincible,’ which is slated to launch in 2026.
The lesson explores the age of dinosaurs through interactive instruction, hands-on games, and challenges, with play-based learning moments about paleontology, dinosaur diets, habitats, extinction, and fossilization; released ahead of the series, which premiered June 16 on PBS.
The track, which features Qing Madi, fuels the short ‘Why We Fight,’ an introduction to the game’s first non-playable character, Mary Ade.
EP and showrunner Christian Linke, screenwriter and co-EP Amanda Overton, and co-director Barthelemy ‘Bart’ Maunoury discuss the creative challenges they faced producing the multiple Emmy and Annie Award-winning ‘League of Legends’-inspired series’ second and final season, now streaming on Netflix.
ASIFA-Hollywood celebrates the best the industry has to offer at animation’s most prestigious awards ceremony, February 21, 2026, at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
The videogame company will offer 4,750,000 shares of its common stock to the public for $225.00 per share, with underwriters granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 712,500 additional shares; net proceeds are projected to reach over $1 billion.
The actor’s union claims the studio failed to bargain over appropriate terms for its use of AI to recreate James Earl Jones’ voice for the recently released Darth Vader playable character in ‘Fortnite.’
Invisible Narratives is producing, developing, and financing the project based on the hugely popular series of crazy shorts that boasts more than 110 million subscribers and 35 billion views on YouTube and Skibidi Creator Alliance network channels.
PBS Kids will continue as home to the show as part of a multi-year deal starting later this year with Season 56, which will debut with new features and formats on the streamer, PBS stations, and across PBS Kids video and games digital platforms.
Alex Yee, Jason Chan, Arnaud-Loris Baudry, and Julien Georgel take a deep dive into the expansive and challenging visual development – concept art, background designs, character designs, props and colorscripts – that helped turn a battle royale game into a stunning, compelling, and emotionally driven Netflix series.
While the use of AI in M&E continues to grow, so does virtual production powered by real-time technology, which reduces costs and time to delivery as well as allow artists in film, TV, games and immersive experiences greater flexibility to iterate and deliver higher fidelity work.
The highly anticipated next installment in the ‘GTA’ video game franchise, which takes place in the fictional state of Leonida, home of Vice City and beyond, is now set to release May 26, 2026.
All developers can also now offer their own payment service, effectively ending Apple’s monopoly on payment services and fees; ‘developers are free to pass along savings to customers.’
