Новости за 21.12.2016

Allegorithmic has annouced a free update for Substance Designer. Update 5.6 will enable useres to "blend scanned materials" with the software and is the first of other promised editions that will help scan-based material authoring.

In a "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit today, Unity CEO and game industry veteran John Riccitiello shared some of his thoughts on the virtual reality industry stating, perhaps boldly, that he thinks 100 million people will be using VR regularly by 2020, with the tech being in his words "mainstream" by then.

Games outfit Media Molecule, best known for Tearaway and Little Big Planet, have announced a partnership with theatre organisation Punchdrunk.

It's been a stand out year for games. As we talk about in the December/January edition of Develop, there are a lot of things to look forward to in 2017. So we asked you, the game development community, what it is that you are excited about for next year. We got sent some amazing quotes about many different areas, so amazing in fact that we just didn't have the room to publish them all. Here are the brief (and not so brief) thoughts from you:

Asheron's Call, one of the first MMORPG's, is shutting down its servers at the end of January 2017.

Yesterday saw the release of a new Overwatch comic. I haven't read it, although those that did immediately shared the biggest plot point: Tracer, the game's cover character and a fan favourite, is queer.

Brianna Wu, a game developer best known for mobile game Revolution 60 and for being a significant target of the hate movement Gamergate, has set her sights on Congress, planning to run for a seat in the U.S House of Representatives in 2018.

This month’s Develop magazine is focused on recruitment and finding employment in the games industry. One of the places that is looking to make a mark in the digital industries, especially VR and AR, is the Isle of Man. Develop spoke to Jonathan Mills (head of e-business) and Elissa Morris (e-bussiness manager) from the Isle of Man department of economic development about what the island is striving for and the issues it faces finding employees.