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Mastering UDK Game Development eBook/Book - Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on April 30, 2013 - 7:38am

John Doran has authored an impressive looking book for Packt Publishing entitled 'Mastering UDK Game Development'

Epic Release November 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on November 19, 2012 - 10:25am

Epic have released the November 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous additions including support for iOS 6, Retina display and all of Apple’s newly available iOS devices, Unreal Landscape’s new mobile material system and UE3’s new mobile shader analyzer

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 3

Submitted by Eat 3D on October 11, 2012 - 8:57am

Watch it now here: http://eat3d.com/free/maya_udk_3

In this final part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff continues his the Maya to UDK pipeline overview.

He demonstrates how to hook up up the animations within UDK via the AnimTree editor and shows the final result in a basic level.

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 2

Submitted by Eat 3D on September 26, 2012 - 8:53am

Watch it free here: http://eat3d.com/maya_udk_2

In this second part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff continues his the Maya to UDK pipeline overview.

He shows the techniques needed to create a character package within UDK using the assets from the first part of the tutorial, including importing all the assets and animations and setting up the animations within UDKs AnimSet editor.

Maya To UDK - Animation Pipeline - Part 1

Submitted by Eat 3D on September 19, 2012 - 8:53am

In this first part of this three part demonstration, Matthew Tardiff goes over the Maya to UDK pipeline.

He shows the techniques needed to efficiently export a fully rigged and animated character from Maya to UDK via the FBX format.

SIGGRAPH 2012: The Technology Behind the "Unreal Engine 4 Elemental Demo

Submitted by metalliandy on August 27, 2012 - 10:22am

Epic Games have released a paper describing the technology that is being used for the highly anticipated Unreal Engine 4!

Epic Release July 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on July 26, 2012 - 9:22am

Epic have released the July 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including Perforce Integration, Normal Map Workflow Improvements and a whole host of other new features!

UDK FBXporter Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on June 4, 2012 - 7:18pm

Laurens Corijn has been hard at work writing a FBX Exporter script that keeps track of "ExportSets" for UDK and has made it available on Scriptspot!

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Unreal Engine 4 Images Released!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 18, 2012 - 9:25am

Epic have released the first screenshots of the must talked about Unreal Engine 4

The images have been taken from the demo that was shown behind closed doors shortly before GDC in February and will be unveiled to the public in June

Epic Release May 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on May 18, 2012 - 9:13am

Epic have released the March 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including RealD Integration and new Advanced Environment Color options!

Epic Release March 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on March 28, 2012 - 9:57am

Epic have released the March 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including a new ‘Create Sub-Archetype’ feature added to Unreal Content Browse, the ability to use the ‘Screen Capture’ option in Unreal Console to take a screenshotMobile and Texture paint workflow automation will now allow you to duplicate textures and hook them up to a new material instance with a single button click!

Rod Fergusson: Forces Of Nature Live Stream!

Submitted by metalliandy on March 20, 2012 - 12:15pm

Tomorrow (March 21, 2012) at 5:00 PM ET, Epic Games Director of Production, Rod Fergusson will be doing a live stream to talk about the new Forces of nature DLC for Gears Of War 3!

The new DLC features Fog, snowstorms and tsunamis along with four character models and seven new weapon skins!

Epic Release February 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on March 5, 2012 - 11:59am

Epic have released the February 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including improvements to iOS Rendering, Mobile Scaleform, ReCast and Unreal Landscape!

Approximated Sub Surface Scattering Demo - UDK

Submitted by metalliandy on February 7, 2012 - 12:01pm

Ryan James Smith has posted an awesome approximated SSS demo in UDK!

In the demo, Ryan uses a technique that was originally developed by DICE for Frostbite 2, which uses a modified AO map that is baked after inverting the normals of the high poly mesh and then inverting the results of the bake. This texture is then used as a volume map to approximate the Sub Surface Scattering.

Epic Release January 2012 UDK Beta!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 31, 2012 - 10:05am

Epic have released the January 2012 update for UDK !

The update includes numerous bug fixes and new features, including Simplygon Merge Tool for combining static meshes, A new tool for cutting holes of any shape into the landscape, A Pivot Painter, Color grading support for iOS and and the ability to import multiple animations from a single FBX

Vincent Mayeur - Portfolio And Blog!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 23, 2012 - 3:46pm

If you are looking for some great sites to gather inspiration from, then look no further than Vincent Mayeur!

The mulch-talented Environment Artist, who is currently working at Crytek UK, has a stunning portfolio and a knowledge packed blog, which are both updated on a regular basis.

An Exercise In Modular Textures - Scifi Lab UDK

Submitted by metalliandy on January 23, 2012 - 2:57pm

For those of you who may have missed it, Tor Frick has been running an amazing thread over at Polycount for the past few months, where he has been challenging himself to create an entire environment in UDJ with only a single 256x512 texture!

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BulletStorm: Game Production Focus

Submitted by metalliandy on January 18, 2012 - 11:17am

CGSociety have published a fantastic production focus of Epic's stunning BulletStorm

The article goes over the techniques used during production and highlights People Can Fly's vision for the revolutionary FPS:D

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Paul Svoboda - Gears Of War 3: Raam’s Shadow Art Dump!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 18, 2012 - 8:54am

Paul Svoboda has posted some fantastic art that he created for the recently released Gears of War 3 DLC: Raam’s Shadow!

The Polycount thread shows some really amazing assets that he created for the DLC during his initial internship and then subsequent full time position.

Batman Arkham City - Art Dump!

Submitted by metalliandy on January 16, 2012 - 9:17am

André Wahlgren has posted some of the fantastic work that he and the Rocksteady team did on Batman Arkham City!

The critically acclaimed game was recently released to a fanfare from gamers around the world and recently picked up Metacritic's 2011 Game of the Year!