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NGP ( Next Generation Portable )Just recently I wrote about Nintendo 3DS announce, and now Sony makes their own turn in epic battle for gamer's hearts, souls and wallets. Yep, that's it - PSP2 ( for now codenamed NGP, Next Generation Portable ) was announced on PlayStation Meeting conference in Tokyo. Many journalists gathered to this event, ready to behold upcoming Sony masterpiece, and their expectations was fulfilled.

Intuos4 LFor happy and proud owners of Wacom graphics tablets Intuos4 series it's not a secret that this tablets have "special ability" to flatten out pen nibs ridiculously quick - some people says that ten hours of intense work can "eat" one nib. This is pretty frustrating, because nibs not only pretty expensive ( $20 for five ), but sometimes it's may be difficult to get a replace in some countries. In this material I'd like to review one tricky way to reduce nib flattening and at the same time make Intuos pen work more comfortable for some users.

Genetica 3.6 LogoIt's strange, but to my shame previously I haven't heard of Spiral Graphics Genetica existence at all, or just didn't noticed it - quite unfairly, let me say. If keep in mind that Genetica exists from 2003 - that's a 8 years now - this is something I now regret, because Genetica is truly amazing software. Why someone didn't told me that earlier?.. xD

Autodesk MayaAutodesk Maya 2012 is a great piece of 3D modeling software, still it's not free of bugs and annoying errors that could poison lives of fellow 3D artists. For example, one of the common errors in Maya 2012 is a disappeared RenderView menu buttons, also known as "empty renderview window", "blank renderview" or "renderview not found" syndrome. Fortunately, "setParent: object ‘renderView’ not found" error can be fixed very easily. Read how!

Get Free Unity 3D Android Basic & iOS Basic License Before April 8th

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Tags: android, freebies, game engines, iOS, unity 3d

Unity 3d logoGood news, everyone! Just a few days ago ended up a special offer from Daz3D, where you could obtain free licenses for Bryce 7, Hexagon 2.5 and Daz Studio 4, and now Unity Technologies makes an even more impressive offer, blowing up news feeds from all gamedev-related websites  — until April 8th you can get a license for Unity Android Basic and Unity iOS Basic completely free of charge!

A Generous Gift To Everyone — Bryce 7 Pro and Daz Studio 4 for Free!

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Tags: 3d graphics, bryce 7, freebies, software

daz3d logoFree gifts to everyone, folks! For a limited time only until the end of February March you can get a full-functional Pro licenses for Daz3D's Bryce 7 Pro, Hexagon 2.5 and DAZ Studio 4 Pro completely free of charge! This is a promotional campaign conducted by Daz3D, the owners and developers of this software, so why not to participate?..

"Unreal Development Kit Game Programming with UnrealScript" Book

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Tags: books, for beginners, game engines, udk, unreal engine 3

Cover preview of Unreal Development Kit Game Programming with UnrealScript bookPublishing house Packt Publishing, which is specialized on IT books in a whole and game development and game engines books in a particular, released a new and exciting book on Epic's Unreal Development Kit ( UDK ). Unreal Development Kit Game Programming with UnrealScript, Beginner's Guide reveals details of one of the most complicated tasks in game development for beginner developers — programming using UnrealScript language.

As you can see from the title of the book — it is intended for beginner developers that want to master all of the UDK's rich functionality and power in their game projects. So, if you're serious about learning UDK and develop your game projects using this engine — this book can be strongly recommended for reading, it will be a perfect addition to official UnrealScript and UDK documentation, teaching you UnrealScript in a practical approach.

New 3D Model in Image Gallery! SCAR-L Assault Rifle with FN40GL

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Tags: 3d graphics, models, my works, weapons

SCAR-L ThumbshotHooray! After the long-long time I have something interesting to show again. Finally I've made a new 3D model! Let me introduce you a SCA R-L Assault Rifle with FN40GL grenade launcher, flashlight and reflex sight, often referred as "red dot" sight. Well, all the details about this model are in Image Gallery, so I will not repeat myself and just encourage you to visit following page to view additional images and read some description.

NeoAxis Engine 1.1 — Technical Details and Feature Descriptions

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Tags: game engines, neoaxis

NeoAxis LogoThis article is intended to provide an additional information about new features and give a little deeper insight into relevant technologies. If you are interested in game development and game engines — I highly encourage you to read the rest of the article, pretty sure that anyone will find something new and interesting in it.

NeoAxis Game Engine Updated to Version 1.1 — New Features and Demos

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Tags: game engines, neoaxis

Логотип NeoAxisNeoAxis Game Engine was updated to version 1.1 ! Since I contributed to this release, I'd like to share detailed description about it and some other cool stuff with my readers. Also I would mention that NeoAxis 1.1 is a pretty impressive and feature-rich release — don't miss it if you're a game developer or have interest in game engines.

Send to Mudbox 2012 SAP from Maya Tip — Fix for No Hard Edges

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Tags: autodesk, bugs, fixes, maya, mudbox

Maya Send to Mudbox Hard Edges FixMudbox 2012 SAP supports hard edges importing from Maya, but with "Send to Mudbox" feature in Maya hard edges data isn't exported properly. How to fix "Send to Mudbox" feature in Maya 2012 and get hard edges to Mudbox.

Fix for Autodesk Maya Error: File contains unknown nodes or data

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Tags: 3D, autodesk, fixes, maya

Maya FixIn this article I will show you how to deal with another Autodesk Maya problem that happens from time to time — Error: File contains unknown nodes or data, which prevents users from saving their files in desired Maya format. 

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