iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Real-Time Rendering For decades, game developers relied on pre-rendered cutscenes and static assets to deliver high-fidelity visuals. Today, real-time rendering is redefining game development, offering dynamic lighting, physics-based effects, and cinematic quality graphics all rendered instantaneously.

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Ask a Game Dev

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

I was excited to discuss the sharing of tools and knowledge between the gaming and film industries, a phenomenon that has been more noticeable lately with the development of technologies like Unreal Engine 5. The adoption of Unreal Engine for pre-visualization is a case in point.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Lost Ark has a glaring visual shortcoming: its lagging imaging engine. The engine of this game - released relatively recently - turns out to be UE3, a tool that is two generations behind. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. The rough cutscene).

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

This can be ideal for cinematics who have been looking for a way to fully automate in game camera systems. They won the Technology and Engineering Emmy® award for excellence and engineering creativity. While subsequent versions of Unity are incorporating more artist-friendly features, it is still, at its heart, a game engine.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2024

To succeed, you need a top-of-the-line game engine in addition to an engaging and differentiated metagame, and, even if you have both, you need a robust UA campaign to entice players. In a crowded Match-3 market focused on game engines, Modern Community has arguably the best metagame to be the Sims of Match-3 games.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. What does the casting agency or sound engineer need to know about this recording session?

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