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Haven Moon is a video game developed by François Roussel that was inspired by Myst and Riven, the puzzle adventure games conceived by Rand and Robyn Miller (Cyan) in the 1990s. Riven featured CG images created with Softimage and Mental Ray, and resulted in the development of the Lume Shaders. Haven Moon's gameplay is based on exploration and presents a number of puzzles that are integrated into the environment. The game is being developed using Blender and Unity Engine, and thanks to current technology, it offers quality real-time graphics and more interactivity than the games developed by Cyan could at the time. Watch the teaser on YouTube and visit Steam for more.

Magic Leap, developers of the wearable AR computing interface, have released a new teaser video that was shot directly through Magic Leap technology. Watch it on YouTube.

Two panorama painting tests created with Blender and Max have surfaced recently. It's a simple setup but fun to watch: Blender video by Mikhail Shablin, 3DS Max video by Marcelo Souza (inspired by Mikhail's video).

London-based Panoply studio offers a motion graphics guide to happiness. Watch it on Vimeo.

Miauu has updated his commercial script that provides precision spline modeling tools with measurements and angles in a way similar to AutoCAD. Check out a video and find out more on ScriptSpot.

The free parametric animation add-on for Blender developed by Jacques Lucke and extended by other artists has reached v1.0, offering great functionality for motion graphics work and other various parametric animation applications. The author has put together a reel with videos from various artists showing examples of what the plugin can do. Watch the video on YouTube, read a review on BlenderNation and find out more information on the official BlenderArtists' thread.

The trailer for the seventh installment in the Star Wars epic space opera films originally conceived by George Lucas is now available online. The Force Awakens was directed by J. J. Abrams, who co-wrote the script with Lawrence Kasdan, with Lucas acting as creative consultant. John Williams participated once again composing the score for the film. The story is set approximately 30 years after the Return of the Jedi. Watch the trailer on YouTube.

The Mill has created a promotional video for Star Wars: Battlefront PlayStation 4 Bundles. Watch it on Vimeo.

An explosion test created by Jocelyn “Strob” Simard with Chaos Group's PhoenixFD, using massive scale vorticity and slowed down 4 times. Rendered with V-Ray 3 at 4k. Watch it on Vimeo.

Vancouver-based Waterproof Studios has recently completed a CG cinematic for the first expansion pack of Firaxis' strategy video game. Watch the video on Vimeo.