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RealtimeUK has created a video for promoting an expansion to Jagex's RuneScape MMORPG, using a 2.5D aesthetic that was made entirely out of animated artwork. Watch the video and find out more on RealtimeUK's website.

Wouter Gilsing has made available W_hotbox for Nuke, which brings a Maya-style hotbox menu system to Nuke. W_hotbox is fully customizable, with an interface that allows for easy modifications and custom menus. For more information you can visit the Nukepedia website.

Cebas recently spoke with Paul Parneix, who serves as VFX Supervisor / FX TD at Unit Image in Paris. Paul talks about using 3DS Max and ThinkingParticles on some of the recent projects done at Unit Image, including the For Honor game cinematic. For more information, and to read the whole interview, you can visit the Cebas website.

Story artist Matías Mendiola discusses the latest improvements to Blender's Grease Pencil tool and how they're helping him with his work on the upcoming short Agent 327. According to the artist, Grease Pencil v2 "merges the best of storyboard artistic freedom and the precision and dynamics of an animatic in one single process". More on the Blender Cloud.

Senior FX TD Hannes Gerl has posted online his latest reel. Watch it on Vimeo.

Quixel has announced the immediate availability of a public paid beta of Megascans, a new online scan repository of high quality surfaces, vegetation and 3D models. Access to the library is by subscription with hobbyist, freelance and studio tiers and also includes two new software applications: Megascans Studio can be used to mix and combine surface scans to create new tileable maps, and Megascans Bridge which is used to export scans into the correct formats for major real-time engines and renderers. Find out more on the Megascan's website.

Allegorithmic interviews Argentine artist Gastón Suárez Pastor on his adoption of Substance Designer and Painter for architectural visualization. Read the interview, related forum thread and find more Archviz images (select "Architecture" on Tags menu) on Allegorithmic's website. (Note: expect content aimed at promoting Allegorithmic's software)