A soft body dynamics rendition of the video game classic, created by Austria-based artist Niko Schatz using Cinema 4D. Watch the video on Vimeo.

For those who couldn't make it to Vancouver, we're glad to bring you some photos from the show floor. (more...)

Shotgun Software, developer of cloud-based production tracking, review and asset management tools announced the launch of a mobile App that brings Shotgun Review to the Iphone, a new quick access system to pipeline tools called Shotgun Desktop and integration with The Foundry's Mari. More on Shotgun Software's website.

Southpaw Technology, developer of the open source asset management platform Tactic, is developing open source and commercial Apps to extend the functionality of the Tactic platform. Three of these apps, VFX, Async and ServerAssist will be available starting this Fall. TacticVFX is aimed at asset management in visual effects studios, Async addresses the needs of businesses that are based in multiple locations while ServerAssist simplifies the way users organize and manage data. More on Southpaw Technology's website.

Thinkbox Software has revealed more information on the upcoming version of its rendering management system, which is currently in beta. More on Thinkbox Software's website.

Autodesk announced the upcoming release of Extension 1 for Maya 2015 for users on subscription. New features include: (more...)

Vicon announced the launch of two new software, Pegasus and Pegasus Advanced, a set of retargeting and solving tools aimed at simplifying the process of streaming real-time motion capture data onto game assets, as well as Blade 3, the latest version of its motion capture and data processing software. More on Vicon's website.

The Foundry announced that version 9 of Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio will be released later this year, with existing Nuke users able to access open betas of all three applications in the coming weeks. New features in the compositing software include: (more...)