Game engines used to recreate movie scenes

May 7th, 2009 2 Comments   Posted in Culture, Media, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360

Now here’s something really cool, GameArtist recently held a competition called ‘Scene from a Movie’ in which participants were tasked to recreate a scene from their favorite movie using nothing more than game development tools.

Well, the competition has come to a close and winners have been announced. The movies used for the top 5 contestants include Blade Runner, Hook, X-Men 2, I Am Legend, and Alien.

My personal favorite? I Am Legend, pictured above.

You can check out the rest of the winners here.

Borderlands Gets New Art Style

April 10th, 2009 3 Comments   Posted in Action, FPS, PC, PlayStation 3, RPG, Xbox 360

borderlands Having teased us of a new art style for Borderlands, developer Gearbox has provided a glimpse of the game’s revised appearance through the cover of the next PC Gamer.

"The image is an in-game screenshot with no post process," stated Gearbox.

The game blends gunplay with traditional RPG mechanics and is slated for release on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 before the end of the year.

If you want to know more about the new style, you’ll have to wait till Monday, as their website teases of “more” information on that particular day.