Last month, the digital art community was shocked when CGHub, long the biggest and best online community/resource for aspiring (and established) artists, disappeared off the face of the internet. Despite being managed by a capable and passionate team, the domain was owned by an external party, who with almost no warning had decided to pull…
The Sims series is general fare in most places, as popular with teenagers as it is with older folks. Oh, except in Russia, where fear of the gays and their gay propoganda has the game restricted. Russia being Russia, there’s a law – which has made international headlines over the last year – that considers…
Luc de Haan is a Dutch concept artist who works at Killzone developer Guerilla Games. The art you’re about to see, however, is as far from the grimy grey darkness of that series as you can get. You can see more of Luc’s work at his personal site and ArtStation page To see the larger…
As of June 30, a number of games – some of them among the best of all time – will have their online components cease to be supported. Among the casualties will be Battlefield 1942 (PC), C&C Generals (PC), Crysis (PC), Master of Orion III (PC), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC), the original Neverwinter…
Indulge me for a second, but yesterday saw a rare coming together of two of my favourite things in life: cosplay and Aston Villa Football Club. For the final game of the season, away at Spurs, Villa fans dropped the usual match-day attire and went dressed as plumbers, superheroes, cereal mascots and…crayons. It looks like…
Using sculpting, molding and animatronics, effects artist Frank Ippolito and Tested have done excellent things with this Dr. Zoidberg outfit that was shown off at this year’s Wondercon.
Who were the stars of Star Wars? The obvious answers are Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, but they got to spend three movies with their faces visible. What about the people who played Stormtrooper #17, background Imperial Officer or Greedo? Practically nobody knows who they are, which is where Elstree 1976 comes in.…
This makes Robin Williams’ Peter Pan look…well, worse than it already was. The pics here were taken by Cynthia Veekens. You can see more images from the shoot at her site. The cosplayer Manuel D’Andrea’s site is here
Chino-Rino, a visual studio based in Singapore, was founded by Eduardo Peña, one of the best artists we’ve ever had the pleasure of showcasing here on Fine Art. In addition to providing art and new IP ideas for both games and Hollywood (they’ve worked on The Hobbit and Transcendence), Chino-Rino also run a school that’s…
Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail reminds the world in this piece – well, those of us in the English-speaking part of it, at least – that the fact we speak English has us at a big advantage when it comes to video games and the internet. Pointing towards the gaming industry’s almost total reliance on English (outside…
Before the internet became something everyone used, mods in PC gaming were a weird thing. This great RPS feature by Graham Smith takes a collection of Half-Life mods – available on a CD – and through them looks back at a time when mods were cruder, sillier and nowhere near the prevalent force they are…
Yes, they actually work! Not just the cutting blade, but the blade replacement triggers as well. It’s not until you see the progress and interior shots that you realise how much work went into these things. If you want one of your own – and wherever you live would actually let this get sent through…
The talented Angela Bermudez, whose work we’ve featured before, knocks it out of the park once again with this Pepper Potts (in her R.E.S.C.U.E. armour) cosplay. The outfit, armour and make-up were all done by Angela herself, while the pics were taken by Erik Morales and Andres H. You can see more of Angela’s work…
Not counting whatever insane garbage he’s been up to in the ten years since I stopped watching the show, I always thought Homer Simpson’s most defining moment wasn’t when he was a space hero (remember, the rod got the credit!), but when the eyes of the world were upon him at a car show. It…
Aleksi Briclot is a legend in the concept art business. If you play video games, read comics or play card games, you’ve seen his stuff. Some projects he’s been involved in include Remember Me and Splinter Cell: Double Agent (games), Magic: The Gathering (card games), The Hulk, New Avengers and Judge Dredd (comics) as well…
The upcoming Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U won’t just be taking place on the Wii U. Nintendo will also be releasing a smartphone app, on which people can share stuff like highlight reels and check out leaderboards. I’m shocked. Not that Nintendo is making an app, or that it even looks useful, but…
While it’s dabbled with the technology already in Pokemon Rumble U, Nintendo is about to get serious with the Wii U’s NFC (Near-Field-Communication) capabilities. At an investor Q&A today in Japan, the company spoke briefly about its plans for NFP, or Nintendo Figure Platform. Think Skylanders, or Disney Infinity, only with Nintendo characters. While a…
Because…screw it, why not
Kirk got to see it briefly last year, but between then and now, I’d forgotten all about Valiant Hearts. I am an idiot. This is exactly the kind of game my inner self wishes someone could actually make, and here they are, actually making it. A handful of Ubisoft developers working not on Assassin’s Creed…
Driveclub is an upcoming PS4 racing game that, in the absence of a next-gen Gran Turismo, is something a lot of people are looking forward. Just be careful which version you buy. To help lure you in, a “free” copy of the game is being made available to PlayStation Plus subscribers. It’s obviously scaled down,…
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