Feb
05
2010
From AJAX & RIA Journal:
EON Reality, the world’s leading interactive 3D software provider, and Darwin Dimensions [from Montreal] — creators of Evolver, the world’s first 3D Avatar Portal, today announced a partnership on two important projects which serve customers through provision of rich and compelling 3D immersive experiences.
The projects deliver breakthroughs in several [...]
Feb
01
2010
From NewsWire.ca:
PIEDMONT, QC, Jan. 28 /CNW Telbec/ – Hybride Technologies, a division of Ubisoft Montreal, has produced 114 stereoscopic shots for James Cameron’s AVATAR, released December 18, 2009. The creators at the Piedmont VFX studio, located in the Laurentians, also provided numerous graphic and technical elements used in a large number of shots produced [...]
Jan
19
2010
From Gamasutra:
Despite the box office records of James Cameron’s recent CG-heavy film Avatar, Ubisoft Montreal’s corresponding video game failed to make much of an impact as either a critical or commercial success — not placing in the all-formats Top 20 for December 2009. […]
"We knew we were taking [some risk]," Guillemot said. "The fact [...]
Jan
14
2010
From G4tv (via Joystiq):
Though it sounds intriguing and exciting on the outside, there’s something about the X-Play interview with James Cameron we put after the break that kind of bums us out. The director recently told the show, "I’ve got a lot of stories and I don’t have time to make them all as movies. [...]
Dec
12
2009
From Gamasutra:
3D character model and avatar tool developer Evolver [from Montreal’s Darwin Dimensions] said Thursday that its service will be integrated into game engine provider Emergent’s Gamebryo LightSpeed development system.
"Our partnership with Emergent provides LightSpeed developers with an easy way to integrate custom 3D characters into their latest projects at a fraction of [...]
Dec
03
2009
From GameTrailers:
Update: switched to GameTrailers’ video review.
Here’s a video review of Ubisoft Montreal’s movie based game.
Does anyone care to comment on how the development went for this game?
Does Avatar represent the big blue hope for movie games? GameTrailers video review puts it to the test.
Video Games | Avatar | Review HD
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 [...]
Nov
30
2009
From PlayStationLifeStyle:
At this year’s London MCM Expo PlayStation LifeStyle managed to talk to Kevin Shortt, the lead script writer for Avatar: The Game about everything from the title, to the movie, to fighting cosplayers. The game is set two years before the events of James Cameron’s heavily anticipated movie, giving the game far more creative [...]
Nov
27
2009
From IGN:
Ubisoft Montreal’s Kevin Shortt has confirmed that Far Cry 3 is in development, with the game looking ‘pretty exciting’ at this early stage.
Shortt worked as a writer on the second game, and confirmed the existence of a third in an interview with Official PlayStation Magazine UK (via CVG). Whether it will remain [...]