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Some 🔥 facts about Metallica: Fuel. Fire. Fury!
◼️ Built by @magnopus in UEFN
◼️ 10,251 actors in the experience
◼️ 7,322 lines of Verse code (with many more written and discarded throughout development)
◼️ 2,974 assets created during development
◼️ 31 unique device types used
Andrew Grant retweeted
Metroid Prime's 20th release date anniversary is on November 18th. Each day until then I'm going to tweet out a little story about its development. Here's the first one:
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Google Duo is being merged into Google Meet, formerly known as Hangouts Meet, which is not to be confused with Google Chat, which is a separate app previously known as Hangouts Chat, which replaced Google Talk, Google+ Messenger, and Google+ Hangouts theverge.com/2022/6/1/231498…
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There was a meeting where someone at Apple was like, "Okay, let's reduce the functionality of the Apple TV app to avoid Google's platform fees" without even a hint of irony
Apple TV app on Android TV no longer allows rentals, purchases, or subscriptions theverge.com/2022/3/21/22988…
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Squeaky clean Falcon 9 goes to space for a quick fire bath and returns to Vandenberg SFB with a fresh coat of scorch during the NROL-87 mission.
20-image composite (lens flare removed)
@NASASpaceflight
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Knowing the team worked with Time and the King Estate to make this happen is great. Interactive learning experience that explores important social history. 👏🏾
The other part of this I love is seeing how Fortnite Creative continues to expand on what's possible inside the game.
Celebrate the work of Dr. King in March Through Time presented by @TIME, an interactive experience by @Chasejackman1, @GQuanoe, @XWDFr, and @YU7A_16 in @FNCreate
Explore a reimagined DC, listen to Dr. King’s historic speech and more.
fn.gg/DC63
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When Epic took on Google, many were surprised because Android is portrayed as an “open platform”. But in reality Google runs it as anything but an open platform - here’s a good summary.
The Verge: The Epic v. Google lawsuit finally makes sense.
theverge.com/2021/8/19/22632…
via @GoogleNews
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I wonder what drew JJ Abrams to a story about a bad robot leading its audience through a maze with the false promise of there being a reward at the end
J.J. Abrams confirms his 'Portal' movie is in active development at Warner Bros., with a script in progress 🎂
'We’re really excited about the take and the pitch, so it feels like that thing’s finally on the rails'
(via @IGN | bit.ly/3fM7DXR)
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That’s right! And it has proven to be a fantastic success in reaching gamers with great games and a fantastic investment into growing the business!
Epic is set to lose at least $330 million in its battle to gain market share from Steam, mainly due to it offering exclusive games and free titles on its Epic Games Store. bit.ly/3sdU8EE
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We are proud to share that Epic Games Lead Virtual Production Engineer Alejandro Arango has been recognized with a Sci-Tech Award by @TheAcademy for his significant contributions to the widely adopted Technoprops head-mounted camera system.
Congrats Alejandro! 🎉
Andrew Grant retweeted
Ikea has cardboard cutouts of and Xbox and PS5 so you can see how they'll fit in media centers. (From Imgur user JFP1)
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after 3+ years of UE4 programming I prioritize my classes having freedom to evolve and change without breaking absolutely everything. This means planning for Actor Components and Interfaces which is a lot of setup, but pays off as the system gets bigger
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Did we mention, Next Gen @FortniteGame is running Real Time Fluid sims. Not talking cinematics here, in-game explosions, fire, and liquid.
Was a massive effort by the entire Epic FX team, and we're just getting started.
We'll continue to roll-out more Niagara Features.
The #PlayStation5 launches today and you can play Fortnite on it right now! Play on PS5 and experience:
-Vastly improved visuals while still running at 60FPS
-Faster load times
-Haptics support for DualSense Controller
Read about it here: fn.gg/NextGen
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youtu.be/crjbA-_SoFg -- Great theoretical analysis of real-time ray tracing challenges in games by @digitalfoundry / @Dachsjaeger. Everything is on point. I could only really add a handful of general notes to what's covered there.
