Jeremy Dimmock, CD/partner at Polyester in Toronto: “We were commissioned by the lovely people at Toon Blast to make a trailer for their video game – an action-packed Mad Max meets Dune animation featuring the game’s hero characters, props, and icons, in an unexpected and thrilling spot with a cliff hanger ending.” [Watch]
Directing duo Mike&Payne (whose talents for gaming action are on full display here and here) link up with London studio Realtime UK on the trailer for the latest Need For Speed release complete with mocap of A$AP Rocky. [Watch]
From the team at BOL in Barcelona: “Retrogame Issues takes us back to a decade of big hair, saturated colors, 8-bits, local arcades, and when setting up a new video game required MacGyver-like skills.”
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From the team at Elastic in LA: “Check your weapons and gather your squad – The First Descendant is coming. Watch as creative director Jeff Han and the Elastic crew take on the cinematic story trailer for Nexon’s new RPG. [Watch]
Director Robert Petrie leads Preymaker’s cloud-based team of 30 artists and animators on a seven-minute family friendly sci-fi adventure made in real-time with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. [Watch]
Yves Geleyn rescues a scarecrow character (designed by fellow Hornet director Renaud Lavency) from the failed pitch graveyard with the addition of expressive choreography by animator Matt Corsillo. [Watch]
