News Patch v11.10

Unity acquires Weta Digital [Link]

Unity, game engine developer, buys Peter Jackon’s VFX studio Weta Digital for $1.625B
Weta is known for VFX work on more than just LOTR, but also The Hobbit, Avatar and Shang-Chi
Unity now has an armada of tools, such as hair and fur simulators, water and smoke tools, facial capture systems and various renderers. All 275 Weta Digital engineers are joining Unity, though Jackson's visual effects business will live on under the new name WetaFX.
While this will strengthen Unity’s customer base by expanding from games to film, there was a mention of using this tech to "unlock the full potential of the metaverse"
Whether this is a direct reference to Facebook’s Meta, or the metaverse in general, it could be huge, since many developers out there already use Unity for crafting their own games. Indie and AAA alike.

The Great RTX Heist [Link]

A shipment of RTX 30-series graphics cards has been stolen from a truck in California, according to EVGA
The well known global chip shortage, incredibly high demand from gamers and crypto-miners, waiting lists, lotteries and scalpers have finally pushed people to a new level of desperation to increase their framerate
Every graphics card is serialized and would be bricked if registered online, but we also know that you don’t have to register them to use them. You may not even know you have one of these hot cards if you buy it second-hand
As said before on SSH; When will this end?!

Lady of the Angry Birds [Link]

DBD’s next chapter, Portrait of a Murder, introduces The Artist.
This new chapter introduces not only a new killer but also new survivor Jonah Vasquez. A new map , The Boneyard will also be included with this DLC
We can expect to see these characters in the fog later this month for 7 dollars.

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