Asia Poised for Virtual Production Boom, Says Epic Games’ Dean Reinhard

Naman Ramachandran Akshay Kumar is India’s busiest actor, working through the pandemic and delivering hits across platforms. Over the years he has proved to be Bollywood’s banker with rarely a misstep at the box office.During the pandemic era, his horror-comedy “Laxmii” debuted directly on streamer Disney Plus Hotstar and racked up big numbers for the service.

Laura Anderson has revealed that her and boyfriend Dane Bowers' families are set to meet for the first time at a lavish Christmas Day brunch in Dubai.The former Love Island star, 32, said that the "fancy" event will be "amazing" and it will be taking place at the Versace Hotel, with everyone having to get dressed up.

Second Extinction is the latest game to be offered for free in Epic Games Store’s 15 days of giveaways. It will be available until 4pm tomorrow (December 22).Second Extinction is an Early Access game in which dinosaurs have taken over the earth again, forcing humans into space.

Loop Hero is the latest game to be offered for free in Epic Games Store’s 15 days of giveaways. It will be available until 4pm tomorrow (December 21).Loop Hero is a deck-building game in which players must train their heroes by building challenging environments for them to loot.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAbu Dhabi and Dubai have made huge strides in attracting foreign film and TV productions to the United Arab Emirates as part of an ongoing effort by the federation of states on the Persian Gulf to diversify from their oil-based economy.They have come a long way since 2006 when Matt Damon and George Clooney-starrer “Syriana” marked the first major Hollywood film shot in the Dubai desert, followed by “The Kingdom,” which brought Jamie Foxx and Jennifer

Neon Abyss available to grab on the Epic Games Store now. A new game will be given away every day as part of the festive season.Neon Abyss is a run n’ gun roguelike from Veewo Games and published by Team17.

Epic Games Store is giving away a free mystery game every day for the next 15 days. The first of these is Shenmue 3.Shenmue 3 is the third instalment in the Shenmue series and was eagerly anticipated by fans.

Ayesha Curry is celebrating her husband, Steph Curry’s, latest career milestone. On Tuesday, the proud wife wrote a touching post dedicated to her love after he broke the NBA’s all-time 3-point record.Ayesha gushed, «2974 and counting.

Wonder Dynamics, a startup founded by Ready Player One star Tye Sheridan and VFX expert Nikola Todorovic, that aims to lower the cost and level the playing field for visual effects, raised $9 million in a Series A funding round that included Epic Games and Samsung as investors.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorIs it real — or is it Unreal?Epic Games worked with Warner Bros., “The Matrix Resurrections” director Lana Wachowski to create a “technical demo” set in the world of the Matrix, designed to show off the capabilities of Epic’s latest 3D creation tool, Unreal Engine 5.

ITV has shifted focus to “aggressively pursuing talent deals”, according to CEO Carolyn McCall, who said the UK outfit is more lukewarm on straight acquisitions and has turned some down “because they were not the right economics.”

Epic Games Store’s next weekly freebies have been announced and will be available on December 9.Currently, players can pick up Dead By Daylight and While True: learn() for free on the Epic Games Store. On December 9, these will be rotated out and replaced with Godfall Challenger Edition and Prison Architect.Prison Architect is a game in which players take on the role of a prison warden.

Manchester restaurant Asha’s has won best restaurant in the North West at the 2021 British Curry Awards.

Fortnite dataminers have been saying that Epic Games has been contacting them and asking them to not leak details ahead of Chapter 3’s release.  As noted by PCGamesN, multiple prominent Fortnite leakers have noted that Epic Games has contacted them and asked them not to leak anything during the 19.00 downtime.

Marcus Lim ‘Virtual production’ enthusiasts bemoaned high start-up costs and lack of cross-disciplinary talent as impediments to the growth of the technology in Asia, even as the pandemic forces changes in production practices in the region.Building out an LED volume, such as those used in the making of “The Mandalorian,” can cost millions of dollars, which makes recoupment models harder to reconcile in a region where budgets are still relatively modest.“Initial cost is very high, the migration

So far, the Disney+ world has only really known one live-action “Star Wars” project and that is “The Mandalorian.” But Lucasfilm has quite a few new series in the works, including the upcoming “Book of Boba Fett,” which is scheduled to arrive before the end of the year.

Sonic The Hedgehog is 30 years old and he’s having a big party to celebrate. He’s even booked Steve Aoki to DJ.Due to take place in “a digitally created and immersive Sonic Universe”, Aoki will play a 60 minute DJ set, featuring his own music and remixes he has created of classic tunes from Sonic The Hedgehog games.“My favourite song from Sonic The Hedgehog is definitely ‘Stardust Speedway'”, says Aoki in a promo video for the show.