PlayStation's new DRM feature, which will reportedly lock you out of your games after 30 days until you reactivate them online, makes players worried.

Is it a bug or a feature to fight piracy?: https://80.lv/articles/playstation-s-new-drm-policy-might-reportedly-lock-you-out-of-your-games

Kane Parsons, director of the upcoming A24 film Backrooms, used Blender for creating concept art for the movie.

More details on how the film was made: https://80.lv/articles/director-of-upcoming-backrooms-film-created-concept-art-in-blender

Digital Extremes and THE LINE released an incredible anime-like short, introducing the Jade Shadows: Constellations update.

See how they created it, inspired by AMVs of the early 2000s: https://80.lv/articles/you-will-wish-warframe-s-new-animated-shorts-were-full-anime-series

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The developers of ZSNES have released SUPER ZSNES, a modern GPU-powered version of the SNES emulator with support for a wide range of enhancements.

Download: https://80.lv/articles/new-gpu-powered-snes-emulator-released

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Reports say Haven Studios' heist extraction shooter Fairgames still fails to "find the fun," making players leave matches during the latest playtest.

The studio has a lot of work to do: https://80.lv/articles/haven-studios-fairgames-reportedly-fails-to-interest-players-in-playtest

VirtuCamera 2 is finally here, now available on both Android and iOS, and expanding support to Houdini, Cinema 4D, Blender, Maya, and 3ds Max.

Details: https://80.lv/articles/virtucamera-2-is-finally-here

Developer KAIJIUUUUU updated the water in their upcoming sandbox craft game Direland.

See how it was made: https://80.lv/articles/this-wip-sandbox-craft-game-has-impressive-water-rendering

See what’s new in the updated Material Maker 1.6, a free programming tool for procedural materials.

Read the details and download: https://80.lv/articles/new-material-maker-1-6-has-been-released

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Leaks from reviews posted too early reveal Steam Controller's possible price and release date.

Prepare your wallet for May: https://80.lv/articles/steam-controller-could-be-launching-soon-for-usd100

s&box, the "spiritual successor" to Garry's Mod, launches on Steam April 28th with a "sustainable" model for paying developers.

"We don't have to fire 1,000 people to keep it working": https://80.lv/articles/s-box-to-launch-on-steam-with-sustainable-payout-for-devs

Your 3D models can become nostalgic sprites with RetroRender, a handy tool for Unity created by awtdev.

Check out this flexible add-on: https://80.lv/articles/make-sprites-from-your-3d-models-to-create-old-school-look-for-your-game

NodeMonkey's Inertia lets you streamline physics animation in Blender with a few clicks, instead of manually keyframing everything.

Available in both free and paid versions: https://80.lv/articles/this-blender-tool-lets-you-animate-physics-in-just-few-clicks

The PC version of Sparseal's 3D texturing tool Wafer, built for stylized and hand-painted assets, is now available.

Purchase for Windows: https://80.lv/articles/sparseal-launches-3d-texturing-app-wafer-for-pc

Rayen Bahri from Saved Pixel studio unpacks the gradient texturing technique, the friction of the manual process, and how turning that process into a single ecosystem makes it a robust pipeline standard for stylized 3D art.

Read here: https://80.lv/articles/elevating-gradient-texturing-to-a-standard-workflow-in-blender

Big news! Valve has confirmed that the Steam Controller will cost $100 and it's launching next week.

New details: https://80.lv/articles/steam-controller-could-be-launching-soon-for-usd100