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Not long now :))

Not long now :))

Not long now :))

False on that. Apex Legends is still on their super modified Source Engine. The TF team iterate super fast on that, especially the designers.
The Star Wars team I'm on is a totally separate team, and yeah, they picked UE4 super early on. They really leave the engine choice up to the individual teams. There's three teams in the studio right now, the Apex Legends team (same peeps from TF1/TF2), Star Wars team (entirely new team built by Stig) and VR team (new team as well).
But yeah, stay tuned for E3 for more :P. Given that we were revealing at SW Celebration, made more sense to show a story-focused trailer rather than gameplay.
I ended up working on a lot of the reveal trailer shots as well! Can see a bunch here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oeOvE 
We have Alf-Life/Martin Badowsky from here on the team as well! Ended up being able to work a level together early on in production :).
 

False on that. Apex Legends is still on their super modified Source Engine. The TF team iterate super fast on that, especially the designers.
The Star Wars team I'm on is a totally separate team, and yeah, they picked UE4 super early on. They really leave the engine choice up to the individual teams. There's three teams in the studio right now, the Apex Legends team (same peeps from TF1/TF2), Star Wars team (entirely new team built by Stig) and VR team (new team as well).
But yeah, stay tuned for E3 for more :P. Given that we were revealing at SW Celebration, made more sense to show a story-focused trailer rather than gameplay.
I ended up working on a lot of the reveal trailer shots as well! Can see a bunch here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oeOvE 
We have Alf-Life/Martin Badowsky from here on the team as well! Ended up being able to work a level together early on in production :).
 

False on that. Apex Legends is still on their super modified Source Engine. The TF team iterate super fast on that, especially the designers.
The Star Wars team I'm on is a totally separate team, and yeah, they picked UE4 super early on. They really leave the engine choice up to the individual teams. There's three teams in the studio right now, the Apex Legends team (same peeps from TF1/TF2), Star Wars team (entirely new team built by Stig) and VR team (new team as well).
But yeah, stay tuned for E3 for more :P. Given that we were revealing at SW Celebration, made more sense to show a story-focused trailer rather than gameplay.
I ended up working on a lot of the reveal trailer shots as well! Can see a bunch here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oeOvE 
We have Alf-Life/Martin Badowsky from here on the team as well! Ended up being able to work a level together early on in production :).
 

False on that. Apex Legends is still on their super modified Source Engine. The TF team iterate super fast on that, especially the designers.
The Star Wars team I'm on is a totally separate team, and yeah, they picked UE4 super early on. They really leave the engine choice up to the individual teams. There's three teams in the studio right now, the Apex Legends team (same peeps from TF1/TF2), Star Wars team (entirely new team built by Stig) and VR team (new team as well).
But yeah, stay tuned for E3 for more :P. Given that we were revealing at SW Celebration, made more sense to show a story-focused trailer rather than gameplay.
I ended up working on a lot of the reveal trailer shots as well! Can see a bunch here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oeOvE 
We have Alf-Life/Martin Badowsky from here on the team as well! Ended up being able to work a level together early on in production :).
 

False on that. Apex Legends is still on their super modified Source Engine. The TF team iterate super fast on that, especially the designers.
The Star Wars team I'm on is a totally separate team, and yeah, they picked UE4 super early on. They really leave the engine choice up to the individual teams. There's three teams in the studio right now, the Apex Legends team (same peeps from TF1/TF2), Star Wars team (entirely new team built by Stig) and VR team (new team as well).
But yeah, stay tuned for E3 for more :P. Given that we were revealing at SW Celebration, made more sense to show a story-focused trailer rather than gameplay.
I ended up working on a lot of the reveal trailer shots as well! Can see a bunch here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/3oeOvE 
We have Alf-Life/Martin Badowsky from here on the team as well! Ended up being able to work a level together early on in production :).
 

Now that I officially all the papers to be able to work in Canada I'm glad to say that I will be part of the Ubisoft team at Montréal in a few weeks.

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Oh hey, I'm a Senior Environment Atist @ Respawn Entertainment as of last month :).

Alright, played this at e3.
I can confirm the fade to black on takedowns and other transitions is completely gone on PC, which is a relief, so here's hoping they fix it on consoles as well.
The E3 demo is fun as hell, they do throw a lot at you at once tho, which breaks the pacing a bit, i like to be introduced a certain gameplay element and be given enough time to fuck around with it before being thrown more stuff at me to learn, but I assume it had to be done for the demo with limited time, I felt I was given stuff that is probably only unlocked like a quarter way through the game.
There's not much to say really, if you liked HR you're gonna love this, it's more of the same only better in every regard. Storytelling, graphics, movement, inventory, dialogs, environments are all much better polished than HR. I specially liked the level design, it's more akin to the original DeusEx, you are given the toys and you can then use them as you will and the levels are your playground. In a world where everything is simplified a lot, i'm just happy games like this are still being made, it's definitely a niche that has it's place.
Talked with a couple devs too, those guys are extremly passionate for this franchise and very proud of what they have here and it shows in the game.

Full 25min E3 demo walkthrough is amazing:

Look forward to seeing what you all think!
And for those who missed my spamming of it everywhere else this past week, here's my folio page with all the work my team and I did!
www.jobyek.com/farcryprimal.html

Look forward to seeing what you all think!
And for those who missed my spamming of it everywhere else this past week, here's my folio page with all the work my team and I did!
www.jobyek.com/farcryprimal.html