Technical Artist - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA or Albany, NYBlizzard EntertainmentIrvine California 92618 United States of America1 hour agoApplyTeam Name:Unannounced ProjectJob Title:Technical Artist - Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA or Albany, NYRequisition ID:R025437Job Description:At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations -- only made possible by building a work environment that cultivates the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.We are looking for a Technical Artist to help us craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for supporting and optimizing art production through technical and artistic expertise. You understand how to effectively problem solve, innovate, and collaborate to monitor and address performance problems that arise. You are comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, navigating fluid deadlines and changing priorities with purpose.This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work from home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA or Albany, NY.Responsibilities:Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:Directly contribute to establishing and improving artist workflows for performant content in Unreal engine.Demonstrate proficiency in one or more of the following areas: creation of dynamic systems such as water/wind/weather, VFX content and material optimization, building and maintaining pipelines, procedural approaches to world content generation.Collaborate with artists and engineers to monitor content and provide documentation on best practices.Be a force multiplier providing technical support for a small team of artists and designers.Remain current on industry trends including advancement in commercial game engines and workflow efficiencies.Experience5+ years of experience in AAA tech art game teams.Knowledge & SkillsIn-depth knowledge of AAA game engines with an understanding of art implementation and integration methods.Comprehensive understanding of art pipelines and good practice including proficiency in industry-standard 3D and 2D creation software (Houdini, Substance Designer, Maya, Gaea, etc).A portfolio with examples and detailed breakdowns showcasing your practical work.Strong understanding of physically -based rendering.A strong foundation in scripting (blueprints, Python, HLSL, C++).Key AttributesA team-oriented approach to your work, understanding the importance of collaboration and partnering with all departments.The ability to inspire others with an enthusiastic approach to game development and improving core skills.Self-motivated ability to solve problems proactively.Solid understanding of game development outside of technical art (e.g. lighting, VFX, characters, animation, audio, rendering, systems).Extra PointsExperience working through early development R&D phases of a project is a plus.Unreal Engine editor utility widgets, profiling, validatorsPassion for playing a wide variety of video games.Your PlatformBest known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.Our WorldActivision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!Our ability to build immersive and innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.RewardsWe provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $29.81 - $55.14 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable. Create Your Profile — Game companies can contact you with their relevant job openings. Apply

“The President of Super Earth has been killed in action by the Illuminate during the fall of Prosperity City.” That was the message that greeted Helldivers 2 players when they logged on last night in one last bid to repel their invading squid-like foes. Some truthers think the hit was inside job. When the dust settled Friday morning, the battle to save Super Earth was over and players had succeeded in winning the extraction shooter’s biggest showdown since it launched. Pus they got a new battle station to celebrate. Suggested ReadingThe Week In Games: Co-Op Bug Blasting And More New Releases Share SubtitlesOffEnglishSuggested ReadingThe Week In Games: Co-Op Bug Blasting And More New Releases Share SubtitlesOffEnglishThe Week In Games: Co-Op Bug Blasting And More New Releases“The devastation wrought upon our home is immense,” read the latest in-game dispatch from Arrowhead Game Studios. “Only two Mega Cities remain standing: Prosperity City and Equality-on-Sea. The remainder have been vacated by the enemy, having suffered catastrophic damage at their hands.” New Major Orders are still pending, but in the meantime players get to vote on where to move the new DSS battle station that aided in the fight, and that provides extra military bonuses to Helldivers fighting on whatever planet it orbits. For anyone who missed the last two weeks, a brief series of entries on the Galactic Map recaps the events from the Illuminate’s arrival and torching of Mars and other planets, all the way through players’ epic last stand to protect Equality-on-Sea (Helldivers’ version of Shanghai). A lot of creative military tactics were improvised and deployed to take down the massive invading Leviathan ships, and a wave of negative Steam reviews, purportedly from Chinese players angry, due to a potential mistranslation, about why they couldn’t seem to fully liberate Equality-on-Sea, appears to have subsided.What happens next is anyone’s guess. Arrowhead Game Studios might take some time before kicking off whatever it has planned to let players catch their breath. Maybe the development team is lining up a revenge campaign, or maybe there’s still another shoe to drop and Super Earth isn’t quite in the clear after all. A new president? In this economy? Maybe they’re just an Illuminate plant after all, ready to control Super Earth from within. The beauty of Helldivers 2's fascist space satire is that nothing is ever quite out of the question. May kicked off one of Helldivers 2's biggest balance patches and content updates in some time, including a new Warbond battle pass with additional melee weapons and the ability to level up and customize most of the shooter’s guns. I wouldn’t bet on any other big updates anytime soon. That said, Summer Game Fest is just around the corner and Arrowhead used host Geoff Keighley’s last big gaming showcase to announce the addition of the Illuminate to the fray. Who knows what’s in store for the second half of Helldivers 2's second year?.

Starting October 13, we’re changing our pricing for Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, and Unity Industrial Collection, our first price increase in almost three years. This announcement will not affect Unity Personal or Unity Plus pricing.Our per-seat subscription pricing will be adjusted as follows:Unity Pro annual prepaid pricing will be $2,040/yr, and annual monthly paid plans will be $185/mo.Unity Enterprise annual prepaid pricing will be $3,000/yr.Unity Industrial Collection (UIC) annual prepaid pricing will be $2,950/yr.Note: Unity Personal and Unity Plus pricing are not affected by this announcement.The new pricing goes into effect on October 13, 2022 for Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, and UIC. Online customers can visit their account before this date to renew or switch to an annual plan for greater savings. Customers with account managers should reach out to them directly to discuss the options based on their custom agreements. Find more details in the FAQs below.If you have further questions, contact Unity support or talk to your account manager.Who is affected by the new pricing?The new pricing applies to both new and existing Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, and Unity Industrial Collection (UIC) customers on monthly or annual plans. Unity Personal and Unity Plus customers are not affected.When does the new pricing take effect?For new Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, and UIC customers, the new pricing is effective on October 13, 2022, 13:00 UTC.For existing Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, and UIC customers, the new pricing goes into effect on October 13, 2022. Online customers can visit their account before this date to renew or switch to an annual plan for greater savings. Customers with account managers should reach out to them directly to discuss the options based on their custom agreements.Which plans are included in the price change?Prices are changing for Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, UIC, and bundles containing these plans, as well as Starter Success, Build License, Pro Build Server, and Enterprise Build Server.Unity Personal and Unity Plus plans are not included in the price change.Each seat of Unity Pro will be $2,040/year, Unity Enterprise will be $3,000/year, and UIC will be $2,950/year for annual prepaid plans. We offer other options such as monthly payment for certain plans.Per seat pricingUnity Plan Current List Price New Price on October 13, 2022 Unity Pro, prepaid yearly $1,800/year $2,040/year Unity Pro, paid monthly $150/month $185/month Unity Enterprise $2,400/year $3,000/year Unity Industrial Collection $2,520/year $2,950/yearFor more details, please see the extended FAQ.What other changes are being made to the plans?The changes below will take effect starting on October 13, 2022. For more details, please see the extended FAQ.Unity Pro – New and existing plans will include Unity Mars, as well as Havok Physics for Unity with the release of Unity 2022.2 this fall.Unity Enterprise – New and existing plans will receive an additional year of Long Term Support (from two years to three years) starting with 2021 LTS.New and existing customers or those upgrading from Unity Pro to Unity Enterprise will receive access to read-only source code on request.Enterprise plans will also include new support offerings:1–19 seat accounts receive Starter Success, a technical support package to help you overcome issues with assistance from Unity engineers.20+ seat accounts get a Partner Relations Manager, an internal advocate and strategic advisor to accelerate projects.100+ seat customers will receive Bug Handling and LTS backporting at no additional charge.This plan will also include Unity Mars, as well as Havok Physics for Unity with the release of Unity 2022.2 this fall.Unity Industrial Collection – Starter Success is an entry-level technical support package that helps you overcome issues with assistance from Unity engineers. New customers or those upgrading from Unity Pro to UIC will receive access to Starter Success. Existing UIC customers who have a contract expiry date after October 13, 2022 will receive Starter Success upon renewal.This plan will also include Unity Mars, as well as Havok Physics for Unity with the release of Unity 2022.2 this fall.We are updating our Terms of Service for all Unity subscription plans, effective October 13, 2022, to create a more streamlined, user-friendly set of terms. Please review them here.Why is the price of my Unity plan changing?The new price reflects the value of our products today, and it’s our first increase in almost three years.In that time, we’ve expanded our R&D resources by 172%, with the Unity Editor being our largest focus for R&D investment at Unity. This continued investment has helped us deliver Unity 2021 LTS with powerful improvements to workflows, rendering capabilities, and supported platforms.We will continue delivering improvements based on your feedback in every release to enhance your productivity, performance and stability.What is happening to the free Unity Personal plan?Unity Personal will remain free to creators with revenue or funding (raised or self-funded) below USD $100K in the past year. We are committed to ensuring Unity continues to be accessible to the millions of students, hobbyists, and indies starting out on their game development journeys.I still have more questions!Don’t see your question here? Get more details on Unity Pro, Unity Enterprise, Unity Industrial Collection, Unity Mars, Havok Physics for Unity, and how this change will impact your specific payment plan in our extended FAQ.

Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, is gaining a more prominent place in your inbox with the launch of email summary cards, which will appear at the top of your emails. The company announced Thursday that users would no longer have to tap an option to summarize an email with AI. Instead, the AI will now automatically summarize the content when needed, without requiring user interaction. When Gemini launched in the side panel of Gmail last year, one of the features allowed users to summarize their long email threads, along with other tools like those to draft email messages or see suggested responses, among other things. Now, Google is putting the AI to work on your inbox, whether or not it’s something you want to use. The update is another example of how AI is quickly infiltrating the software and services people use the most, even though AI summaries aren’t always reliable. When Apple rolled out AI summaries for app push notifications, for example, the BBC found the feature made repeated mistakes when summarizing news headlines. Apple ended up pausing the AI summaries for news apps. Google’s own AI Overviews feature for Search has also repeatedly made mistakes, offering poor quality and inaccurate information at times. With the new email summary cards, Gemini will list a longer email’s key points and will then continue to update that synopsis as replies arrive. The feature won’t replace the option to manually click a button to summarize an email, Google notes. That will still appear as a chip at the top of the email and in Gmail’s Gemini side panel. Techcrunch event Save now through June 4 for TechCrunch Sessions: AI Save $300 on your ticket to TC Sessions: AI—and get 50% off a second. Hear from leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Khosla Ventures, and more during a full day of expert insights, hands-on workshops, and high-impact networking. These low-rate deals disappear when the doors open on June 5. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you’ve built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | June 5 REGISTER NOW The feature is initially available only for emails in English. Depending on your region, the summary cards may be turned on or off by default. (For instance, smart features are turned off in the EU, the UK, Switzerland, and Japan, Google’s help documentation notes.) Others can choose to enable or disable the feature from Gmail’s Settings under “Smart features.” Workplace admins can also opt to disable the personalization settings for users from the Admin console.

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Gemini will now summarize select email threads without you asking. Google Workspace users are going to see a lot more of Gemini’s efforts to summarize their emails. Gmail now creates summaries automatically for complex threads, and they’ll appear above the emails themselves. AI-powered summaries of emails have been found in Google Workspace accounts since last year, but until now you’ve had to manually trigger them. Instead, Google’s AI will now decide for itself when a summary might be helpful, generating them without asking for “longer email threads or messages with several replies.” Summaries of email threads will be kept up-to-date with new replies as they come in. The automatic summaries will now appear above English-language emails, but only on mobile, and may take up to two weeks to appear for your account. Google hasn’t announced if or when the feature will expand to Gmail on desktop, or to Gmail users without paid Workspace accounts. If Gmail doesn’t generate an AI summary automatically you’ll still be able to ask it to create one, much as you’ve been able to so far. And if you’d rather not see them at all, you can deactivate all of Gmail’s AI features by turning off “Smart features” in the app’s settings.

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Credit: Mateusz Slodkowski / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Tinder's incoming CEO wants to rid the app of its hookup app reputation, but the app is testing a pretty superficial preference: height.In recent days, users have started noticing a height "filter" in the app. Another dating app, Hinge, already had a height filter for premium users. Both Tinder and Hinge are owned by Match Group. Apparently, though, height is being tested as a paid preference, not a hard filter. The difference is that a preference doesn't block or exclude profiles outright for not fitting the requirements. It's more of a guide for the algorithm. The app is evolving its preference system, where free preferences help improve relevance while paid preferences like height offer greater control without completely cutting people off. Mashable Trend Report: Coming Soon! Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means. Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up! You May Also Like "We’re always listening to what matters most to our Tinder users — and testing the paid height preference is a great example of how we're building with urgency, clarity, and focus," a Tinder spokesperson told Mashable. "This is part of a broader effort to help people connect more intentionally on Tinder.""Our new product principles guide every decision, and this one speaks directly to a few: prioritizing user outcomes, moving fast, and learning quickly. Not every test becomes a permanent feature, but every test helps us learn how we can deliver smarter, more relevant experiences and push the category forward," the spokesperson continued, referencing incoming CEO Spencer Rascoff's LinkedIn post about changes he wants to implement at Tinder. (Rascoff is already CEO of Match Group, and will lead both it and Tinder as of July.) Related Stories For years now, height has been an obsession on dating apps, at least for straight users. As Mashable's features editor Rachel Thompson wrote in 2017, "In the economy of heterosexual online dating, where thumbs wield the ultimate power over a person's love life, height appears to be an immensely valuable currency." Two years later, Tinder even teased "height verification" as an April Fool's Joke. Now, The obsession hasn't been quenched, and already there's drama online about Tinder's height preference. While this is currently just a test, it won't be surprising if this becomes a permanent fixture on the app. Topics Tinder Anna Iovine Associate Editor, Features Anna Iovine is the associate editor of features at Mashable. Previously, as the sex and relationships reporter, she covered topics ranging from dating apps to pelvic pain. Before Mashable, Anna was a social editor at VICE and freelanced for publications such as Slate and the Columbia Journalism Review. Follow her on Bluesky.