Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04218-zThose recovering from drug or alcohol misuse speak up and say they wish more researchers could do so freely at work.

Nature, Published online: 06 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-04219-ySen Ronaynes quest is to record all common bird species in Ireland, sharing both happy and sad stories about wildlife.

Thank you for exploring the MegaLights Art Blast! MegaLights is an exciting experimental feature in Unreal Engine 5.5 that empowers artists to use an unprecedented number of lights in their projects. With the ability to create over a thousand movable, dynamic lights that cast realistic area shadows and illuminate volumetric fog, were breaking new ground in real-time rendering on current-gen hardware.This advancement has been a game-changer for our environment artists, allowing them to work more freely and creatively without the usual constraints and limitations of local light sources. With Megalights in our toolkit, the team was able to build a captivating world for Echo to explore. By leveraging Quixel MegaScans and KitBash3D assets, and a little handcrafted salt thrown in for good measure, we rapidly experimented with different environments until we found a look we loved.What did this all mean for the art in practical terms? The team was able to work fast within a tight deadline. It was a pretty crazy day to day experience discovering just how much we could throw at the environment and were free to experiment with different ideas. We obviously still needed to keep best practices for environment creation and performance at the forefront of our thinking, but the liberties MegaLights afforded made building a unique environment a fun, creatively rewarding exercise.We hope the world weve lovingly built inspires you as much as it has inspired us. We encourage you to dive into MegaLights, MegaScans, and KitBash3D to discover how they can enhance your own creative workflow. Dan Woje Art Director Saga Alayyoubi Senior Environment Artist Wiktor hman Principle Environment Artist Jakob Keudel Senior Environment Artist Isac Crafoord Senior Lighting and Environment Artist The post Unreal Engine MegaLights Art Blast appeared first on ArtStation Magazine.

Fab is a one-stop destination where you can discover, buy, sell, and share digital assets, and its now live!Fab is the successor to the Unreal Engine Marketplace and Sketchfab Store, and the new home for Quixel Megascans. This new open marketplace supports all types of creators with content for use across Unreal Engine, Unity 3D, Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and other digital content creation tools. Unreal Engine developers can access Fab directly in the Unreal Engine 5 Editor, and Fornite creators can discover Fortnite ready assets through Fab in UEFN. The Fab integration in UEFN is undergoing maintenance and will be back online shortly, and the Fab integration in the Unreal Engine 5 Editor is coming soon.Head over to Fab.com today to discover an enormous offering of high quality, real-time-ready game assets, environments, VFX, audio, animations, characters, plug-ins, and more.Read on to learn more about what youll find on Fab today and to hear whats coming to Fab in the future.Find it on FabFab offers content compatible with multiple game engines, a wide variety of asset types, various licensing options, and more. Today on Fab you can:Browse our extensive content library that includes top-quality 3D assets, VFX, environments and more from amazing creators and studios like KitBash3D, Dekogon Studios and Leartes Studios.Use Channels to find content compatible with Unreal Engine, UEFN and Unity.Choose the license that meets your needs. Fab offers a Creative Commons license and the Personal or Professional tier of a Standard License. The Fab Standard License enables you to use the assets, including Megascans, in any game engine or tool you want.Acquire the Quixel Megascans library for free through the end of 2024 free for use with ALL engines and digital content creation tools. With one click on this new page, you can claim over 17,000 Megascans, including 10 packs with brand new scene files from Quixel. And be on the lookout for free sponsored content from Quixel and other creators on Fab.Make informed decisions about what you want to download or purchase. Inspect 3D assets with Fabs next-generation real-time 3D viewer to know what youre buying before you make a purchase. You can also see on each product details page if a product was created with the help of generative AI, and you can use filters to include or exclude generative AI products from your searches.Find assets that are right for your audience. Mature content is allowed on Fab.com but individuals whose parents have enabled age rating restrictions using Epics Parental Controls will not be able to access Mature content. You have the option to show, blur or hide Mature content on Fab. As a reminder, Mature content cannot be used in UEFN since these assets exceed Fortnites maximum age rating.Redeem a free 6-month subscription for Adobe Substance Painter and Modeler. Find out if youre eligible here.Whats nextWe have ambitious goals for Fab and todays launch is just the beginning. Over the coming months well continue improving the user experience, adding new content and shipping new features. We plan to introduce new file formats including Roblox and Minecraft assets, access to MetaHumans, a new listing review system, product specific FAQs, a pipeline to make it easy for creators to publish content directly from UEFN to Fab, and new analytics to enhance the seller experience.In 2025, were making a cross-section of the Megascans library free to all users regardless of which engine or platform they are using. This starter pack will contain more than 1,500 hand-picked assets, including a variety of popular 3D assets, plants, trees, surfaces, decals, imperfections and the 10 packs Quixel released on Fabs launch day.Were aware of a few things that arent working as expected at launch. Weve documented a list of known issues here and were currently working through each of these items.For more information, check out the ArtStation Help Center FAQs. The post Fab.com is now live! appeared first on ArtStation Magazine.

When the team at Massive Entertainment started the journey of creating Star Wars Outlaws, our aim was to create an immersive experience, inspired by the immense impact the original trilogy had on our team. We used those memories and feelings- with an added modern twist, to bring Star Wars Outlaws to life- a game with a unique visual presentation that pays homage to the movies we love so much.We spent countless hours re-watching the movies and shows, reading the books and comic series, playing the games and even building model kits, exploring every corner of the galaxy that we could. Everyone has a different memory of and relationship with Star Wars and a different view of what it means to them and we worked to incorporate those elements into our game. Diving deep into this rich history gave us a renewed appreciation for what makes the visual identity of Star Wars so unique, regardless of the era.Our goal was to create something that was both enjoyable for seasoned fans of the franchise, with references and details from the world they know so well, while creating a world that would be understandable and relatable to players diving into the Star Wars galaxy for the first time through Kay Vess and Nix.As the art and world director, it is a huge privilege to present the work of our amazingly talented team, who poured their hearts and souls into creating an immersive open world Star Wars experience that has never been seen before. Their passion and love for Star Wars was the core of making this game and at the heart of every decision. From small props to the most glorious vistas, every detail was crafted by a team that loves Star Wars and wanted to bring their love and passion for it into the game world for players to explore and enjoy.This is just a small glimpse behind the scenes of the games creation. We hope you enjoy looking at the concepts, characters, props, environments and much more that helped bring Star Wars Outlaws to life.Please note, If you havent finished the game yet, there may be spoilers ahead.Benedikt PodlesniggArt and World Director Michael Hansen Senior Character Artist Massive Entertainment Jakub Mrwczyski Senior Character Artist Massive Entertainment Laurent Boucher Senior Character Artist Ubisoft Annecy Achielias Debecker Senior Character Artist Ubisoft Annecy Magnum Mak Lam Chau Senior Character Ubisoft Shanghai Livio Ambrosini Senior Environment Artist Massive Entertainment Wouter Gillioen Environment Artist Massive Entertainment Jens Peppler Environment Artist Ubisoft Bucharest Horia Mocanu Environment Artist Ubisoft Bucharest Joel Westman Senior Level Artist Massive Entertainment Melodie Delamourd Senior Level Artist Massive Entertainment Catherine Jonsson Senior Environment Artist Massive Entertainment Raphael Tavares Senior Environment Artist Massive 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Anyone looking to cap off a kill with a colorful move in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 can do just that with the Brightmare Bundle, as this allows you to summon a unicorn to help you out. It appears that there are two distinct finishers: a lethal booty belch from the unicorn and a gorier finisher that wouldn't look out of place in a Mortal Kombat game. According to Activision, the rainbow-colored rectal turbulence is the right one, as there is currently a bug with the preview that shows off the incorrect finishing move.As spotted by Charlie Intel, the preview execution mistakenly shows a player throwing their opponent onto the horn of a unicorn and impaling them. There's still some sparkly back-end blowout involved, but the proper finisher is the one that revolves around fatal fecal fumes.Activision may have changed the Unicorn bundle finishing move in today's Black Ops 6 update.A comparison of the old one (fart move) and the new preview move. As of now, it's still doing the fart move in-game, but the preview is a different move.Vid: @BobNetworkUK_ pic.twitter.com/M4ZCaxVlVM CharlieIntel (@charlieINTEL) January 4, 2025 Unicorn cheek-squeaks are just the tip of the iceberg in the landscape of modern-day Call of Duty. The franchise has become a hub for crossovers, and the collaboration has seen the launch of new Squid Game-themed multiplayer modes and skins. In terms of overall silliness, the Brightmare Bundle is tame when compared to Call of Duty's marijuana-themed events, including the recent launch of stoner-lizard DLC and even a Cheech and Chong crossover in the past.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Wordle has exploded in popularity since The New York Times purchased the word game from its creator, Josh Wardle, in early 2022. The 1,000th Wordle game was played in early 2024, and it still retains a large audience. Now, the New York Times has revealed which word tripped up millions of Wordle players in 2024.According to Today, 5.6 million Wordle streaks ended on October 15, 2024. The word chosen for that day was "corer," which can refer to either a knife that's used for coring fruits or a large hollow cylindrical drill/tube that's primarily made for extracting samples of rocks or dirt from the ground or the ocean floor. The outcome of that puzzle doesn't seem to have had an adverse affect on Wordle's numbers. The New York Times even debuted a math version of Wordle last year, which is called Digits. That game invites players to use six numbers or digits to reach a single set number as the final result. Players can choose whether to add, subtract, multiply, or divide their numbers as needed as long as the correct result is reached. Continue Reading at GameSpot

Drip, drip, drip. The Nintendo Switch 2 leaks keep coming, as this time uncofirmed images of a retail-model left Joy-Con for the upcoming console appeared online over the weekend. In addition, fans believe they've discovered an unexpected feature for the new Joy-Cons after poring over the pictures: mouse functionality.The three new Switch 2 Joy-Con images popped up on Reddit over the weekend, allegedly from a Chinese factory, showcasing a black controller with a light-blue interior. VGC then reported that eagle-eyed fans believe they've spotted an optical sensor on the side of the Joy-Con. That would mean the controller could function like a PC mouse, offering a new method to play Switch 2 games. Supposedly, shipping data for Switch 2 also points to mouse-like functionality, per another Reddit post.New Joy-con Photos from Chinese SNS by u/SwordfishAgile3472 in NintendoSwitch2 The new Joy-con appear to have an optical sensor similar to a mouse on the side, so people are speculating now they could be used as a mouse https://t.co/mrxPvE5WPd Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) January 5, 2025 If true, Switch 2 wouldn't be the first gaming handheld to offer mouse-like features built into the device. The Lenovo Legion Go has detachable controllers like the Switch, with the right gamepad able to function like a mouse.Continue Reading at GameSpot

My Hero Academia concluded recently and fans got to see quite a lot of exciting information-packed and its final volume. At the same time, Horikoshi also released a 38-page epilogue, which added quite a lot to already existing characters, and the ending that they received in Chapter 430.

Director Naoko Yamada has proven herself in the niche of lower-stakes, slice-of-life anime, with decades of experience in the industry and a reputation from both the international sensation A Silent Voice as well as multiple entries of the Sound Euphonium franchise. Her works are known for their ability to take simple premises and draw from them emotional explorations of youth and friendship. With her newest film The Colors Within, Yamada channels those emotional depths through the visual and pallet sensibilities of one of animes most visually bold studios, Science Saru, whose 2021 series The Heike Story she had previously worked on as director. The result is a charming display of music and color, a refreshing celebration of friendship and self-acceptance that ends up being perhaps Yamadas most poetic project to date.