Jonathan Williamson has just posted a overview video of 2.5 so far, demonstrating some of the changes we're seeing coming to the next big release and redesign of Blender.

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The game contest (being run by malCanDo) has been going for a few months now is into the final stage: Voting.

There's a lot of great game entries to check out and play, so get voting!

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You might have seen this in Ben Dansie's Durian application demo reel (after being selected as one of the final Durian team members), but he has recently come up with a very cool way to make flames and fire using Blender.

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Heres something cool, a new game being made using Blender for all the 3D work, and the Unity game engine. The smooth and professional style of the game is promising and it looks like it will be fun to play, with plenty of gore :)

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Ever wondered how to set up the new video textures feature in the Blender Game Engine?  Dennis has written a easy to follow tutorial on exactly how to do it.

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Pahelika: Secret Legends is a game made by IronCode software. They used Blender to render out all of the games visuals.

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If you can recall a previous article, the Blender Game Engine is currently undergoing huge developments led by Entertainment Arts Research. Here's a 'brief' update of some of the new things we're seeing appearing currently, plus a more recent demonstration video of Yo Frankie.

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Andrew Schomin and 6 friends are in the process of developing a game using Blender. The game is for the Computer Gaming Entrepreneurship Competition from the university of Texas at Dallas.

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Kai Kostack has recently posted an amazing video tour of the human body using Blender. The simulation is in real time and hasn't been possible until now, thanks to the latest GLSL features and speedups of Blender over the past year.

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Another quality tutorial from CGCookie, this one is by Kernon Dillon and its about using some neat techniques in Blender to 'paint' objects into a scene.

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It was announced very recently (on the 6th of April) that the Blender Game Engine will be used to make a third person action thriller called Fire Wire District 22. The game is being produced by Entertainment Arts Research Inc and its subsidiary Twilight 22 Studio based in Atlanta, Georgia USA.

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Martinsh has come up with some amazing screenshots of a mountain landscape in the Blender Game Engine, which utilizes some of the new 2D filters being developed. The landscapes are some of the most impressive and detailed pieces of art I've ever seen in the BGE.

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Award winning animator and the director of Elephants Dream, Bassam Kurdali, has begun production on his latest short 5min film entitled 'Tube'. The project has been in pre-production for several months and is now heading into the production phase.

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After the exceptional results from the CGenie Survey we reported on in February, CGenie has interviewed Ton Rosendaal about his views on the survey and the future of Blender.

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The results of Campbell's YoFrankie level design contest are now online. The first, second and third place entries are certainly very nice and worthy of their prizes.

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Jordan Harris (Leonardo812 on BA) has completed a short film, using Blender for all the 3D work. Most of the film is done using the stop motion technique with Lego characters and environments. This has been combined with 3D animation to make a very cool film.

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Project Aftershock is an Indie multiplayer racing game developed by a small team of gamers. Liquid Rock Games is the small company creating the game, lead by Yap Chun Fei and Pang Lih-Hern.

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RBGProd Studios from Switzerland have just finished a detailed animation for a Swiss French company (website) The animation relies a lot on camera footage, featuring an animated robot (named H7) who has been composed into the footage.

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