Developer Slow Bros. is not afraid of leaving its fingerprints all over its debut game, Harold Halibut. And I mean that literally: Every character, texture, piece of furniture, article of clothing, floorboard, button, door, and even the screws that hold everything together were physically crafted by the developers and then digitally scanned into a 3D game. In fact, if you look closely enough, you may even see an actual single eyelash hair pressed into the clay cheek of one of the game’s characters. This handmade style could, of course, suggest that it would be animated using stop motion, much like Wallace and Gromit or Pingu, but that isn’t the case at all. Instead, Harold Halibut’s handmade world is rendered in real-time with the motion and fluidity of any modern 3D game.
The result is striking and even lifelike despite being cartoonish in its nature, and instantly distinguishes Harold Halibut as one of the most graphically interesting games coming this ye…
Read moreGenshin Impact’s 2.7 Update will arrive later than originally scheduled, developer miHoYo has confirmed. The studio revealed on Facebook that the Version 2.7 livestream–which would have revealed the release date for the update–has been “temporarily” delayed. To soften the blow, miHoYo did unveil some new phone wallpapers that fans can download.
Over on Twitter, the version delay news was confirmed on that platform as well. “Due to project progress, the Version 2.7 update will be postponed,” the tweet reads. “For detailed information on the date of the new update, content adjustment plan, and compensation, please stay tuned for upcoming announcements.”
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