The EMotion FX Character Animation System recently released v3.6. EMotion FX is a cross platform animation SDK for game developers that has been designed for next-gen hardware. For context, Mystic Game Development is behind the system, with clients including big name companies like Ubisoft, Electronic Arts’ Mythic Entertainment, and Sony Online Entertainment.

The quality updates focus mainly on getting higher detail in game characters, increasing runtime performance, and improving memory utilization. For the sake of the artist, the preview and tuning support has been improved for the export pipeline. There’s also an artist guide and example references, which it would be nice to get our hands on for a review.

Most importantly to everyone reading here, there are trial versions available and examples of what can be done using the system. If anyone has tried this out and has thoughts, let us know!

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