Rockstar Games & Technicolour form New Animation Unit
Rockstar Games and Technicolour have launched a new animation team in Bangalore, India. Technicolour has assisted the developer on animation duties in Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3, but is now taking a more integrated role on future projects.
January 19th, 2014
Rockstar
Games and Technicolour have launched a new animation team in Bangalore,
India. Technicolour has assisted the developer on animation duties in
Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Max Payne 3, but is now taking a
more integrated role on future projects.
French
company Technicolours game artists, animators and state-of-the-art
technology infrastructure will be put to work on Rockstar titles going
forward.
This partnership reinforces
Technicolors strong commitment and strategy to growing its art and
animation business for the video game industry and we are proud to work
with cutting edge industry leaders like Rockstar Games, said Tim
Sarnoff, President of Technicolor Digital Productions.
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