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Bye Pokémon Unite 👋, Unity Light Bakes 💡, Growing Trees 🌳

Game News and Releases 🎮

Pokémon Unite to end service on mobile and Nintendo Switch on March 23, 2027

Pokémon Unite, developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by The Pokémon Company, will end service on mobile and Nintendo Switch on March 23, 2027. Aeos Gems sales and new memberships have ended, with Unite Club automatic renewals also set to stop. Purchased gems remain usable until shutdown, and membership benefits last through the current paid period. A library feature arriving November 12 will let players view certain records and content after shutdown if they download the required data before service ends.

Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year voting closes October 30

Voting for the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year remains open until October 30, with 12 nominees including Crimson Desert, Forza Horizon 6, Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem. Voting in the other 21…

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Growing Trees 🌳, Unity Light Bakes 💡, Godot Modeling 🧱

Procedural Graphics and Rendering 🌳

Procedural tree growth models light-driven branching

A procedural tree-growth implementation based on Palubicki et al.’s 2009 self-organizing tree model simulates growth season by season. Buds estimate light using a voxel shadow grid, share growth resources through the branching structure, and produce shoots when they receive enough; shaded branches can be shed. Growth direction, bud arrangement, and resource allocation shape the crown. The resulting skeleton is converted into bark and foliage meshes, with simplified cards and impostors for distant rendering.

NVIDIA details RTX Spark rendering and AI character tools

NVIDIA’s RTX Spark Windows PC platform combines a Blackwell RTX GPU, Grace CPU and up to 128 GB of unified memory, with support for DLSS 5, RTX Kit and Nsight tools. The DLSS 4.5 Unreal Engine plugin version 8.9.0 adds Windows on Arm support for Unreal Engine 5.8. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 4GB is available through the…

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gamingDaily

UnGodly Launch 📱, Emberville Delay 🎮, Bye Pokémon Unite 👋

Upcoming Releases and Delays 🎮

Azra details UnGodly’s iPhone Duo support and multiplatform launch

Azra Games’ free-to-play dark fantasy action RPG UnGodly is scheduled to launch November 11 on iOS, Android, PC, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, with Galaxy Store and ONE Store releases in December 2026. CEO Mark Otero says it is being optimised for individual devices, including older hardware. On iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro, it will support up to 120fps, while iOS 27 Auto Resizability adapts play to folding states. The Unity game features real-time combat without autoplay and is in soft launch on Google Play.

Emberville’s Steam Early Access launch delayed to January 7, 2027

Cygnus Cross has delayed Emberville’s Steam Early Access launch from October 27 to January 7, 2027. The developer said it needs more time to implement changes and improvements following Steam Next Fest, including a rework of bow combat. The pixel-art…

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