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Vinnie Jones Deals With Santa’s Naughty List in Andzej Gavriss’ Satirical WoT Branded Spot ‘Never Going Back’

Andzej Gavriss explains how meticulous planning enabled him to execute the ambitious level of production required for his Christmas-set World of Tanks spot.

Live Action

An Intense Game of Street Fighter Exposes Fragile Masculinity in Yuan Hu’s Frenzied Comedy ‘Sticks of Fury’

Yuan Hu roadmaps DN through the meticulous preparation of his energetic comedy about an older gamer whose fragile masculinity is systematically destroyed.

Animation

Retaining Your Humanity Is Key In Tomek Suwalski’s Pulse-Pounding Trailer for ‘Dying Light 2 Stay Human’

Tomek Suwalski breaks down his live-action approach to CGI animation for the cinematic trailer of revered apocalyptic action-shooter Dying Light 2.

Live Action

Vellas Plunges Us into an Intense Fight for Survival in the Chaotic Heart of Conflict in ‘Ghost Recon Breakpoint’

VELLAS transports us into the chaotic heart of conflict in Ubisoft's cinematic live action launch trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.

Animation

Tomek Suwalski Journeys into a Post-Apocalyptic Russia in Thrilling CGI Metro Exodus Trailer ‘Artyom’s Nightmare’

DN speaks to writer/director Tomek Suwalski about expanding the world of the Metro game series in his thrilling cinematic CGI short 'Artyom's Nightmare'.

Asides, Documentary

Nickname Szanto

Henrik Hanson's short doc 'Nickname Szanto' follows Therese, one of Sweden’s leading gamers as she fights for her dream of gender equality in e-sports.

Animation, Asides

Floatland

A girl retreats into the emotional safety of a computer game to the detriment of her IRL existence in Victoria Vincent’s animated short Floatland.

Asides, Live Action

Baptism

Martin de Thurah’s trailer for Far Cry 5 prelude short 'Inside Eden’s Gate' provides a compelling glimpse into a rural America ruled by a violent cult.

Animation

Ready Steady Bang: 30 Ways

Ed Barrett’s rootin’-tootin shootin promo for the iPad/iPhone game Ready Steady Bang.

Animation

Resistance 3

Following on from MarBelle’s “I’m far from a big gamer” post the other day, I’m also far from a big gamer (unless you count World of

Animation

Audience Calibration Procedure

If all the newfangled slickery of the current batch of iDevice games has you harking back for a simpler, 8-bit time, Superbrothers may just have something

Animation

Dead Island

Computer games aren’t something we feature on Directors Notes too often, it has to be something truly special to make it on here, but I think the trailer

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