Human Weapon Gaming nights

Here is your chance to challenge your colleagues, beat your friends or kill your enemies to become a true-blue Human Weapon. The History Channel in association with Microsoft Xbox 360 is organizing Human Weapon Gaming Nights on Friday, September 19, 2008 at The Living Room, Residency Cross Road, Bengaluru from 4 pm onwards.The event is for all gaming enthusiasts in the city and to promote The History Channel's biggest property this season, Human Weapon. The series, which takes viewers on a scintillating journey through the varied world of martial arts, airs every week on Wednesday and Thursday nights at 10 pm. Participants need to log onto http://www.historychannelindia.com/humanweapon/contest.aspx to register for the gaming night. Thrilling games such as Halo 3, Gears of war, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden 2 promise to be the star attractions of the evening as they provide a direct connect to the series' overriding theme. The winner of the championship will take home an Xbox 360 along with other goodies."Xbox 360 is extremely happy to be partnering with The History Channel for the Human Weapons Gamer Nights. As two young and dynamic brands providing unparalleled entertainment; it is but a natural coming together for us to provide the best of gaming and entertainment experiences to our audiences. This unique event is also a great platform to showcase some of the exciting new stuff Xbox 360 has planned for the upcoming festival season. The exciting Gears of War 2 arrives in November alongside other hits like Fallout 3 and Fable 2 as well as the exciting new Xbox Live experience," commented Microsoft (Entertainment & Devices Division) National Marketing Manager, Ashim Dass Mathur.

Ahead of the Curve competition by Autodesk

The Ahead of the Curve competition for students challenged young artists to show us their skills and powers of imagination using Autodesk® Maya® or Autodesk® 3ds Max®. The response was tremendous--all of the entries earned top marks! Seeing this wealth of talent made us feel like Aladdin in his cave of wonders. It’s too bad that we didn’t have a genie to help us choose the winners. It was a big challenge and, without a magic lamp in sight, our diligent judges took to their task.It’s our pleasure to congratulate the winners:
Overall Grand Prize Winner:
Mayec Rancel and José SotoSchool: CICE, Madrid, SpainName of work: "Substantia"
Category Winners:
Film and video: Tomás Cejudo MorinSchool: CICE, Madrid, SpainName of work: "Maha Hrit"
Games: Indranil MukherjeeSchool: Former student at the Raisina Bengali Senior Secondary SchoolName of work: "The Last Journey to Earth"
Visualization: Roshan MartinSchool: PROCOM: ERACOM - Ecole Romande d'arts et Communication, Lausanne, SwitzerlandName of work: "Longines Watch"
3D illustration/graphic design: Ruben Dario Karamañites ArangoSchool: Former student of the Image Campus Institute, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaName of work: "Last Ride of the Cyborg Elves"
Prizes :
Overall Grand Prize - One top-of-the-line workstation, courtesy of HP , One Xbox, courtesy of ATI
Category Prize - A graphics card from AMD or NVIDIA
Our appreciation and thanks go to our diligent judges and our generous sponsors, and most of all to those who entered the competition. We are pleased to know that Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max software allow so many students to express their creativity. Well done--and thanks again to everyone.

Holland Animation Film Festival Web Competition

This year the Holland Animation Film Festival(HAFF) takes place November 5-9. During these five days, the festival will show international competitions and a range of programs to show the variety of animation. In addition to the regular competitions (applied, independent and student work -- call for entries closed on all three), this year the festival will introduce a new online competition: The Holland Animation Web Competition. The online competition will take place on HAFF's YouTube channel, HaffTube. Aside from the competition, the channel will showcase past festival editions, trailers and more.
Entries are now being accepted.
Animation filmmakers from all over the world can enter the Web competition. Call for entries are open now, rules, regulations and the entry form are on HaffTube.
During the second week in September, the Web competition will launch, filling the channel with films from around the world. Festival organizers will vet and rate all films entered for competition. When 50 films have been submitted, voting begins. Each week, films will be voted off to make room for new entries.
Entries will be closed on October 22, 2008, then a jury will decide which one of the 50 films should be the winner out of the final group. The selected winner will be announced on the opening night of the festival at November 5. The winner will receive a guest accreditation and free hotel stay during the festival.