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After Prime Video's live-action adaptation was canceled, The Wheel of Time is returning as a series of animated movies and shows, and a video game

Robert Jordan's beloved fantasy series The Wheel of Time is coming back to the screen in animated form

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IP in a Half-Second: How Sandy Zhou Designs Iconic Combat Sound for League of Legends

For Sandy Zhou, a Riot Games sound designer, the work lives in a narrow window: combat audio must be readable in teamfight density, while still reinforcing character identity across thematics like Winterblessed, Star Guardian, Cafe Cuties, Anima Squad, Arcana, and Porcelain.

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Arcane studio lead denounces “soulless and deeply disrespectful” AI-generated fanart: "If you truly want to pay homage to the show, don’t be afraid to pick up a pencil"

An Arcane crew member is fighting back against AI

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How I made a 3D model of Singed from Arcane

Here's my process for translating Arcane's stylised shapes and painterly textures into a 3D model suitable for video game design.

Creative Bloq

How many champions are in 2XKO?

12 chosen ones for the Season 1 launch.

Dot Esports

Vintage vinyl, retro radios and OLED TVs – the 10 products on the What Hi-Fi? team's wishlist this Christmas

Some inspiration for your Christmas celebration

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Arcane season 2 is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary – here are 3 big questions I want one of the best Netflix shows' birthday event to answer

Riot Games' 'Arcane Fanniversary' event is set to celebrate Arcane season 2's first birthday.

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Could Baahubali The Eternal War reshape the future of animated movies?

The trailer's Arcane-like animation looks epic.

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The 10 Best Animated Shows of the 21st Century

Did Blorbo From Your Shows make the cut? Find out.

The Mary Sue

How the creative team behind Netflix's Arcane pushed the animation even further for the second season

The animation studio Fortiche reveals its winning formula for adapting game characters and worlds to the screen.

Creative Bloq

The big 2XKO interview – Roster, prospect of original characters, the beta, and more

Lots to talk about.

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'Arcane' Spinoffs Are Still In A "Developing and Exploration Phase," Creators Tease

Season Two of 'Arcane' wrapped up on Netflix and the showrunner sat down to talk about defying fan expectations, where the stories can go next, and how gaming is not Hollywood's little sibling.

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'It unfortunately won't be happening in the foreseeable future': Fortnite's Arcane skins continue to be in crossover jail as Riot boss confirms they won't be back anytime soon

A real shame for new Fortnite and Arcane fans.

PC Gamer

Predator: Killer of Killers director breaks down the surprise new animated movie releasing very soon, Arcane inspiration, and bringing back "R, crazy carnage" to the franchise

A surprise new Predator animated movie is headed to Disney Plus and Hulu in June

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Arcane Season 2 gets one last dance as the League of Legends spin-off animators return to bring Jinx and Ekko back to the series' most iconic song

Timebomb shippers stay winning

Creative Bloq

“I aimed to reimagine her design while staying true to the character” – how this 3D modeller created a fresh new take on a fan-favourite Arcane character

3D art of the week: Ama Ro

3 best sci-fi shows to watch after Secret Level

Have you enjoyed the animated adventures in Amazon's Secret Level and fancy some more? Here are our three recommendations of what to stream next.

PC Gamer

League of Legends' new season trailer is basically an epilogue to Arcane with 6 new Fortiche champion redesigns in it—so if it's not a preview of the upcoming Noxus show, I'll eat my hat

Just boys being boys, wrestling in the tundra.

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Inverse

The Best Sci-Fi Shows Of 2024 Set A Dangerous Precedent For Diversity

2024's best sci-fi shows made leaps and bounds when it came to diversity, only to waste that potential in the final hour.

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Riot Games' Arcane Netflix Series Reportedly Failed To Make Money Back Despite Critical Success

Riot Games' Arcane series reportedly did not become profitable despite its successful two-season run.

PC Gamer

Riot's co-founder says money isn't everything: 'People think we make things like Arcane to sell skins when in reality, we sell skins to make things like Arcane'

"To be clear, Arcane crushed for players, and so it crushed for us."

Total Film

League of Legends co-creator responds to report that Arcane was a "financial miss," says "people think we make things like Arcane to sell skins, when in reality we sell skins to make things like Arcane"

"Arcane crushed for players and so it crushed for us"

Total Film

Arcane writer says "it was always our hope" to get a character from the show into League of Legends

And Mel might be the most likely candidate

Total Film

Arcane writer shares where she wants to go with a new story in the League of Legends universe

"To me, it would be like 'let's do something totally new'."

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I didn’t expect Fallout to win Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2024 when Netflix’s Arcane was such a hit

It's surprising to see that Arcane lost to Fallout for the Best Adaptation at The Game Awards 2024.

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