In February, it became known that the company Electronic arts signed an agreement with a Polish studio of visual effects and computer graphics Platige image. Under the contract, the studio was supposed to create a series of cinematic videos for EA games in the amount of approximately 800 thousand dollars.
Two months later, the company broke the agreement unilaterally. EA did not name the reasons for this decision, however, Platige Image management believes that the cause is coronavirus.
The work relied heavily on the use of motion capture, and for this it was necessary to shoot on-site in Los Angeles. Due to the current epidemiological situation, this has become impossible, which has led to the inability to continue work on animation. So they decided to suspend the project.
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Nevertheless, by agreement, Platige Image Studio will still receive money for everything that it managed to do under the contract. Polish animators and special effects masters will be paid about 60% of the agreed amount. It remains unknown what kind of game was discussed.
All other agreements, as stated by Platige Image management, remain valid. The studio has already successfully switched to remote mode.
Platige Image is known for a variety of commercials and cinematographic videos and fragments. So, the trailer she created “Artyom’s nightmareTo Metro exodus was named the best at the Munich conference animago. The studio worked on trailers for Cyberpunk 2077, Outriders: Director’s Cut, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, as well as over scenes from the series “The witcher“.
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