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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

This is the first time in my 13 year career, across multiple studios that I didn't need to crunch to finish a game. Feels good, really good. Especially hitting the same quality bar as TLOU2. More work to keep doing but proud of the big changes so far to make the studio healthier.

Naughty Dog

@Naughty_Dog

2 years

Thrilled to announce The Last of Us Part I has gone gold! 🏅✨ Congratulations to the Dogs and our partners @PlayStation who contributed their passion and talent to the growing world of #TheLastofUs !

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Remember when people who have no concept of game development were complaining about reusing an animation for the games sequel? I'm still using a rock rubble pile I made in Uncharted 3 lmao

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

What an absolutely abysmal take. Variety of video games in terms of gameplay and story is what makes them great. We need more DIFFERENT games, not similar Stop with these awful hot takes where you want all games to pander to just your tastes. You don't need to play every game.

Polygon

@Polygon

4 years

Games need to return to black-and-white morality

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

#TheLastofUsPart2 How it started. How its going.😎

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

These numbers can be a bit misleading but something great to have a chat about! 1. Credits commonly only list the name of an Outsourcing studio used. We have always listed every individual at those studios. For many its the only time their name will be credited in a game. (1/)

VG247

@VG247

4 years

Over 2,000 people and 14 outsourced studios worked on The Last of Us Part 2

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Microsoft 2019: "We are in a very unique position to be able to spend Sony out of business" Microsoft 2022: Spends 19 times more money than Sony has ever spent. Microsoft 2023: "Oh that was an old strategy/thought experiment from 2019"

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Wow Seattle made a life size replica of The Last of Us Part II level that I created. We have the best fans #blessed

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

I think this is the first time I have seen someone post about finding this fun little Uncharted 4 easter egg I made. Subtle and well hidden easter eggs are a blast to include😁

GermanStrands

@GermanStrands

4 years

I found a Clicker in #Uncharted4 😳. I can't wait for #TheLastofUsPartII . #PlayStation4 #PS4 #TLOU2

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

Don't mean to flex too hard on y'all but I for sure have the best looking quarentine mask 😷 #TheLastofUsPartII

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

I love seeing all the original Last of Us and now Part I comparison shots. Fun fact, all the original cinematics in The Last of Us were Pre-Rendered and looked way better than any in game gameplay. Wait till you see the side by sides of all the real time in game environments 😎

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 months

I'm personally all for less exclusive games as that is best for gamers overall but like you literally just had Palworld release on PC and Xbox without coming to PlayStation. The hypocrisy is just so high here 😂 Both companies do this stuff

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@NextGenPlayer

4 months

Phil Spencer isn’t happy that Helldivers 2 skipped Xbox “kudos to the team shipping on PC and PlayStation — I'm not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox” "but I get it,” says Phil See more:

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

7 months

Art Direction award once again relegated to just a commercial break speed through announcement. Brutal. No respect for art ever 😭

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

Uncharted 4 came out 4 years ago and these are still hands down the best looking video game characters. Well you know, best looking for the next 41 days that is 😏 ND character team is straight 🔥

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

7 years

The multi view timelapse video showcasing how I built the Western Ghats HUB level in Uncharted: The Lost Legacy!

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

yeah but like, can Blender do this? 😏💅

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Topology? *laughs in environment artist*

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Been sitting on this job announcement quite some time but after nearly 11 years I am no longer an Environment Artist @ Naughty Dog...😅

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

"If you knew how game development goes, you’d know that visuals are one of the first things done." True, all you have to do is play this video in reverse to see how accurate this is. I started this level with final art and then we slowly built the design of Uncharted 4

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

It shouldn't be surprising that people who make their personality traits as rabid gaming fanboys don't understand the business side of gaming at all and why Sony or Microsoft being able to acquire the most dominate IP is bad for gaming. Nintendo/Steam deal is in bath faith (1/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

I couldn't help making one 😂💀

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

A lot of the most talented video game artists I know don't have a Twitter, an Artstation or even a up to date online portfolio. They just do industry leading work and are like "cool, onto the next project". Having a big online following doesn't equate to your talent level at all.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Seems like the PR campaign to appease regulators is in full swing. This is so bad for gaming as a whole. Microsoft to just use its massive fortune to buy up any studio is pleases to eventually smother the competition is terrible. 10 years is nothing when you own IPs forever.

Brad Smith

@BradSmi

2 years

Our acquisition will bring Call of Duty to more gamers and more platforms than ever before. That's good for competition and good for consumers. Thank you @Nintendo . Any day @Sony wants to sit down and talk, we'll be happy to hammer out a 10-year deal for PlayStation as well.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

7 months

Excited for this PS5 version of The Last of Us Part II. The Roguelike is SICK and a 10 dollar upgrade for PS4 owners is great 😀 Shout out our Comms & Marketing team who had such awesome plans for yall on the reveal for this over the next month to be wiped out. Leaks are lame AF

Naughty Dog

@Naughty_Dog

7 months

The Last of Us Part II Remastered comes to PS5 on January 19, featuring: 💥 No Return roguelike mode 🎙 Lost Levels with dev commentary 🎸 Guitar Free Play 👀 Graphical enhancements 🎮 DualSense integration ⭐ And more Learn more here:

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

I feel like the Starfield controller has to be the best looking special edition gaming controller ever made. I can't think of one to top this. Absolutely so cool, love the design and details on this.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

People really showing they don't know anything about business dealings thinking the Sony Bungie deal wasn't already in the works for MONTHS and was some kind of response to Microsoft Activision. This isn't like picking up the phone and ordering a pizza 😂

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Dis glow up 💅💁‍♀️ Happy 9 year anniversary The Last of Us 😀

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Life as a Game Dev: "How long do you think this will take you?" *me in my head* - "I can do this in 1 week ez" *me out loud* - "2 weeks, no problem" *in reality* - 3 weeks 😅

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

I heard you wanted a PS5 60fps update for the most awarded game of all time 😏

PlayStation

@PlayStation

3 years

Play The Last of Us Part II on PS5, now targeting 60fps after today's performance patch for the PS4 version:

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

A pretty sweet last decade making some awesome games with my friends. 😁 From the 20 year ND vets to those shipping their first game it's amazing to watch people pushing what's possible in this medium with each new game 🐾 #TheLastofUsPart2 #naughtydog

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

8 years

I created a multi view timelapse video of me building Madagascar from #Uncharted4 :D

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

I only have 500 Instagram followers but damn, my DM's because of The Last of Us 2 are more wild than Twitter surprisingly 😂 Imaging being so homophobic and pathetic in life to send messages like these. (most of my DM's are super positive tho so don't worry 😁)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

Wish we had way better designed video game tshirts. Designs that are more subtle, styles that iykyk, things that don't scream "video games!". Only fans would get it and would blend into the regular world Instead we always just get character heads or logos dead center of a shirt

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

I'm surprised how often I see students trying to break into the industry spend incredible amounts of time on everything but creating work for their portfolio. Building out their own "discord community", streaming and tweeting all day are the new popular things to waste time on.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Evolution of trendy 3d art portfolio pieces -Damaged concrete pillar with rebar -Blue mailbox with graffiti -Brick building alleyway with large dumpster -AK-47 with tape on it -Sci Fi Hallway -Zbrush rock sculpt -Tessellated Marmoset shader ball render -BotW hills of green grass

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

How did it go again? Get woke something something Go broke! Was it? 😂 Looks like people are interested in compelling characters and more than just your typical pandering super hero story where nothing bad happens. Glad so many are enjoying it despite trolls hateful negativity 😀

PlayStation

@PlayStation

4 years

The Last of Us Part II has sold through more than 4 million copies: Congratulations, @Naughty_Dog !

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

What if... You didn't make this tweet the day around 100 people from 343i lost their jobs? Couldn't wait till next week at least?

Ryan McCaffrey

@DMC_Ryan

1 year

What if... id Software made a Halo game? An FPS, specifically. They have the talent, the tech, & the focus. (I am not suggesting the closure or demise of 343i, to be clear. I just think it'd be interesting to see id's take on Halo -- maybe as a side-story game, a la Halo Wars)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Is there a better console generation line up by one studio than this 😍 such an amazing team to work with over the years. PS4 is gonna be tough to top but I certainly like what we got cooking on the PS5 👀 😏 hit up the career page and those open positions, we got a ton!

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@NaughtyDogInfo

2 years

9 years ago today, the PlayStation 4 was announced and Naughty Dog leaped into the next generation with their masterfully-crafted games. #TheLastofUs #Uncharted #PS4

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

I am hands down way more interested in playing 4 completely different 15 hour AAA games than just 1 60 hour AAA game. I want to explore more worlds and different stories than a game with a padded open world. Love the industry has both but needs more 15 AAA hour games for sure

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@GIBiz

4 years

The former head of PlayStation Worldwide Studios believes the AAA model needs a rethink "Instead of spending five years making an 80 hour game, what does three years and a 15 hour game look like?"

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

I'm so hyped for The Last of Us HBO TV show. Like I just sometimes randomly think about it and I can't stop smiling. 😁

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

Sum up your job using a gif. Environment Artist

Wesley Griffith

@justwesley

4 years

Sum up your job using a gif. Senior Hardsurface Artist

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Ah yes the position I've always wanted, the classic Intern/Volunteer Art Director! How could I pass up this type of opportunity? They don't mention how much exposure bucks I could earn though...

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 years

Hi #MeetTheDev my name is Anthony Vaccaro, been an Environment Artist for 9 years. Interned at SOE on EverQuests 16th expansion, @Bungie on Halo Reach, currently @Naughty_Dog on Uncharted 3, 4, Lost Legacy, The Last of Us 1 & 2. I also teach envio art @CGMA and love timelapses :)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

9 months

In the spirt of #Blocktober here is my first blockout of the Aquarium from The Last of Us Part 2 and how I ended up arting the space. The Aquarium was such a fun section as I took over layout design while also doing the art for it along with @JaredSobotta on Texture/Material side

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

13 days

Hot take, but I feel for those looking to break into the industry, you will get better advice on where/how to apply from juniors who just got into the industry in the last 2/3 years than a senior dev Senior devs for what studios look for, but junior devs for what actually works

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Absolutely gutting to hear. Laying off 10k people during this acquisition shows how its never been about "saving/building better" studios like Acti/Bliz from Bobby Kotick. Its just about IP gain. Hearing from peeps 343 is basically gone 😞 acquisition would bring more layoffs

Jason Schreier

@jasonschreier

1 year

Microsoft is laying off 10,000 people today, including in its gaming divisions such as Xbox and Bethesda. This mass layoff arrives exactly one year after Microsoft announced plans to purchase Activision Blizzard for $69 billion

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

If you want a true in-depth look at all the highs, lows and processes of making one of the greatest games of all time highly encourage checking Grounded II. Trailer has spoilers for TLOU2 so be warned! For those that want to know what it was actually like creating this game😀

Naughty Dog

@Naughty_Dog

6 months

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II is coming! It will be available on YouTube and as part of a post-launch update for #TLOU2Remastered . Watch the trailer for this upcoming documentary here:

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 months

@DestinLegarie Sea of Thieves requires a Microsoft account when played on PSN or when playing Minecraft on a MacBook. Super common in gaming. Hell I need an account for my Nvidia driver 😂

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

Never understood gamers wanting to see leaks. Do y'all forget the first time you saw like The Last of Us, Spider-Man, Cyberpunk, Skyrim or God of War trailer play? The insane hype, the complete surprise, the excitement of something new? Why would you take that away from yourself?

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

I just hit 10 years at Naughty Dog! A Decade Dog 😀 I've been fortunate to work on son many amazing games since starting on Uncharted 3, created art I'm so proud of plus a ton of awards. But its the life long friends and events along the way that truly made it special #decadeDog

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Not only did I have the pleasure of creating the Environment Art for the Aquarium in #TheLastofUsPartll I was also the Layout Designer for the level 😁 Very fun fully creating this space from an Art and Design standpoint starting in early Alpha. Some #Blocktober before/after!

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

Sometimes it's hard to see past the small yet extremely loud vocal minority online who hates something for any given reason. But it's always great when you realize the vast majority never shares that sentiment and the amount of real positivity is overwhelming🙂 #TheLastofUsPart2

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Was so much fun doing a lot of Layout Design and then all the Environment Art along with Genesis Prado for the Western Ghats level in Uncharted: Lost Legacy. If you missed it on PS4 now is the prefect time with #UnchartedLegacyOfThieves out today on PS5! #Uncharted

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

5 months

Tomorrow The Last of Us Part I and Part II will be finally be native to the PS5 and both games will be at visual parity. Excited for everyone who has never gone on this adventure to experience it for the first time as if it was one cohesiveness story 😁

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Interesting take from a Blizzard Talent Marketing Specialist. Is this line of thinking why Blizzard has notoriously underpaid their employees for years to the point they shared Excel sheets how underpaid they were? They are "greedy" for wanting a job they love AND a good salary?

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

My heart goes out to everyone at Insomniac ❤️ I remember how crushed and devastated I felt when TLOU II hack happened. But this? The scale of this hack? People's personal information leaked? I cannot begin to fathom it at all. I'm so incredibly sorry for everyone affected 😞

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

11 months

"there are no games" A more correct statement from you would be "there are no AAA first party titles I personally want to play as I only consider those games"

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@DMC_Ryan

11 months

I massively regret the $597 (including tax) that I spent on the PSVR2. I love great VR game experiences & I was so excited that Sony was doubling down w/a truly powerful second-gen headset, but they burned me. There are no games. It already feels dead. Look at the layer of dust!

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

The examples used are The Last of Us Part 2 and Bioshock Infinite, a game from 7 years ago on a different console cycle!? Bruh Like most games ARE black and white morality. "This is bad guy, me good guy kill bad guy because I'm good". 95% of all games.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

I love all these meme reference gifs our Animators worked on. They had a blast goofing around making them and it's been great seeing fans use them so often.

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@GameSpot

6 months

All the times #TheLastOfUs gifs recreated iconic film, tv, and pop culture moments 🍿

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

9 months

Oh hello 👋😁

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 month

The fine print legit says it will not be capturing images of DRM content like Netflix or Amazon Prime but it will be capturing your passwords, bank info, social security, health documents. Lmao absolutely insane levels of spyware that will easily be hackable/stolen

Tsarathustra

@tsarnick

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Satya Nadella says Windows PCs will have a photographic memory feature called Recall that will remember and understand everything you do on your computer by taking constant screenshots

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Awesome 10 year The Last of Us celebration at the studio put on by the amazing ops team @Naughty_Dog ! The original The Last of Us banner that was signed by the team during the launch party hanging on the wall in the background 😀 it's been a special 10 years! #TheLastOfUs

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

We have gone GOLD!! 🏅 All the hard work from the team over these years to deliver something so special. From the art team, to design, narrative, animation, audio, QA, operations, concept, localization, social, IT, programing, actors and everyone else at ND/Sony. So damn proud!!

Naughty Dog

@Naughty_Dog

4 years

Our own @Neil_Druckmann has some exciting news about The Last of Us Part II... (Beware of spoilers in the replies)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

10 months

The loading speeds + transitions Insomniac is doing for Spider-Man 2 is insane! This type of thing is so impressive and going to truly change the way games feel! Imagine games you play where you are hitting loading screens every few min how different they would play on PS5 🤯

Dream Walker

@Dream_WaIker

10 months

👀Insomniac is redefining "Fast Travel" in Marvel's Spider-Man 2 PS5 🔥 Seamlessly go to ANYWHERE on the map!🤯 (Not just some specific markers) With the coolest, smoothest transition to gameplay #PS5 SSD paid off big time!👌 #SpiderMan2PS5 #PlayStation5 #StateofPlay #Xbox

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

After trailer drop chillin with a handful of the local Naughty Dog Environment Artists, a good chunk who this is their first ND game! I am so pumped for you all to see the incredible work they have done bringing Part 1 up to the high quality bar we hit in Part 2!

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Asked my best friend and the love of my life to marry me in her favorite town of Salem Massachusetts on the best day of the year, Halloween 🎃😁

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

9 months

Absolutely gutting to hear about all the layoffs this week. So many lives upended by incompetent management. We don't seem to have a ton of job listings at Naughty Dog right now beyond a handful programming roles but will leave this here if its helpful 😕

Openings || Naughty Dog

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

5. Are most AAA games contributed by this many people? Yes to varying degrees of the scope of the game. Most just dont credit everyone. Why is this? Our credits roll at around 20 minutes which is SUPER long & studios want to make it seems like they did everyone on their game :)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

5 years

Today was the introduction of the first 5 year award here at Naughty Dog. 108 active employees have hit that mark. It’s been a great 8 years so far at such an amazing studio 😄

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

2. Many other departments are often left out of game credits that while they didn't build the game world, the scope of the project wouldnt be the same without them. Such as Studio/Corporate Operations, Marketing, Merchandise, Event Coordinators. They deserve to be credited! (2/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

The Last of Us Part 1 Art Blast Day on @ArtStationHQ @Naughty_Dog #TheLastofUsPart1 #ArtStation #ArtBlast Excited to share all of the art the team made!

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

3. Games are built on an engine and while the people who contributed to that engine might not be actively working on the game itself, the work they did is the reason these games run. They deserve to see their names roll by as without them no game would run. So we credit them (3/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

10 months

Happy 6 years to Uncharted Lost Legacy! Was so fun getting to do a lot of the layout design and the environment art for the Western Ghats drivable jeep section 😀 Full timelapse video I made with more shots here for those interested.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

It's crazy how this is like the third legal incident for CoD from stolen store art to not legally obtaining building rights just this year that we know of The legal team we have now in place at ND goes over even trash piles with a fine tooth comb to avoid lawsuits like this. Wild

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An Amsterdam hotel did not appreciate appearing in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II and might take legal action over the "unwanted involvement". Details: #amsterdam #ModernWarfare2 #ModernWarfare #games

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Anthony Vaccaro

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1 year

@weaver_be Right so Sony was trying to pay for 1 year of exclusivity for 1 game (which Microsoft also does) and instead of offering Bethesda a better deal decided that one year of exclusivity was "shady" so they bought the ENTIRE publisher, dozens of studios and IPs to make all exclusive.

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

"omg you work for Sony no wonder you say this!" Real adults divorce themselves from the companies that pay them and don't let those decisions effect their views. Dont marry yourself to the company that currently pays your salary or make the console you play your identity (end)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

8 months

Always love it when a Sony game comes out, all the other Sony studios do some fun fan art of their franchise with the game that is being released. Just a fun little celebration and devs supporting their fellow devs :)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

Started to upload the environments I created for #TheLastofUsPart2 ! Environment art, level layout design, 3d modeling and world building by myself and environment textures/materials by the super talented @JaredSobotta 😀 via @artstationhq

The Last of Us Part 2: Aquarium Atrium, Anthony Vaccaro

A collection of images of the atrium and its various iterations from the Aquarium in The Last of Us Part 2 I created as an Environment Artist. Check out my main Artstation page for more of my TLOU2...

www.artstation.com

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 months

Love seeing the massive success of a game like Helldivers 2. It really goes to show you that no one knows what will truly pop off at the right time and become a massive runaway success. Devs just try to build games they want to play and make. So awesome when it hits big with fans

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

4. In a AAA setting you have to deal with a world wide corporate world to get your game across the globe and rightly so those management people should be included in the credits. A lot is done on Sony's end to get a game like this shipped even if they didnt animate anything. (4/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

6 months

When studios announce their next game: "Don't announce your game more than 2 years before it's release!" When studios have yet to announce their next game: "Why don't these studios communicate with fans!" 🤷🏻😂

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Microsoft doesn't compete with Steam/Nintendo for business, it competes with Sony. They do not have an online distribution platform like Steam, they sell their games on Steam, so to make a 10 year deal is meaningless as they have no platform of their own, they do not compete (2/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

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The attention to detail is unmatched by every department of this studio and something that inspires me every day I am at work be it narrative, design, sound, animation or environments. Every inch of #TheLastofUsPartII is unique in a way you haven't seen before.

Naughty Dog

@Naughty_Dog

4 years

The new episode of Inside #TheLastofUsPartII is now available. This week, we're discussing the development philosophy, technology, and attention to detail that went into the making of the game. Watch here: Tune in next Wednesday for our final installment.

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Anthony Vaccaro

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Sonys strategy has always been about building great IPs and purchasing to build up the IPs they own. They have never been massive IP purchases though. Microsofts kinda failed at building up their own IPs and instead went for the mass IP buyout route (6/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 years

How to tell if a man has never been to the gym in their life: "Abby is unrealistically buff"

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Normal Map the movie was pretty good

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Watch a basic video on architecture. There is a reason your design feels "off". Humans can tell proper flow of a building having been in hundreds of them IRL, adding stairs, pillars, inconsistent story height/wall thickness, doors with no architectural sense will always feel off.

Derek Mattson

@thedmatts

1 year

If there was only one piece of advice you could give someone designing gameplay, what would it be?

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Nintendo does not make hardware capable of running CoD to the quality level as Microsoft/Sony, so they are not in competition with them for the same demographic. Those who would pick up a Nintendo CoD are a different audience. They don't compete. (3/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

My face reading this article after posting yesterday that this type of deal when an entire publisher is bought out, with dozens of IPs on a scale never seen in the industry is a bad thing no matter if it was Sony or Microsoft. Got like a thousand angry gamer messages on it 😅

Bloomberg Technology

@technology

2 years

BREAKING: The FTC voted to sue to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision, saying the tie-up between the Xbox maker and game publisher would harm competition

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

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Microsoft and Sony directly compete with each other for the same core audience/dollars. The offer of a 10 year deal to Nintendo/Steam is done in bath faith to appease regulators to force the deal through and make Sony look unreasonable. (4/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

7 years

This February I will begin teaching my first class, Organic World Building in UE4 @CGMasterAcademy This advanced class will see students building their own organic environment and teach them the tools to succeeded in a production pipeline. Enroll today! :D

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

4 months

I say this without a shred of bias at all but it's for sure The Last of Us Part 2. Again, just trying to give my completely unbiased, 100% correct opinion here.

DomTheBomb

@DomTheBombYT

4 months

What’s the best looking PlayStation Game you’ve ever played?

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

1 year

Have had the pleasure to work on some cool small little games here in my career 😁

Lilly Arredondo

@parasiteDoll_

1 year

What was the first game you worked on and which was the latest?👀

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

This random dude at the mountain bar struck up a convo with me today and he loved that I worked in video games. But he told me he absolutely hated how "political" video games have become. His 2 all time favorite games are Call of Duty Modern Warfare and Spec Ops the Line 🙃

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Just as bad if Sony bought out CoD and after a 10 year "deal" made it exclusive to their platform as Microsoft aims to do. Using vast wealth of your company to buy IPs and be able to dictate where the majority of consumers must play their favorite games is never great. (12/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Monopolies like this stagnate innovation and allow for wild price gouging as you have no competition to set a matching price. This is the goal for most businesses as they don't care about you, its about making money for stock holders. (9/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

3 years

Wearing my old Nirvana t-shirt I got in college and this random dude came up to me when getting lunch and said "Nice shirt, I bet you can't name 3 actual Nirvana songs" 😐 I was like, oh so this is what every woman who likes video games has to deal with

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Both Microsoft and Sony are following along in the Apple/Google business model of building out walled off echo systems which isn't great for consumers, but great for business. Either one being able to just use money to buy out one of the most successful IPs is bad (5/)

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

If you plan to post any art to ArtStation tomorrow I HIGHLY recommend you hold off for a day or two 👀

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

2 years

Needs to be an Art Direction award for games and Technical Art Direction award as well. They are both so beyond different and a shame games like Plague Tale, Horizon and God of War can never win for pushing the bounds of art. High graphical fidelity games will never win AD award

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Anthony Vaccaro

@vaccaro3d

7 months

Every Game Director in their team meetings tomorrow: "Hey so I saw this cool trailer yesterday..." 😂

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