Release date: Nov 9, 2022. It was awesome being involved in this trailer. Thanks team 👍
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Kratos Returns
onhttps://youtu.be/TXukPnO9IdY After years of secrecy, I'm pleased to finally announce my involvement in God of War Ragnarök as the stuntman for Kratos as well as various other characters. Even more exciting, our action design studio SuperAlloy Interactive assisted with combat choreography and provided stunt coordination and stunt work for the game and key characters. Thank [...]
Kung Fu vs. Zombies – Making Infinitely Scalable Action Movies
onA detailed breakdown of how a tiny team re-created the classic battle scene from Big Trouble in Little China
Cabin Fever – A New Way to Pre-Viz (and Finish) Action Movies Using 3Viz
onby Eric JacobusI spent years doing traditional pre-vis (or "previz") for action scenes in films and shows like Altered Carbon, Black Panther, and A Good Day to Die Hard. I took this overseas for Heart of a Champion and Man Who Feels No Pain. Previz is a video blueprint for a movie. They did one [...]
No team? No problem. Eric Jacobus uses Xsens motion capture system to fight himself.
onEric Jacobus (God of War, Mafia III) is taking what he's learned from his work as a motion capture performer in triple-A videogame titles and applying it to the indie film and game development world. Only days after utilizing motion capture to embody an Omen of Sorrow character for a live stunt show at Santiago's FestiGame, Jacobus used [...]
Nerdmacia interviews Eric Jacobus about doing stunts in God of War
onNerdmacia recently interviewed Eric Jacobus at FestiGame in Santiago, Chile about his work as a stuntman in God of War. Below is the Google translation of the original interview. At Festigame Coca Cola 2018, we were able to interview Eric Jacobus briefly, Kratos' double of action in the new God Of War game. We asked him [...]
Eric Jacobus’s live motion capture videogame stunt show at FestiGame is the first of its kind
onIn light of his performing stunts for Kratos in Sony's 2018 hit God of War, Eric Jacobus was invited to participate at FestiGame in Santiago, Chile in early August. Jacobus was first asked to give a stunt demonstration and motivational talk, but then he saw the numbers: over 40,000 video game fans from all over Latin [...]
Eric Jacobus Channels Akuma – But ditches the flip flops
onEric Jacobus is back with another entry in his Tekken In Real Life series, this time with Akuma from Tekken 7. Jacobus recently took a short break from producing the series while moving his studio again, but now that he's settled in, the raging demon could be unleashed. Jacobus writes in the video's description: Akuma's moves are [...]