Alex Mueller
@lexdev.net
Senior Render Engineer @IOInteractive 🎮 Glacier ❄ | 007 First Light | Project Fantasy prev @Ubisoft
Slides are online! 😄
@ceruleite.bsky.social · 2d agoSlides for SIGGRAPH 2026 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course's talk on SMOLDER — REAL-TIME VOLUMETRIC EFFECT RENDERING IN GLACIER AND 007 FIRST LIGHT by @lexdev.net from IO Interactive are now online - enjoy!! advances.realtimerendering.com/s2026/index....
Happy to share that I'll be joining the Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course at Siggraph next week to talk about how we render volumetric effects in our Glacier engine & 007 First Light with Smolder! Take a look at all the cool presentations that are lined up!
@ceruleite.bsky.social · 3w ago2026 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course line up is here - check it out! advances.realtimerendering.com
I'll be at Siggraph this year, if you are there as well and would like to meet up, give me a ping! Always happy to meet fellow devs and have a chat 😄
As you might have seen there have been layoffs at IOI this week. While I’m not affected, a lot of really experienced, passionate and talented people are. If your studio has positions available, please keep an eye open for them on linkedin and strongly consider hiring them
Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games will be returning SIGGRAPH 2026... The course will be on Tuesday of SIGGRAPH, room and other details TBD. Cool talks lined up - stay tuned for more info.
Or check out John's extended video directly if you prefer: youtu.be/9JsFOTVFdw4
007 First Light In-Depth: The Big Digital Foundry Tech Review
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Techpowerup has some first @007game.ioi.dk performance benchmarks. If you want to know how the game will run on your machine, take a look:
007 First Light Performance Benchmark Review - 30+ GPUs Tested
007 First Light delivers a modern James Bond gaming experience with a fresh story set in a reimagined Bond universe. It features a great mix of stealth and action. In our performance review, we examin...
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Also, the game is absolutely gorgeous. Moderately conservative, technically, but it aims for great performance and image quality alongside strong art design. I love it.
John Linneman@dark1x.bsky.social · 2mo agoWorking on my video but I concur with this score. It's a tremendous experience and possibly the best Bond game ever made. It's amazing to see IOI grow into this as they leverage everything learned from Hitman while building new skills.
The takeaways from our big 007 tech interview: PS5/Pro/Series X at 60fps, Series S at 30fps, software RT global illumination, Glacier Engine upgrades + more: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/007...
007 Tech Secrets From Our First Light Deep Dive: Why Series S Is 30fps, How It Hits 60fps Elsewhere and Much More
Highlights from our big discussion with Io Interactive's tech team.
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❗Spoilers Ahead - Don't watch if you want to play it yourself❗ The First 13 Minutes of 007 First Light ( @007game.ioi.dk ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfxG...
The First 13 Minutes of 007 First Light
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Very happy that we were able to finally share a closer look at Smolder in the latest @digitalfoundry.bsky.social video! It is a fully integrated volumetric renderer, and it enables volumetric shadows for every light in the entire game. You'll see a lot of Smolder effects in @007game.ioi.dk
We talked to Digital Foundry about our Glacier engine and some of the tech we developed for @007game.ioi.dk. The super tired looking guy in there? That's me!
Digital Foundry@digitalfoundry.bsky.social · 3mo agoIn the run-up to the release of 007 First Light, @Dachsjaeger talks tech with @IOInteractive on the evolution of the Glacier Engine: 60fps, lighting, game AI and much, much more: youtu.be/m0SJ9i9RtRg #sponsored
Some PS5 Pro 60 fps footage - It truly can't be overstated what an amazing job the team did these last couple of months to get the performance to where it is today. Looking forward to everyone getting their hands on it on the 27th! 😄
Three hours with 007 First Light convinced me it's a genuine game of the year contender - and maybe the best Bond game yet. www.videogameschronicle.com/features/007...
Three hours with 007 First Light convinced me it’s a game of the year contender - and maybe the best Bond yet | VGC
HANDS-ON: A truer representation of James Bond has never existed in gaming – with apologies to GoldenEye…
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The linalg features are pretty cool but to be honest I'm unreasonably hyped for the group wave index intrinsics 😂
JS Bourdon@jsbourdon.bsky.social · 3mo agoSM 6.10 and Agility SDK 720 previews. devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/shad...
I'm sorry but if you have 4,000 employees and your revenue is 6 billion, you make 1.5 million per employee and if you can't make a profit margin there, you are simply embezzling it.
I've been working on something new since August 2025 and have decided to finally spill the beans: Introducing "Project Echo", a deterministic Record & Replay tool for PS5: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sd... Please read the video description and let me know your brutally honest feedback!
"Project Echo" early pre-alpha footage
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Earn The Number. Watch the PlayStation State of Play trailer for 007: First Light, coming May 27 to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC.
Mark your calendars 📅, Cross-Progression is coming to HITMAN World of Assassination on February 3rd. Get all the details on the upcoming release in our blog post and let us know which platform you’ll be completing your next contract on. 🎯 bit.ly/4pRLI3w #HITMAN #Agent47
Let's goooooo! Super hyped for the team, was listening to the soundtrack all day today and am really looking forward to the release :)
metacritic@metacritic.com · 9mo agoWith the first 33 critic reviews lodged, Anno 117: Pax Romana has a Metascore of [84] www.metacritic.com/game/anno-11... "A wonderfully engaging, deep and satisfying strategy experience that will keep players, both new and old, engaged for dozens, if not hundreds of hours..." - Player2
I really hope that AMD puts this out in official form even if it has worse quality than RDNA4 level FSR4. It would be a great way to allow older GPUs on the AMD side to get in on the ML-reconstruction train even if it costs more on them.
Digital Foundry@digitalfoundry.bsky.social · 10mo agoAMD's leaked FSR4 INT8 in depth: image quality vs FP4, RDNA 3, RDNA 2, Steam Deck and ROG Ally tested, ballpark Xbox Series X simulations and... FSR4 on Nvidia - it works but how fast is it vs DLSS? youtu.be/fqDWJCW06Ks
tonight @ 9pm EST..... i waited 3 years. 3 long years. and against all odds. it finally happened. IOI updated the PC version of HITMAN VR... to be good. we can move now. we can throw ANYTHING. we can kill ANYONE ! let's play tha whole damn game it's been so long... 🥹
