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2022 "How Parameters Drive the Particle Effects of 'Forza Horizon 5'": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pk-yAp7J_8
2021 "Blowing from the West: Simulating Wind in 'Ghost of Tsushima'" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d61_o4CGQd8
2018 "Beyond Emitters: Shader and Surface Driven GPU Particle FX Techniques" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG4ChOPyC-4
"Instancing and OIT in total war: Three kingdoms" https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/external/us/en/documents/instancing-and-oit-in-total-war-three-kingdoms.pdf (video: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1026177/Instancing-and-Order-Independent-Transparency )
2018 "Frostbite GPU Emitter Graph System": https://www.ea.com/frostbite/news/frostbite-gpu-emitter-graph-system
2016 "Modern GPU particle systems in Alienation" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARzl0d5a3UQ
2014 "compute-based gpu particle systems", amd https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020002/Advanced-Visual-Effects-with-DirectX
2014 "The InFAMOUS: Second Son Particle System Architecture" https://www.suckerpunch.com/iss-particles-gdc2014/ ( video: https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020367/The-inFAMOUS-Second-Son-Particle - also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2yFxPY2b1o - also https://www.suckerpunch.com/iss-engine-gdc2014/second-son-engine-postmortem-gdc-2014/ )
2014 "scripting particles" https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020176/Scripting-Particles-Getting-Native-Speed
2012 "effects techniques used in uncharted 3" https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1015479/Effects-Techniques-Used-in-Uncharted
2011 halo reach effect tech https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014347/HALO-REACH-Effects
2009 https://realtimecollisiondetection.net/blog/?p=91
2008 "the art and technology behind bioshocks special effects" https://www.gdcvault.com/play/289/The-Art-and-Technology-Behind

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2022 Can We Do It with Particles?: VFX Learnings from 'Returnal': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbkb8ap7vts
2019 GOW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNSrTprWsg
2018 "The Elementary Particles": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7wFPkGmWdI
"The VFX of Diablo" https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017660/Technical-Artist-Bootcamp-The-VFX

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