News, Magazines, Wiki...

* 80LEVEL  - Is the best place for game developers, digital artists, animators, CGI and VFX talents to learn about new workflows, tools and share their work.

* Gamasutra  -  The online free version of Game Developer Magazine. Weekly articles on game design and threads for discussion.

World Of Level Design  - A complete guide to, 'Creating Game Level Designs & 3D Game Environment Art', for any body to start with game level designs.  By Alex Galuzin

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Mappers united Wiki ( Call of Duty Mapping and Modding)

Ditching Diffuse Maps (Art Is A Verb) : A foray into artistic reasoning and technical details behind "procedural" texturing, with practical examples on today's tech.  By Andrew Maximov
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