iCubes Studios | Game Development & Outsourcing Company

Game Animation Services

Outsource your in-game animation to a team that makes characters, creatures and worlds move with weight, intent and AAA polish across 2D and 3D, every engine, every platform.

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In-House Animators

Built on the tools studios trust

Our animation production services

As a game animation outsourcing studio, we excel across every type of motion applying the same precision and artistry to a 2D sprite cycle as to a full 3D cinematic. Every asset is customized to your project’s pipeline and target.

2D Animation

SPRITE CYCLES | SKELETAL | FX FRAMES

Sprite cycles, skeletal rigs and hand-drawn sequences that give 2D characters life and snap.

3D Animation

LOCOMOTION | COMBAT | BLEND SETS

Locomotion, combat and traversal sets engine-ready clips tuned for blend trees and state machines.

Motion Capture

SOLVE | CLEANUP | RETARGET

Performance capture, solve and cleanup turning raw mocap into game-ready, retargeted motion.

Rigging & Skinning

BIPED | CREATURE | FACIAL

Production rigs for bipeds, creatures and props clean controls, weights and facial setups.

Cinematics & Cutscenes

CAMERAS | ACTING | LAYOUT

Story beats, camera work and acting passes for in-engine cutscenes and marketing trailers.

VFX & Simulation

PARTICLES | CLOTH | DESTRUCTION

Spell effects, impacts, cloth and destruction readable, performant motion that sells the hit.

Our game animation portfolio

A reel of the motion we’ve shipped across mobile, PC and console from snappy 2D sprite work to full 3D combat and cinematics. Switch disciplines to roll the relevant showreel.

Let's create something

extraordinary

together.

Bring us your characters, your engine and your deadline we’ll bring the team that makes them move. Together we’ll hit the extraordinary.

How motion ships.

A predictable five-stage pipeline keeps every shot accountable  from blocking to engine integration  so reviews are fast and nothing surprises you at milestone.

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Blocking

Key poses and timing locked against gameplay intent before any polish begins.

POSE  | TIMING

02

Rig & Setup

Clean rigs, controls and retarget paths so animation scales across the roster.

CONTROLS | WEIGHTS

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Performance

Keyframe or mocap acting passes that give every clip weight and personality.

ACTING | CAPTURE

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Polish

Arcs, overlap and finals spline-smooth motion reviewed against your style bar.

SPLINE | FINAL

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Integration

Engine-ready export blend trees, events and state machines wired and tested.

EXPORT  | ENGINE

Our top-rated projects.

From AAA franchises to breakout indies, our animators have shipped motion across every genre and scale. A selection of recent productions we’ve helped bring to life.

RPG · Console

Aetherbound

3D ART | CHARACTERS | VFX

  • Full character roster & hero cinematics
  • 120+ game-ready props with PBR texturing
Shooter · PC

Rogue Tide

3D ART | ENVIRONMENTS | HARD-SURFACE

  • Hard-surface weapon & vehicle pipeline
  • Modular environment kits for 8 maps
Casual · Mobile

Bloom Rush

2D ART | UI | ICONS

  • Stylized 2D art & full UI system
  • 300+ item icons and level maps

Our fundamental benefits in game animation.

Game animation is what we love and what inspires us so each project skyrockets the brand’s name and makes players enthusiastically discuss its key features. Here’s what you get.

Our game art projects.

From AAA franchises to niche indie titles, our art team has experience across every genre and scale. A selection of recent productions we’ve helped craft.

Stylized Casual

Hand-Painted

Photoreal AAA

Hard Sci-Fi

Dark Fantasy

Anime / Cel-Shaded

Low-Poly

Pixel Art

Toon / Mobile

Realistic Mil-Sim

What our partners say

"Icube felt less like a vendor and more like an extension of
our own studio. The vertical slice they delivered
won over our publisher in a single meeting"
"Their co-dev pod added an entire multiplayer mode ahead
of schedule. Weekly playable builds meant
we were never guessing where the project stood."
Rachel Mendez, Executive Producer, Voltage Games
Daniel Kovač, CTO, Rogue Tide Interactive
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FAQ
Questions, answered

Both. We cover the entire experience from player research, journey mapping and wireframes through to pixel-final hi-fi screens, prototypes and engine-ready handoff. You can engage us for the full pipeline or plug us into any single stage.

We design in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects, and deliver engine-ready assets for Unity and Unreal Engine 5 sliced sprites, UI kits, specs and motion docs your developers can drop straight in.

Yes. We start with a visual-identification phase to lock direction against your references, brand or existing in-game art so new screens feel native to the world you’ve already built, never bolted on.

Most projects kick off within one to two weeks of a signed agreement. You’ll get reviewable design milestones every sprint typically weekly so progress is something you can see and steer, not just read in a status report.

Every engagement starts with an NDA. We use secure, access-controlled pipelines and isolated project environments so your intellectual property and unreleased designs stay fully yours at every stage.

Let's Build Together

Your next title starts with a single email.

Drop your address and we’ll send a tailored proposal scope, timeline and a fixed quote  within two business days.