Otherworld is being created to help understand the G.E.C.K (Garden of Eden Creation Kit) It will include new meshes and places to explore while not impacting on normal gameplay or the main quest.
this video demonstates an animation technique in blender, These tests will be comparing between movies made with blender and those recorded in-game.
stay tuned for more content soon.
p.s. stats:
verts: just under 50K
time to make concept: 10 - 15 mins
time to render: 28 minutes (around 14 secs per frame) - this is only rendering close range objects, for a few seconds, imagine how long it will take with the yafray render engine, at full verts (100K +)...