World Creator 2026.4 is out with a new free Community Edition
Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
game development
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.0
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm 1.0 is now available
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Open-source material authoring software Material Maker 1.6 is out
See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.0
New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.
Monday, April 20th, 2026
Plasticity 2026.1 is out
Popular 3D design tool gets neat new way to turn poly meshes into clean, editable NURBS surfaces. Check out the other new features.
Friday, April 17th, 2026
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2026.2, unveils Cinema 4D for iPad beta
Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
Maxon releases ZBrush 2026.2 and ZBrush for iPad 2026.2
Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software and its iPad edition, including support for ARM processors on Windows.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 16.0
Latest major update to the material authoring software adds new 3D Shape Splatter node, SDF shape creation tools, OpenPBR support.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0
Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.
Sunday, April 12th, 2026
Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access
Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2026.1
AI-assisted animation tool gets new Root Motion system to automatically generate animation between key poses, plus new UE5 live link.
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Autodesk acquires core tech of AI motion-capture firm Radical
Autodesk buys core tech and IP of the AI mocap pioneer. The Radical website will shut down on 6 July, so download your data before then.
Thursday, April 9th, 2026