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Re-Logic's donation to the open-source game engine was made in protest at Unity's controversial proposed new Unity Runtime Fee.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Master professional lighting workflows in Unreal Engine 5 with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

Tree-generation software for games and VFX gets new Projectors system for adding surface details like moss and snow.

Friday, July 21st, 2023

Free add-ons Polyhive, Leonardo.ai and Layer AI generate PBR textures and sprites inside the Unity Editor.

Friday, July 14th, 2023

Godot 4.1 ships

Check out the new features for CG artists in the open-source game engine, including improved particle turbulence and volumetric fog.

Friday, July 7th, 2023

Discover the key features in the new stable version of Unity, including better water, hair, skin and lens flares.

Thursday, July 6th, 2023

Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Monday, June 26th, 2023

Neat tool for sculpting and deforming animation caches from other DCC apps gets new FBX pipeline for use with game engines.

Friday, June 16th, 2023

Check out the key features for CG artists in the game engine's new Long Term Support release, including the new water system.

Friday, June 2nd, 2023

Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.

Friday, May 12th, 2023