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See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024

New plugin lets visualization artists use lighting design tool HDR Light Studio for more precise control over models being rendered in UE5.

Thursday, December 7th, 2023

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source game engine, including updates to rendering, lightmaps and GPU particles.

Friday, December 1st, 2023

Discover great seasonal discounts on 3D assets, apps and software, including offers still valid until the end of December.

Tuesday, November 28th, 2023

Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023

Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 28th, 2022

Recreate real studio lighting in visualisations and portfolio renders. EXR format, for commercial use.

Sunday, October 30th, 2022

Master cutting-edge real-time lighting techniques with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out all of UE5's key lighting tools, from Lightmass to Lumen.

Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

Android tech demo shows what can be achieved in mobile games using the open-source engine.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022