HieroPlayer is now free to Nuke and NukeX users
Free subscriptions to the VFX shot review tool available to Nuke users with active maintenance contracts.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
maintenance
Otoy launches RNDR
Innovative 'distributed GPU render network' lets OctaneRender users earn credits by making their PCs available to others for rendering.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
Autodesk to end maintenance plans and multi-user subs
Maintenance updates to old perpetual licences of tools like 3ds Max and Maya to end in May 2021.
Friday, February 28th, 2020
Foundry releases Mari 3.3
3D painting package gets option to edit paint already committed to a model, plus new 'individual subscription' licensing system.
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Autodesk to discontinue perpetual licences of Arnold
Firm reverses its policy on acquiring the renderer from Solid Angle last April, moves to rental-only pricing.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Foundry releases Modo 11.0
New modelling options and support for OpenSubdiv 3.0, but the main news this time round is the new rental and maintenance plans.
Monday, April 24th, 2017
Autodesk to raise price of its software maintenance plans
Cost of maintaining a perpetual licence of Max or Maya to rise 38% by 2019, phased in year by year.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
Autodesk unveils new M&E Industry Collection
Cheaper than the Entertainment Creation Suites it replaces on 1 August, though it omits Softimage.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Autodesk to go subscription only on 1 February 2016
Firm to phase out perpetual licences of 3ds Max, Maya in favour of monthly or yearly pay-as-you-go pricing.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Autodesk to go subscription-only by 2016
Perpetual software licences to be phased out over the next 12-24 months, leaving only maintenance and rental options.
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Autodesk to discontinue software upgrades
As of 1 February 2015, a subscription contract will be your only way to stay up to date with new features.
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
Autodesk to raise cost of upgrades for its software
If you're using one of the last three releases, at any rate. Some SRPs and maintenance prices also up.
Monday, January 14th, 2013