Autodesk ships Maya 2018.4 and Maya LT 2018.4
Now shipping: update adds Arnold region rendering in the viewport, improved Render Setup workflow.
Tuesday, August 14th, 2018
Maya LT
Autodesk ships Maya 2018.3 and Maya LT 2018.3
Maya itself gets new MASH motion graphics options, GPU-accelerated Wire deformer, but little new in LT.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
Autodesk discontinues Stingray
Sales of the game engine to stop on 7 January 2018, but the last release will still be bundled with Maya LT 'for now'.
Friday, December 15th, 2017
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
Autodesk ships Maya LT 2018
Cut-down version of Maya for game artists gets Mudbox-style vector displacement map stamping, updates to Graph and Time Editors.
Friday, September 1st, 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 releases Maya LT 2017 Update 3
Cut-down version of Maya for game artists gets revamped UV Editor, new Bake Deformer tool, updates to Viewport 2.0.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday offers for CG artists
See over 50 money-saving offers, including Adobe, Autodesk, Allegorithmic, Marvelous Designer and Next Limit.
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Download the Maya 2017 Bonus Tools
Set of free Maya add-ons gets new Weight Editor for character rigging, new modelling and display options.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2017
Videos: Games-focused edition of Maya gets animation Time Editor, UI and workflow enhancements.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Autodesk ships Stingray 1.3
Game engine gets new fur, cloth and clear coat shaders, plus support for texture streaming and Nvidia's APEX real-time cloth simulation system.
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Autodesk releases Maya 2016 Extension 2
Videos: Update adds complete motion graphics toolset, new rigging tools and updates to Bifrost. See them in action here.
Tuesday, April 19th, 2016