NewTek ships LightWave 2019.1
Free quality-of-life update adds new navigation modes in Layout and Modeler, improvements to FBX interchange and the UE4 bridge.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
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Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.13
Free game engine gets experimental support for Nvidia's PhysX real-time physics system, more integrated cloud functionality.
Monday, March 26th, 2018
Autodesk ceases sales of Gameware middleware
Scaleform, Navigation, Beast and HumanIK sales stopped on 12 July. Existing users get final source code of some tools.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
Epic Games unveils new VR editing tools in Unreal Engine
In-VR mesh and animation editing tools now available as free public preview. Support for OpenSubdiv and USD also due.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
Foundry previews 'Project Mayhem' VR toolset for Modo
Work-in-progress tech will let users do asset or animation reviews in virtual reality, directly inside Modo.
Friday, February 10th, 2017
Sketchfab extends VR support
Updated: Both model-viewing site and all its content can now be viewed on any current VR headset.
Monday, August 8th, 2016
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 6 and RV 6
One login now lets you use both tools at no extra cost, plus some of the functionality of RV's sister apps.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Autodesk unveils Gameware Navigation
Next-generation AI middleware to supersede the old Kynapse system on its release later this year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
The Foundry releases Mari 1.4v3
Update to the paint app adds texture replication options, navigation presets to mimic Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, March 15th, 2012