Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2021
Games-friendly update to 3ds Max adds new PBR features, support for Substance .sbsar files, and makes Arnold the default render engine.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Scene Converter
Render Legion ships Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D Beta 2
Update adds node-based material editor, new skin and hair shaders, automated conversion of C4D and V-Ray materials.
Monday, November 5th, 2018
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2018.4, 3ds Max Interactive 2.0
Core app gets new fluid simulation options; Stingray-based 'VR engine' gets support for IES light profiles.
Friday, December 8th, 2017
3DtoAll ships MaxToBlender
Export 3ds Max scenes to Blender for rendering 'in two clicks'. Converts V-Ray materials to their Cycles equivalents automatically.
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
PSOFT ships Pencil+ 4
Popular 3ds Max cel-shading plugin gets support for material transparency; now works with XRefs and the Nitrous viewport.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
Andrey Kozlov ships FStormRender for 3ds Max
Check out the ex-OctaneRender dev's promising unbiased renderer, designed for Nvidia gaming GPUs.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017
Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.
Monday, April 18th, 2016