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Big update to the Cineware for Unreal plugin makes it possible to transfer rigged and animated characters to Unreal Engine 5.5.

Sunday, April 6th, 2025

Download an 8km x 8km UE5 environment created in a massive 10-week art jam, with custom plugins and world-building tools.

Friday, December 6th, 2024

Read our pick of the new features in UE5, from Motion Graphics Mode and modular character rigging to virtual production and VFX.

Monday, April 29th, 2024

Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Epic Games' new free tools let users view and edit the 'DNA' of next-gen MetaHuman characters.

Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

Handy new add-on makes it possible to import Blender scenes directly into Unreal Engine 4 and 5.

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022

New Epic Games plugin turns facial scans and sculpts into next-gen MetaHuman characters for use in Maya or UE5.

Friday, June 10th, 2022

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Monday, January 31st, 2022

Transfer rigged characters between Blender and UE4 with free plugins Send to Unreal and UE to Rigify.

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020