Unity releases Ziva VFX 2.1
Popular Maya tissue simulation plugin gets improved collision detection, plus new tissue stifness and simulation damping controls.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Unity Technologies
Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Discover 5 key features for CG artists in Unity 2022.2
See the key changes to the game engine, like the new water system and dynamic volumetric clouds.
Friday, December 9th, 2022
Unity to raise subscription prices next month
Cost of Unity Pro and Enterprise plans up 13% to 25% in October. Personal subscriptions unaffected.
Wednesday, September 14th, 2022
Discover five key features for CG artists in Unity 2022.1
See Unity's new tools for material variants and splines, and updates to 2D art and virtual production.
Friday, May 13th, 2022
Unity releases Unity 2021 LTS
Latest Long Term Support release of the game engine adds no new features, but will continue to receive regular fixes until 2024.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Watch Enemies, Unity's gorgeous new tech demo
Photorealistic two-minute real-time Unity short showcases new skin and hair simulation technologies.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022
Unity acquires Weta Digital for $1.6 billion
Firm aims to put Weta's legendary in-house VFX tools 'into the hands of millions of artists' worldwide.
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
Blender 3.1 to introduce native Metal support in Cycles
New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Unity gets a new logo
Games tools developer's new, more 'mature' logo reflects the point where 'technology, creators and incredible experiences' intersect.
Thursday, October 7th, 2021
Unity Technologies cuts price of ArtEngine by 80%
Cost of a basic subscription to the AI-based material-processing app falls from $1,140 to $228 per year.
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Unity Technologies acquires SpeedTree developer IDV
Buyout to 'deepen integration' of IDV's tree-authoring technology with Unity, starting in Unity 2021.2.
Friday, July 23rd, 2021
Unity acquires Pixyz Software
Buyout of Pixyz's CAD data preparation and import tools may also lead to new workflows for games artists in the Unity Editor.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021