10 things CG artists need to know about Unreal Engine 6
The industry-changing real-time tool is about to enter a new era. Discover what UE6 means for games, VFX and visualization artists.
Sunday, June 21st, 2026
Unreal Engine
Get the free MetaHuman Animator Markerless Motion Capture plugin
Epic Games' free mocap plugin extracts full-body and finger motion from phone or camera footage to transfer to MetaHuman characters.
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Unreal Engine 5.8 is here: discover its 5 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Download a free 3D castle model in FBX format
Get Dmitriy Dryzhak's White Castle model as a modular Unity or UE5 asset package, or in FBX format for use in any CG software.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Tutorial: Creating a Real-Time Horse Groom for Games
Discover how to create creature grooms in Maya and optimize them for use in Unreal Engine with the Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
Sneak peek: Houdini 22
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Download 140+ free modular assets for building a sci-fi base
Cloud Imperium Games artist Martin Milz's Modular SciFi Station asset pack sells for $44.99, but you can get it for free for the next two weeks.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
Nevercenter releases Silo 2026.1
Lightweight 3D modelling and UV mapping software gets a 100x boost in viewport rendering speed, plus full glTF support.
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.11
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the power to draw procedural content directly in the viewport.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
World Machine 4059 'Dragontail Peak' is out
Big update to the veteran terrain generation software adds support for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain, and overhauls the 3D viewport.
Monday, May 18th, 2026
Tutorial: Creating a Sci-fi Dome Barrier in Unreal Engine
Discover how to create a AAA-quality games effect in UE5 and EmberGen with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial.
Saturday, May 16th, 2026
Polygonflow releases free Dash asset manager for Unreal Engine
New free add-on based on the Dash world-building toolset provides a more powerful alternative to UE5's native content browser.
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
World Machine will support VDM-based terrain, not just heightmaps
Upcoming Dragontail Peak updates will also bring the veteran terrain-generation software to Linux and macOS as well as Windows.
Tuesday, May 12th, 2026