Unreal Engine 5.7: five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
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Chaos releases Vantage 3.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Get standalone GPU FLIP fluid solver Storm HydroFX free in beta
Promising new tool based on the Storm multiphysics simulator exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG apps.
Monday, October 13th, 2025
Zibra AI unveils ZibraGDS
Promising new tech compresses complex destruction, cloth and liquid simulation caches for real-time rendering inside Unreal Engine.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Download 350+ free KitBash3D assets with Cargo 2.0
Check out the changes to the kitbash asset library's browser app, plus the free 3D vehicles, models and materials available through it.
Sunday, September 21st, 2025
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2026.1
Check out the changes to the character animation and mocap-editing software, including updates to Relations constraints.
Friday, September 12th, 2025
Nevercenter releases Silo 2025.2 and Milo 2025.0
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling app and its real-time renderer, including support for USD files and UDIM workflows.
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.0
Check out the changes in this sizeable update to the production renderer, including the new Redshift Sun & Sky and Clouds objects.
Thursday, September 11th, 2025
3D Gaussian Splats are being added to the glTF standard
New collaboration between Khronos Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
Adobe launches free asset review tool Substance 3D Reviewer
New app lets users carry out shared online design reviews of 3D models, either in a standard web browser, or in room-scale VR.
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
Autodesk cuts prices of Flow Studio subscriptions
See the new prices for the AI-based VFX and animation platform, formerly known as Wonder Studio - and its new free subscription plan.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.1
Check out the changes to the 3D scanning app, including new Auto Tiling and Fold Removal filters, and the option to flatten material layers.
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.2
Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including the option to send objects from a Max scene to a USD stage.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2025