Massive Software announces Massive 8.0
Update will let users simulate 20,000 AI-driven crowd characters in real time. New 3ds Max plugin coming too.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
Event Coverage
Foundry ships 'enhanced' version of Nuke Studio
Updated: Nuke Studio 9.0v7 is now shipping. New audio and video editing tools; native stereo playback.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
Compare Vulkan to OpenGL ES in 'gnomes per second'
Imagination Technologies' demo of graphics APIs draws 40,000 gnomes in real time on a PowerVR G6430 mobile GPU.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Video: the future of modelling in Maya
See some neat work-in-progress tech for sculpting with adaptive topology, recorded at Siggraph 2015.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
Eye candy: Next Limit's Realflow 2015 showreel
See the best new work created in RealFlow: from water to huge sand sims - and even a zero-gravity egg.
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Autodesk unveils 3ds Max and Maya 2016 Extension 1
Videos: see all the new features in both apps, including new games functionality and new 3D text tools.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
Sneak peek: Fabric Engine 2 for Modo
Video: See the upcoming integration between Modo and the CG tools dev framework, due in beta this month.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Solid Angle releases Arnold for Katana
KtoA plugin now officially shipping. Price of Arnold itself now down to $790 for a node-locked licence.
Friday, August 7th, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Allegorithmic announces Substance Share
New online platform will let game artists share their custom Substances, meshes and shaders.
Sunday, August 2nd, 2015
Watch the Siggraph 2015 animation festival winners
See the best CG work produced throughout the world this year: from indie shorts to medical animations.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2015
Download the assets from the Unity 5 Blacksmith demo
Get two characters and two detailed environments in FBX format, plus lots of bonus tools, all available free.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Maxon unveils Cinema 4D plugin for Houdini Engine
Updated: Free plugin to make Houdini's VFX tools accessible inside C4D now out in public beta.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015