Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.22

Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

Autodesk unveils 3ds Max roadmap for future updates

Proposed features include new procedural layout tools, animation retargeting, automated retopology.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2020

New update adds OSL-based toon shading and built-in greenscreen keying, and makes viewport animation playback up to 2x faster.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2019

Rokoko's Motion Library is coming to Maya

New plugin to let users buy moves recorded by top Hollywood mocap studios within Maya for $3-6 each.

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Check out Chaos, UE4's new 'Hollywood physics' system

Video: see the new destruction toolset due in Unreal Engine 4.23. Cloth, character physics to follow.

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Review: Nvidia Titan RTX

Nvidia's new Turing GPU offers the power of a workstation card at a lower price. Jason Lewis puts it through his real-world 3D tests.

Monday, March 18th, 2019

Whip your reel into shape at demo reel boot camp

Get free tips on creating a winning reel from recruiters at ILM, The Mill, Infinity Ward and DreamWorks at Gnomon next week.

Thursday, February 28th, 2019

Discover the secrets of MPC's creature work

Discover how the Oscar-winning studio creates CG characters at a free event at Gnomon next week. Watch online for free.

Saturday, February 16th, 2019

Review: AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200

Jason Lewis tests AMD's latest workstation graphics card against two of the competing Nvidia GPUs.

Thursday, February 14th, 2019

Quixel releases Mixer for free

Next-gen material creation tool is now available to download for free during its beta. Will become a $99 perpetual licence on final release.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Get games careers advice from Halo 5 creator 343 Industries

Get career tips and showreel advice at Gnomon's free event for aspiring games artists next week.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

Adobe acquires Allegorithmic

We assess the potential impact of the buyout on the licensing and development of key Allegorithmic software like Substance Painter.

Thursday, January 24th, 2019

SpeedTree Cinema 8.2 ships

Tree-creation software gets new toolset for blending meshes captured via photogrammetry into its procedurally generated trees.

Thursday, January 17th, 2019