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Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

Successor to Lumberyard is an unusual open-source 'AAA-capable' modular game engine that includes Amazon's new Atom renderer.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Intuitive new 'virtual photography' app features physics-aware layout tools, Vulkan-based GPU rendering.

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021

Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021

Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.

Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Amazing plugin for painting objects into scenes under gravity also now lets you Attract or Explode them.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2021

See the new tools for games artists due in Unity 2020 LTS, 2021.1 and 2021.2 - plus a bonus for anyone with a free Personal subscription.

Friday, August 14th, 2020

CryEngine 5.6 to add layered microfacet materials. CryEngine 5.7 to see real-time ray tracing, big animation update.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Release improves speed and quality, adds new physically based shaders. Updated: new Houdini plugin HtoA 2.0 now available.

Friday, April 21st, 2017

Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

Read sculptor Steve Lord's advice for sculpting better creatures: from real animals to mythical beasts.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015

Watch FXGear's new tech power some pretty neat gyroscope-aware sims. It does hair and particles too.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Search for "physics aware"