Blender 3.1 ships

Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes.

Wednesday, March 9th, 2022

Intel becomes latest Blender Corporate Patron

Open-source 3D app now receives at least €120,000/year from all major CPU and GPU manufacturers.

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021

See Facebook Reality Labs' work on Cycles in Blender

New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

Blender 3.0 ships

Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap

See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

Blender 3.1 to introduce native Metal support in Cycles

New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.

Sunday, October 17th, 2021

Ubisoft releases free Blender collaboration tool Mixer 1.0

Open-source app lets multiple Blender users to work on the same production scene simultaneously.

Monday, May 10th, 2021

See the 2021 Blender roadmap

Check out the major features coming up in the open-source 3D software in this year's Blender 2.93 and Blender 3.0 releases.

Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Godot Engine gets $120,000 development grant from Kefir

Leading Russian mobile game studio backs future dev work on the open-source game engine.

Monday, February 15th, 2021

Amazon Web Services is now a Blender Corporate Patron

Tech giant's donation ensures at least €360,000 in funding to overhaul Blender's animation tools.

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020

Facebook becomes Corporate Patron of Blender

Social media giant is the most suprising $120,000+/year backer of the open-source 3D software so far.

Friday, November 20th, 2020

Lightmap releases Blender plugin for HDR Light Studio

New 'Xenon' update makes the real-time lighting tool available to Blender users for the first time.

Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

Microsoft becomes latest tech giant to back Blender

Strings-free €30,000/year donation will help pay for new Blender staff - now including non-developers.

Thursday, July 30th, 2020