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

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.83 LTS

The open-source 3D software's first ever Long Term Support release comes packed with new features. Check them out here.

Thursday, June 4th, 2020

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.82

Significant update overhauls Blender's simulation tools and adds support for UDIMs and USD export.

Friday, February 14th, 2020

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.81

The leading open-source 3D package gets another big update. Check out the key features here.

Thursday, November 21st, 2019

AMD to pay $120,000/year towards Blender development

CPU and GPU firm's sponsorship will help to fund Vulkan support within the open-source 3D tool.

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019

Blender 2.80 ships

Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Epic Games donates $1.2 million to Blender development

'No strings attached' three-year grant almost doubles Blender development funding at a stroke.

Monday, July 15th, 2019

Blender gets Google funding for next-gen skinning system

GSoC-funded work to add implicit skinning to Blender to be overseen by ex-DreamWorks animation head Jason Schleifer.

Wednesday, May 10th, 2017

CG Cookie to launch first Blender-only asset store

Blender Market to enable pro users to sell their tools and scenes, with a cut going to Blender development.

Thursday, May 29th, 2014

Blender Institute scales back Project Gooseberry

Proposed animated feature scaled down to a pilot for now, despite nearly $400,000 in crowdfunding.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2014

Blender Institute to oversee full-length animated movie

Updated: global network of studios taking part includes Oscar-winning production house Autour de Minuit.

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

Blender to get sketch mesh editing, deformation blur?

Just two of fifteen Blender development projects to be funded by Google's Summer of Code 2013.

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.61

Update incorporates the new GPU-accelerated Cycles raytracing engine into the open source 3D app.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011