Free tool: MaterialVault for Unreal Engine

VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.

Sunday, January 21st, 2024

Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio live link for Unreal Engine

New plugin lets visualization artists use lighting design tool HDR Light Studio for more precise control over models being rendered in UE5.

Thursday, December 7th, 2023

Epic Games to start charging to use Unreal Engine for VFX

UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Tutorial: Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5

Create a large-scale city for VFX or cinematics work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

SkyBoxGenerator creates skyboxes inside Unreal Engine

Free plugin lets you create skyboxes by entering text prompts inside the Unreal Editor if you have a Skybox AI API key.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.2: five key features for CG artists

Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.

Friday, May 12th, 2023

Use NeRFs in Unreal Engine with Luma AI's new plugin

Get volumetric captures into UE5 to use as props or environments with the plugin, currently free in alpha.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

MetaShoot puts a virtual photo studio in Unreal Engine

New plugin makes rendering model turntables or product visualisations inside UE5 a one-click process.

Friday, March 24th, 2023

Get 350+ free 3D props and 3D plants for Unreal Engine

Download packs of game-ready assets released free with Epic Games' Old West Learning Project.

Monday, February 27th, 2023

Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine

Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.

Monday, February 13th, 2023

Get free UV packing tool UV-Packer for Unreal Engine

New Unreal Engine 5 edition integrates 3d-io's popular UV packing tool into the game engine.

Monday, February 6th, 2023

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5.1

New features in the game engine range from updates to Nanite and Lumen to AI-based animation tools.

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022