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Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Studying at a school or college? Grab a free perpetual license of the desktop and VR sculpting software, normally priced at $69.99.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

Try the popular image editing and digital painting tool for free as part of Serif's extended six-month free trial of its Affinity apps.

Monday, July 8th, 2024

Promising tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.

Thursday, July 4th, 2024

Download a 3D model of part of Tokyo in 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, FBX and OBJ format, with 4K textures. For commercial use.

Sunday, June 16th, 2024

Epic Games' new Game Animation Sample includes a library of 'AAA-quality' motion-captured animations for use in your own projects.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Updated: online marketplace's 10th birthday giveaway has now ended, but you can still see the add-ons it featured on the offer page.

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Free add-on lets users pose CC characters from Reallusion's Character Creator inside UE5 using the MetaHuman interface.

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

Veteran tool for retopologizing high-res sculpts and 3D scans for use in games and VFX is now available for free.

Sunday, May 19th, 2024