Digital painting software Howler 2023 is now free to download

Get the 2023 version of the digital painting and animation app for free, then donate to help get the latest version released as freeware.

Sunday, April 13th, 2025

Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.2

Check out the changes to the digital sculpting tool, including updates to poly modeling system ZModeler and new Redshift materials.

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025

Poly Hammer releases Meta-Human DNA add-on for Blender

Intriguing new tool lets you create or edit Unreal Engine MetaHuman characters directly inside Blender. Now available in beta.

Monday, March 31st, 2025

Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 5.2

Check out the latest features in the popular Maya fur and feathers plugin, including new nodes for resolving intersections.

Monday, March 24th, 2025

Polygonflow releases new free version of Dash

Use the powerful Content Browser from the Unreal Engine 5 world-building tool free indefinitely. Comes with thousands of free 3D assets.

Sunday, March 23rd, 2025

Unity unveils its 2025 product roadmap

Features due in Unity this year include in-editor LOD generation, swappable physics backends, and more generative AI tools.

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

Unity previews Unity 6.1

Check out the key artist features in the next version of the game engine, including support for Variable Rate Shading and better DX12 ray tracing.

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

Polygonflow releases Dash 1.9

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool, including Runtime Virtual Texturing and an Advanced Water Shader.

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

Get KitBash3D's Gaea fantasy architecture asset pack for free

You can download the set of 1,200+ meshes of buildings and props free from Epic Games' Fab marketplace - but you'll need to be quick about it.

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

Check out open-source Blender character generator MPFB 2

New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

AMD releases Capsaicin 1.2

Check out the new features in the modular, open-source, hardware-agnostic framework for developing real-time rendering technology.

Saturday, March 8th, 2025

AMD launches Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070

First RDNA 4 GPUs get strong reviews in the gaming press. But how do they fare in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve?

Friday, March 7th, 2025

Autodesk lays off 1,350 staff

So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025