Nurulize unveils Atom View and Nu Design

Amazing new VR toolset lets artists stream complex VFX assets into game engines via point clouds.

Tuesday, August 8th, 2017

Isotropix releases Clarisse iFX 3.0

Major update to the hybrid 2D/3D rendering software adds new PBR render engine and UV baking tools.

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

Raylight Games releases XrayUnwrap 2.0 for Maya

Inexpensive UV unwrapping tool gets new selection, seam-handling and resymmetry options, better UDIM support.

Thursday, June 16th, 2016

Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.1

VFX-friendly update to 3D texture painting tool adds new Linux version, support for UDIM assets and 8K texture export.

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017

Videos: See the new ART renderer, revamped UI, and updates to the UV and modelling tools in action here.

Monday, April 18th, 2016

Otoy reveals its roadmap to OctaneRender 4.0

Support for CPU rendering, skinned characters and Brigade path tracing - plus OctaneImager, an entire new compositing app.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

The Foundry ships Modo 10.0v1

Videos: see all the new features in action, from tools for games artists to new UV and UDIM workflows.

Thursday, April 7th, 2016

See more details of the new features in Modo 10.0v1

Update will improve look dev and asset export to UE4 and Unity 5, streamline baking, enhance vertex normal editing.

Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Graphine releases Granite SDK 3.0

Update to UE4 texture-streaming system lifts restrictions on layered textures, halves processor usage.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2016

Side Effects ships Houdini Engine for UE4

New plugin enables games artists to edit procedural content created in Houdini inside Unreal Engine 4.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

Quixel ships Quixel Suite 2.0

Updated, now shipping: Games texturing toolkit gets powerful 3D painting and map baking options. See the new features in action here.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

Side Effects ships Houdini 15 and Houdini Engine 2.0

Wide-ranging update adds new modelling, animation, simulation tools; native support for RenderMan RIS shaders.

Thursday, October 15th, 2015

Raylight Games releases XrayUnwrap 2.0 for 3ds Max

Inexpensive one-click UV unwrapping tool gets new options for selecting and organising UVs and handling seams.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2015