Fabric Software launches Fabric for Unreal in beta

New tech lets UE4 users import Alembic files, complete with hierarchies, material assignments and deformations.

Friday, May 27th, 2016

Epic Games ships Daydream plugin for Unreal Engine 4

Support for Google's new mobile VR platform available already. Source code out now, binaries due in June.

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.11

Big update to game engine includes new Sequencer cinematics editor. Source code for the upcoming VR Editor also available.

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016

Crytek releases CryEngine V for free

AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.

Wednesday, March 16th, 2016

Side Effects releases Houdini Engine Indie free

Edit Houdini content inside Unity, UE4, Maya, Max or C4D with the indie game dev tool, previously priced at $99/year.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Eye candy: Epic Games' 2016 Unreal Engine sizzle reel

See the coolest new work created in UE4: from abstract visuals and beautiful indie titles to AAA brawlers.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.1

Update extends tools dev platform's Canvas visual programming system. Long-awaited Modo plugin now officially in beta.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Amazon releases free Lumberyard game engine

Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles.

Wednesday, February 10th, 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

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.10

Update optimises rendering for VR and shading for mobile devices, adds support for Visual Studio 2015.

Friday, November 13th, 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

Fabric Software ships Fabric Engine 2

Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Graphine releases Granite for Unity 5

Use 'hundreds of 8K textures' in your real-time apps with the newly updated texture-streaming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015