Unity launches new free Unity 5 Personal Edition

Artists earning under $100,000/year now get all the features of Unity 5. Pro users get extra cloud tools.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

Unreal Engine is now free

Epic Games removes $19/month fee for world-conquering engine. Pay only if your game is successful.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

Unreal Engine 4.7 ships

Engine now publishes games in HTML5 format to play in a browser; better foliage rendering options.

Wednesday, February 25th, 2015

Epic to offer $50,000 grants for indie Unreal projects

Money available for shorts and visualisations as well as games - and even student class projects.

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation

Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.

Thursday, January 15th, 2015

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.6

Latest update adds 'experimental' new 3D UI system, better emissive materials and character animation.

Thursday, December 4th, 2014

IDV launches SpeedTree Modeler for Unity 5

Create unique trees complete with LoDs, collision primitives and wind forces for use with the Unity 5 beta.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2014

Epic makes Unreal Engine 4 free to students

Updated: you can now download it directly from GitHub, rather than waiting for your school to sign up.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2014

Houdini Indie and Houdini Engine Indie hit Unity store

Low-cost rental-only editions now available in Unity Asset Store. Unity plugin for Houdini Engine also out.

Friday, October 3rd, 2014

Video: see Frostbite and Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8

Updated: download Epic Games' free Zen Garden demo to try Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8 for yourself.

Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4

New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.

Monday, August 4th, 2014

Side Effects unveils Houdini Engine for 3ds Max, Unreal

Unreal Engine plugin being developed in house; 3ds Max version by former Digital Domain TD Hideki Suzuki.

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

Unreal Engine 4.3 throws in SpeedTree for free

Updated, now shipping: engine now includes runtime of IDV's vegetation system, plus three free trees.

Thursday, July 17th, 2014