Download the new free Unreal Live Link for Maya

Free tool for streaming animation between Maya and UE4 now supports facial blendshape data.

Wednesday, December 15th, 2021

Download Maxon's free Cineware for Unreal plugin

New live link plugin makes it possible to edit Cinema 4D content interactively inside Unreal Engine.

Friday, December 3rd, 2021

Faceware Studio gets indie pricing, free Unreal live link

Changes cut cost of the facial mocap system for indie artists streaming to Unreal Engine by over $3,000/year.

Wednesday, November 17th, 2021

Esri ships CityEngine 2021.1

3D city generation software gets new terrain sculpting tools, IFC import and export, and better import of OpenStreetMap data.

Thursday, November 11th, 2021

Unity Technologies cuts price of ArtEngine by 80%

Cost of a basic subscription to the AI-based material-processing app falls from $1,140 to $228 per year.

Friday, September 3rd, 2021

Toolchefs ships Atoms VFX 4.0 and AtomsUnreal 2.0

Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.

Saturday, May 22nd, 2021

Free Cesium for Unreal plugin creates a virtual Earth in UE4

New open-source plugin streams real-world geospatial data into UE4 from platforms like Cesium ion.

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

Houdini Engine for UE4 and Unity now free to all users

Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Esri ships CityEngine 2020.1

Procedural city generation tool can now import assets in USD format for VFX work, and generate LODs automatically for Unreal Engine.

Wednesday, November 11th, 2020

Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal

New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.

Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Unreal Update 3

Plugin transfers scenes created in other editions of V-Ray to UE4 for rendering. Check out what's new.

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

Godot Engine wins $250,000 Epic MegaGrant

Strings-free dev grant will be used to improve the open-source game engine's rendering capabilities.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

iClone Unreal Live Link now free to indie users

Reallusion makes plugin originally priced at $1,490 free to artists earning less than $100,000/year.

Monday, January 20th, 2020