Allegorithmic updates Substance Source library

Updated: Online library hosts 1,000+ materials in Substance format, designed for PBR workflows. Download some for free.

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

Chaos Group on V-Ray Next and the future of rendering

V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

Vicon ships Shōgun 1.2

Now available: optical mocap firm's utility software gets SDI support, custom skeleton solving, plus live link to stream data directly to UE4.

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Unity Technologies releases Unity source code on GitHub

But don't get too excited: it's for reference only, not modification, and it's the C# source, not the C++.

Thursday, March 29th, 2018

Find free 3D models directly inside Unity, UE4 and Godot

New free plugins let users search for and import Sketchfab assets with Creative Commons licences.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2018

Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action

Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.

Wednesday, March 21st, 2018

IKinema releases Orion 1.0

Neat new system based around the HTC Vive makes it possible to create a complete sub-$1,500 full-body mocap setup for VR work.

Monday, February 26th, 2018

Download Epic Games' free Soul environment asset packs

Get 592 free building, rock and tree models from Epic's 2014 UE4 demo, all optimised for mobile.

Sunday, January 28th, 2018

Download free tree-generation software Tree It

Neat free tool offers a surprising range of control options, and exports data in OBJ and X formats.

Thursday, January 18th, 2018

See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017

Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.

Sunday, December 24th, 2017

Autodesk discontinues Stingray

Sales of the game engine to stop on 7 January 2018, but the last release will still be bundled with Maya LT 'for now'.

Friday, December 15th, 2017

Abvent releases Twinmotion 2018 v2

Real-time visualisation tool gets support for VR controllers, new quality-boosting Overdraw mode.

Friday, December 15th, 2017

Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists

Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017