Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5

Now shipping. Texturing app gets new procedural tools, better baking. Income cap relaxed on Indie licence.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Video: Geomerics' new Enlighten 3 lighting system

See the tech behind Unity 5's new real-time global illumination in action in this neat new demo video.

Wednesday, March 4th, 2015

Eye candy: the Unity GDC 2015 Highlight Reel

Take a three-minute tour through some of the gorgeous titles being created with the Unity game engine.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015

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

Autodesk announces Maya LT 2016

Indie-game-focused version of Maya to get new brush-based sculpting and UV workflows, PBR shading.

Monday, March 2nd, 2015

Allegorithmic launches Substance Database 2.0

Library of readymade Substances for use in Unity, UE4 and 3D tools now includes 650 PBR materials.

Friday, February 27th, 2015

Get The Comprehensive PBR Guide for free

Updated: Master physically based rendering with Allegorithmic's concise PDF guide. Part 2 out now.

Friday, January 30th, 2015

Download 60 free UE4 materials and 220 textures

Get a massive set of free assets used to create Unreal demo scene The Monolith. For commercial use.

Friday, January 23rd, 2015

Otoy unveils four new versions of OctaneRender

Updated: New video shows the GPU renderer inside Houdini. Nuke, MotionBuilder and UE4 to come.

Monday, January 19th, 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

IKinema launches free trial of WebAnimate Pro

Rig characters and retarget motion capture data in your browser, using a simple drag-and-drop workflow.

Monday, January 12th, 2015

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

Download Nvidia's Maxwell Apollo 11 demo scene

Check out Nvidia's new voxel GI tech demo - and test whether the moon landings were faked in the process.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2014