The Foundry buys Mischief creator Made With Mischief
Cult $25 pen-sketching tool becomes The Foundry's first truly mass-market digital art product.
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
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Blackmagic Design acquires eyeon Software
And if it can do with Fusion what it has done with DaVinci Resolve, that's probably not a bad thing.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Autodesk adds Shotgun support to Flame 2015
New Extension 2 release adds support for the Autodesk-acquired asset-management platform.
Friday, September 12th, 2014
The best of last week's CG news in brief
Read our five-minute digest, from Blender 2.71 and GPU support in Fabric Engine to Autodesk buying Shotgun.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Autodesk buys the Bitsquid game engine
Technology from next-gen console and PC engine to be used to create new real-time 3D visualisation tools.
Monday, June 9th, 2014
Lagoa buys 3DTin
Cloud-based rendering service buys browser-based modelling tool to improve its scene-editing capabilities.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make new Star Wars movies
George Lucas stays on as 'creative consultant'; ILM and LucasArts also caught up in the $4.05 billion deal.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Autodesk acquires Naiad
Updated: Autodesk confirms deal to acquire fluid simulation tool, merge technology into existing products.
Monday, August 13th, 2012
Autodesk to acquire social video developer Socialcam
Could the $60 million deal mean that you soon have an Autodesk effects app on your smartphone?
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Google to sell SketchUp to Trimble Navigation
Architectural 3D modelling tool to go to satellite mapping specialist, but free version will remain available.
Friday, April 27th, 2012
Autodesk acquires mystery tech from T-Splines
Could the buyout lead to a version of the NURBS-like T-Splines modelling system for Maya once again?
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
Autodesk buys point cloud developer Alice Labs
Creator of the Studio Clouds point cloud editing tool for 3ds Max and Maya enters the Autodesk empire.
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Autodesk acquires Instructables
Software giant buys expands further into hobbyist 3D market with buyout of popular online DIY site.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011