Unity revamps subscriptions in reply to user complaints
Updated: Unity Plus subscribers get option to turn off the splash screen; users of the free Personal edition can customise it.
Friday, June 17th, 2016
Android
Xsens ships MVN Studio 4.3
Update to software lets users of Xsens' inertial suits record mocap data over a standard Wi-Fi network.
Saturday, May 28th, 2016
Epic Games ships Daydream plugin for Unreal Engine 4
Support for Google's new mobile VR platform available already. Source code out now, binaries due in June.
Friday, May 20th, 2016
Amazon releases Lumberyard 1.1
Big update to free AAA game engine adds Substance integration, mobile support - and a proper FBX importer.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
Vulkan 1.0 arrives: GPU drivers already available
See tech demos for the next-gen graphics API and download drivers for Nvidia and AMD GPUs here.
Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
Amazon releases free Lumberyard game engine
Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.9
Wide-ranging update adds new rendering and animation options, plus experimental support for DirectX 12.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015
Eye candy: Unreal Engine's Gamescom sizzle reel
Watch the best new work created with the game engine: from triple-As to mobile titles, arch viz and VR.
Saturday, August 8th, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Adobe rolls out Creative Cloud 2015 updates
Photoshop CC 2015 adds new normal mapping and poly reduction options, smart noise and film grain.
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Nvidia releases PhysX source code on GitHub
Get the full C++ source of the top game physics system, including the clothing and destruction libraries.
Thursday, March 5th, 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