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
Android
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
Autodesk releases 123D Sculpt+ for iOS and Android
New app provides useful sculpting, painting and character-posing toolkit for creating assets on the move.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
Corel ships Painter 2015 & new Painter Mobile app
Desktop edition gets interesting new physics-based particle brushes; free Android app lets you paint on the go.
Friday, August 15th, 2014
Video: FX Links - real-time water and cloth on Android
Watch FXGear's new tech power some pretty neat gyroscope-aware sims. It does hair and particles too.
Wednesday, August 6th, 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