March 22, 2023
Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only. Read More »
January 4, 2023
Volumetric rendererer and particle tools for 3ds Max and Maya now free via an Apache 2.0 licence. Read More »
December 13, 2022
New cloud-based media archiving system helps VFX and CG firms build online libraries of key assets. Read More »
December 10, 2022
Compositing and effects software gets support for AWS CDI in the cloud. Old Sparks plugins to be deprecated in the next update. Read More »
December 5, 2022
Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only. Read More »
August 4, 2022
VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management. Read More »
August 3, 2022
Deadline, Kratatoa and the other five former Thinkbox Software products are now free to download. Read More »
July 25, 2022
Unreal Engine creator now a board member of the governing body for rival game engine Open 3D Engine. Read More »
November 17, 2021
Autodesk buys the Blender-friendly cloud-based production pipeline system, and hires the developers that created it at Tangent Labs. Read More »
July 22, 2021
Software giant's Gold sponsorship provides €30,000/year to help develop the open-source 3D app. Read More »
July 7, 2021
Founder members of new body to promote open-source games tech include Adobe, AWS and Intel. Read More »
May 21, 2021
Minor update to the free game engine adds support for the latest Twitch API, while users wait for the release of the new Atom renderer. Read More »
April 29, 2021
New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software. Read More »
December 23, 2020
Tech giant's donation ensures at least €360,000 in funding to overhaul Blender's animation tools. Read More »
March 26, 2020
TurboSquid's cloud-based, AI-driven service automatically tags and renders preview images for studios' assets. Read More »
October 17, 2019
Render manager now scales to thousands of slave machines. Free to use on Amazon Web Services. Read More »
December 24, 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest. Read More »
March 9, 2017
Render farm manager gets a range of new security features; support for KeyShot, Altus and Silhouette. Read More »
March 8, 2017
Buyout of Deadline and Krakatoa developer will bolster Amazon Web Services' cloud rendering offerings. Read More »
February 10, 2016
Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles. Read More »
