Amazon makes AWS Thinkbox software available free
Deadline, Kratatoa and the other five former Thinkbox Software products are now free to download.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022
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Epic Games joins the Open 3D Foundation
Unreal Engine creator now a board member of the governing body for rival game engine Open 3D Engine.
Monday, July 25th, 2022
Autodesk acquires LoUPE
Autodesk buys the Blender-friendly cloud-based production pipeline system, and hires the developers that created it at Tangent Labs.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Adobe backs Blender Development Fund
Software giant's Gold sponsorship provides €30,000/year to help develop the open-source 3D app.
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
Linux Foundation launches the Open 3D Foundation
Founder members of new body to promote open-source games tech include Adobe, AWS and Intel.
Wednesday, July 7th, 2021
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.28
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.
Friday, May 21st, 2021
AWS launches Amazon Nimble Studio for VFX and animation
New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Amazon Web Services is now a Blender Corporate Patron
Tech giant's donation ensures at least €360,000 in funding to overhaul Blender's animation tools.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
Kraken Pro automatically sorts your messy 3D model library
TurboSquid's cloud-based, AI-driven service automatically tags and renders preview images for studios' assets.
Thursday, March 26th, 2020
AWS Thinkbox releases Deadline 10.1
Render manager now scales to thousands of slave machines. Free to use on Amazon Web Services.
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
See the top five new features in Lumberyard in 2017
Read Amazon's list of key changes to its free AAA game engine, plus our pick of the best of the rest.
Sunday, December 24th, 2017
Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 9.0
Render farm manager gets a range of new security features; support for KeyShot, Altus and Silhouette.
Thursday, March 9th, 2017
Amazon buys Thinkbox Software
Buyout of Deadline and Krakatoa developer will bolster Amazon Web Services' cloud rendering offerings.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017