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
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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
Prana Studios affiliate to buy Rhythm & Hues
Indian-American firm behind Planes and Hoodwinked! to buy bankrupt Hollywood visual effects legend.
Monday, April 1st, 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
Digital Domain sold to joint Chinese-Indian venture
Beijing's Galloping Horse Film Co. and Mumbai's Reliance MediaWorks to acquire ailing VFX business.
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Digital Domain files for bankruptcy
Legendary effects house sells out to private investment firm; looking to secure jobs of LA-based staff.
Wednesday, September 12th, 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
Cloud services firm Otoy buys Refractive Software
Deal will not change roadmap or licence terms for offline version of Octane Render, says developer.
Tuesday, March 13th, 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
3D Systems acquires The3dStudio.com
3D printing firm acquires online model store. Artist royalties unaffected, says site founder.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011