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crowd simulation

Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.

Monday, June 8th, 2026

New non-commercial Massive 101 edition makes it possible for any CG artist to try the crowd simulation tool created for The Lord of the Rings.

Friday, May 29th, 2026

Inexpensive add-on adds animated crowds to 3D scenes for animation or visualization - now including a ragdoll system for action shots.

Thursday, March 12th, 2026

Popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on for VFX and motion graphics gets neat new GPU-based Zenith fluid engine.

Thursday, March 5th, 2026

Master crowd simulation for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's crash course in Maya crowds add-on Golaem.

Saturday, January 17th, 2026

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.

Tuesday, August 5th, 2025

Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine gets a complete traffic simulation system, and a new viewport renderer.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Maya crowd simulation plugin goes back on sale as part of Autodesk's product bundle for VFX and games work. Check out its new features.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025