Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal
New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
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Saturday, July 18th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 3.4
See the new features in the Maya and Houdini crowd animation tool. Now free for low-budget projects.
Thursday, June 11th, 2020
Golaem ships Golaem 7.3
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur.
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
SideFX ships Houdini 18
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Golaem ships Golaem 7.0
Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Basefount ships Miarmy 7.0
Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved.
Thursday, June 13th, 2019
Game engine and crowd tools devs win tech Emmy Awards
Creators of UE4 and Unity win 2019 Technology & Engineering awards, along with Massive, Golaem, Miarmy and Houdini.
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow for 3ds Max in free open beta
Hotly tipped replacement for 3ds Max's Particle Flow toolset provides fast, multithreaded multiphysics.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 17
Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
AXYZ design ships anima 3.5
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation plugin's new 'alive' technology synchronises cameras and geometry with the host app.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Basefount ships Miarmy 6.5
Maya crowd animation tool gets layered caches for rigid body dynamics, new 'self clone' option to increase density in flocking sims.
Friday, August 24th, 2018