Visual Studio partners Unity, Unreal, Cocos2d engines
Microsoft's free IDE will co-install with all three game engines, along with bonus add-ons.
Monday, April 20th, 2015
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Nuke Non-Commercial is now free to download
All the toolsets of Nuke Studio, but limited to HD output. Check out what you can and can't do with it here.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
Download the assets from Epic Games' UE4 Kite demo
Free Open World Demo Collection asset pack includes 42 rock and tree meshes, 138 hi-res textures.
Friday, April 10th, 2015
Kolor releases Autopano 4.0
Heavy-duty image-stitching software gets new colour-correction engine, HiDPI support, better anti-ghosting.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.3
Production-proven look dev and rendering system gets big update. One seat free for commercial use.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Side Effects releases beta of Houdini Engine for UE4
Updated: New plugin for using Houdini content inside Unreal Engine 4 now available for testing.
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Pixar makes RenderMan free for non-commercial use
Use for tools development is fine too. Ships with Maya and Katana plugins; Houdini and C4D to come.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
DNA Research ships 3Delight for 3ds Max 2.0
RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free.
Thursday, March 19th, 2015
E-on software releases LumenRT VIZ for free
New non-commercial edition gives SketchUp users free access to e-on's real-time rendering system.
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Download 18 free HDRIs from BoCo Studio
Download a set of ultra-hi-res panoramic HDRI exteriors, all licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Eye candy: Nurulize's amazing Rise UE4 VR demo
Check out this gorgeous sci-fi scene, running in real time in 4K on Unreal Engine 4 and an Oculus Rift.
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Nvidia releases PhysX source code on GitHub
Get the full C++ source of the top game physics system, including the clothing and destruction libraries.
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Unreal Engine is now free
Epic Games removes $19/month fee for world-conquering engine. Pay only if your game is successful.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015