Anima 6.0 adds traffic simulation to Chaos's crowd animation tool
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
DX12
Check out the new features in Unigine 2.19
Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.
Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
Real-time ray tracing, Havok physics due in Unity this year
Updated: Havok Physics now out as a preview package. DXR ray tracing also available in preview.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Otoy releases first preview build of OctaneRender 2019
Support for Nvidia RTX hardware-accelerated ray tracing provides 'up to 7.5x' rendering speed boost.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
Watch Neon Noir, Crytek's new real-time ray tracing demo
The tech runs on current mid-range AMD and Nvidia GPUs, and is due in the CryEngine roadmap this year.
Monday, March 18th, 2019
Videos: See Microsoft's new DirectX Raytracing in action
Updated: neat Star Wars short shows the real-time effects possible in UE4 with this new extension to DX12.
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.9
Wide-ranging update adds new rendering and animation options, plus experimental support for DirectX 12.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015