Neat add-on Baga Ivy Simulation creates animated ivy in Blender
Long-awaited update to the popular Baga Ivy Generator plugin for VFX and arch viz makes it possible to create plant growth animations.
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Eevee
See the 2026 Blender development roadmap
Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
Check out real-time Blender water simulation add-on Dynamic Flow
Lightweight 'terrain-aware' tool generates realistic water flow around coastlines and river banks. Works with Eevee and Cycles.
Friday, January 16th, 2026
Review: are the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 worth the money for CG?
See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Blender 5.0 is finally here: check out its 5 key features
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from Geometry Nodes and Cycles to changes to color management.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Reallusion releases Character Creator 5
Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Polygoniq releases botaniq 7.1 for Blender
Popular library of 3D plants gets over 200 new assets from around the world, plus the option to filter plant species by location.
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Blender 4.5 LTS is out: check out its 5 key features
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.
Tuesday, July 15th, 2025
Antoine Bagattini releases Baga River Generator v2 for Blender
Neat add-on creates detailed 3D rivers for animation or visualization work from 'just a plane and a curve'. Check out its new features.
Monday, July 14th, 2025
Baga River Generator lets you draw rivers into Blender scenes
Neat add-on lets you create good-looking rivers, complete with surrounding terrain, simply by drawing a path in the viewport.
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Get VFX artist Thomas Marcos' free Blender clouds shader
Lightweight Procedural Clouds Shader generates realistic clouds in production conditions, and works with the Cycles or Eevee renderers.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2025
3DGS Render 3.0 lets you paint 3D Gaussian Splats in Blender
3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you paint onto 3DGS data inside Blender, including through texture images.
Friday, March 28th, 2025
Check out new open-source 3D character generator CharMorph
Promising free Blender add-on generates rigged 3D characters with skin materials and hair, suitable for games, animation or VFX work.
Monday, March 24th, 2025