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fire simulation

New fire and smoke tools, plus support for Imageworks' Open Shading Language.

Tuesday, December 11th, 2012

Software also renamed Houdini FX, given updated fluid and fire sims, new integrated 'smart asset' store.

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Update to the 3D texture painting software for games and VFX reworks baking and UV unwrapping. Check out all of the new features.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

Battlefield 6 developer becomes the latest - and highest-profile Corporate Platinum sponsor - of the open-source game engine.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine and real-time renderer, from better area lighting to HDR output.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including the option to relight and render imported 3D Gaussian Splats.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Unity artists get updates to the Shader and VFX Graphs, but OptiX denoising and the Built-In Render Pipeline are both deprecated.

Monday, June 22nd, 2026

The industry-changing real-time tool is about to enter a new era. Discover what UE6 means for games, VFX and visualization artists.

Sunday, June 21st, 2026