Inbibo releases Adonis 2.1 with AdonisML
Major update to the soft tissue simulation add-on for Maya and Houdini adds new machine learning toolset. See all the new features.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
game development
Foundry releases Mari 8.0 in open beta
Check out the new features in the 3D texture painting software, including new nodes for hex tiling, color grading and A/B comparisons.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
Get 120 free modular 3D assets for building a desert city
Download stock asset provider Laya Design's Unreal Engine Science Fiction Desert City Kit free from Fab for the next two weeks.
Wednesday, July 1st, 2026
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.12
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the option to stack objects vertically when laying out scenes.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
JangaFX just made effects tool VectorayGen available free
Get the real-time effects specialist's free app for generating vector fields to control particle simulations for games, motion graphics and VFX.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 6.0
Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
AMD's FSR SDK 2.3 makes FSR 4.1 upscaling work on older GPUs
SDK for games and CG software developers now supports FSR 4.1 AI upscaling on RDNA 3 GPUs like the Radeon RX 7000 Series.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Epic Games releases RealityScan 2.2 with AMD GPU support
Pro photogrammetry tool can now use both AMD consumer and workstation GPUs to speed up processing. Free to indie artists.
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 12.1
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
Reallusion releases free animation tool iClone Personal
New free edition of the real-time animation software can be used indefinitely, including on commercial projects - but there are limitations.
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Discover 5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.7
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
EA's Battlefield Studios backs the Godot Development Fund
Battlefield 6 developer becomes the latest - and highest-profile Corporate Platinum sponsor - of the open-source game engine.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
Unity releases Unity 6.5: discover 5 key features for CG artists
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