Free add-on turns MetaHumans into rigged Houdini characters
Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
game development
Reallusion releases iClone 8.6
Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.
Thursday, August 28th, 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
SideFX just released Houdini 21: check out its five key features
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
Master Procedural Workflows for Games Using Houdini
Master professional workflows for creating games environments with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.
Saturday, August 23rd, 2025
AMD releases FidelityFX SDK 2.0 and UE5 plugin with FSR 4 support
SDK for developers looking to integrate FidelityFX tech into their apps now includes latest version of the AI image upscaling system.
Thursday, August 21st, 2025
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2025.1
Clothing design tool gets the option to create garment parts by drawing onto a 3D avatar, and an AI Pose Generator. See the other changes.
Thursday, August 21st, 2025
Unity rolls out Unity AI in Unity 6.2
Game engine's new AI toolset includes generative AI features for creating sprites, textures and animations. Check out our FAQs.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
ZibraVDB for Houdini and UE5 is now free to indie artists
Indie users can now use the real-time effects tech to compress and play back an unlimited number of OpenVDB sequences for free.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
Sneak peek: Axiom 4 for Houdini
Check out the changes due in the next major update to the popular GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver for games and VFX.
Monday, August 18th, 2025
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.02
Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
MatPlus puts Substance 3D-style texture painting inside Blender
Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.
Friday, August 15th, 2025
NVIDIA unveils two compact new RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs
See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2025