Tutorial: Introduction to Houdini - Grains
Discover how to simulate sand and other granular materials in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed beginner tutorial.
Friday, July 4th, 2025
game development
Free UV packing tool Packer-IO 1.3 now integrates directly in Blender
Check out the new features in the free standalone UV packing app, including support for texel density, and the Blender integration plugin.
Friday, July 4th, 2025
Get 350+ free assets for building a fantasy town in Unreal Engine
Get 3D artist George Shachnev's Flying Fantasy Town asset pack of 3D buildings and trees free for two weeks on Fab. For commercial use.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025
Download three free assets from terrain kitbash library Terra xL
Get three 3D scanned mountains from the neat new asset library for kitbashing environments for VFX and concept art. Commercial use.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2025
Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.
Monday, June 30th, 2025
Esri releases CityEngine 2025.0
Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including the new Street Designer for creating complex road setups.
Friday, June 27th, 2025
Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.54 and iClone 8.54
Character generator and real-time animation tool get updates to AI Smart Search, plus new lower-cost iContent licenses for stock assets.
Friday, June 27th, 2025
Download free Houdini tools from SideFX's Project Skylark
Get custom tools for creating stylized game assets, including procedural generators for 3D buildings, bridges and clouds.
Thursday, June 26th, 2025
ScatterFlow adds physics-based scattering to Blender
Inexpensive add-on lets you dress environments quickly in Blender by spawning in 3D assets and letting them settle naturally under gravity.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2025 and 3DCoatTextura 2025
Check out the new features in the 3D sculpting and retopology software, and its cut-down edition for texturing work.
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
iCity 1.5 generates procedural 3D cities inside Blender
Plan out city layouts and have this neat tool populate them with 3D buildings. Check out the updates to road generation in the 1.5 release.
Monday, June 23rd, 2025
Get 330 free kitbash assets for post-apocalyptic environments
Download free assets from Oleg Ushenok's incredible new kitbash asset pack. FBX format, with PBR textures, for commercial use.
Sunday, June 22nd, 2025
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 25.05
Check out the changes to the open-source game engine, including updates to multi-GPU rendering, cinematics editing and XR workflow.
Friday, June 20th, 2025