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Plugin transfers iClone characters, lights and cameras to UE4 for real-time rendering, but it isn't cheap.

Friday, July 26th, 2019

Neat add-ons automate Insomniac Games' fast environment asset workflow in 3ds Max, Blender and the Substance apps.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019

CryEngine 5.6 to add layered microfacet materials. CryEngine 5.7 to see real-time ray tracing, big animation update.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Unity 2019.1 ships

Game engine gets new scene visibility controls, better GPU lightmap baking, support for AxF materials, OptiX render denoising.

Wednesday, April 17th, 2019

Standalone pipeline tool lets studios build new VFX, game dev and machine learning workflows around Houdini's new PDG tech.

Friday, March 15th, 2019

Get career tips and showreel advice at Gnomon's free event for aspiring games artists next week.

Tuesday, January 29th, 2019

New WebGL-based online service lets users comment or approve 3D assets in a standard web browser.

Monday, January 28th, 2019

Discover new trends in previs and postvis at the legendary studio's free talk at Gnomon on 24 January. Watch free online.

Friday, January 11th, 2019

Update to free game engine improves workflow in the Asset Browser and Entity Outliner, particularly if working with slices.

Thursday, December 20th, 2018

Discover how First Contact Entertainment created VR shooter Firewall Zero Hour at Gnomon's free talk next week.

Monday, November 26th, 2018

New game engine lets users create iOS augmented reality apps via a simple drag-and-drop workflow.

Monday, November 19th, 2018

Free game engine gets new Simple Motion component for assigning motion clips to characters, plus support for MikkT tangent space.

Saturday, November 17th, 2018

See Unity's new framework for authoring complex GPU-driven FX and nifty 'synthetic director' system.

Thursday, October 25th, 2018