Discover 5 (plus 5) key features for CG artists in Godot 4.6
Read our pick of the key changes to rendering, animation and physics in the open-source game engine - plus five neat quality-of-life updates.
Tuesday, January 27th, 2026
Game Engine
This $25 PDF lists PBR color values for 600 real-world materials
Games artist Grzegorz Baran's meticulously researched PBR Color Reference list is an vital source for look dev and shading artists.
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Review: are the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 worth the money for CG?
See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Unity 6.3 LTS is out: see 5 key features for games artists
Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.
Friday, December 5th, 2025
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2025.3
Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including ORBX export to OctaneRender and a new Godot integration plugin.
Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Unreal Engine 5.7 is here: see five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Price of paid Unity subscriptions to rise, but free subs extended
Price of Pro and Enterprise plans to rise by 5% in 2026, but all users will get unlimited free cloud seats for Unity Version Control.
Monday, November 10th, 2025
Download the free CryEngine Community Edition
Community-created patch for CryEngine 5.7 adds the first publicly available new features to Crytek's AAA game engine for three years.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2025.1
Big update to the GPU-based terrain generator adds new biome and object scattering systems. See all of the changes, and the new pricing.
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025
Discover 5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.5
Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine. including updates to lighting, shading and animation.
Tuesday, September 16th, 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
See CG benchmarks for AMD's Threadripper 9980X and 9970X
Discover how AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series CPUs performed in CG apps like Blender, Maya and UE5 in our early tests.
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
Check out the new MetaTailor Unreal Engine Bridge plugin
Dress MetaHumans faster with the new plugin to help round-trip data between Unreal Engine and the 3D clothing fitting tool. Free in beta.
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025