Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Game Engine
Epic Games launches its new Fab marketplace
New 'open marketplace' replaces the Unreal Engine Marketplace and will replace the ArtStation and Sketchfab stores. Read our FAQs.
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
Unity releases Unity 6
Long-awaited major release of the game engine ships. Check out its new features, new release schedule, and new pricing and licensing.
Friday, October 18th, 2024
Download the free project files for the Unity 6 Time Ghost demo
Grab the files for the lead character and environment from the beautiful real-time demo for the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6.
Friday, October 18th, 2024
Unity releases SpeedTree 10
Tree-generation software gets new tools for pruning trees and adding 3D vines. Now available as a single edition for games and VFX.
Monday, September 30th, 2024
How Unity created Time Ghost, its beautiful Unity 6 tech demo
Discover how the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6 were used to create the demo, which runs in real time on a GeForce 4090 GPU.
Friday, September 20th, 2024
Unity scraps controversial Runtime Fee but raises prices
Cost of Unity Pro subscriptions to rise by 8% next year, and Unity Enterprise by 25%. Free Unity Personal subscriptions unaffected.
Friday, September 13th, 2024
Group test: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series and Super Series GPUs
Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.
Friday, August 30th, 2024
Check out the new features in Unigine 2.19
Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.
Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
Open Brush 2.8 is available
Open-source app for creating 3D sketches and concept designs in virtual reality gets improved export to Blender and other 3D software.
Saturday, August 17th, 2024
5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.3
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shader editing, animation and rendering.
Friday, August 16th, 2024
Recreate the moon in UE5 with Cesium's free moon terrain data
Detailed free dataset based on NASA imagery can be used with Cesium's open-source plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.
Sunday, August 11th, 2024
Radical now supports real-time finger tracking
Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.
Friday, August 9th, 2024