Amazon to post Lumberyard source code on GitHub
Full C++ source code of the AAA game engine to be made available in a new public GitHub repository.
Friday, August 18th, 2017
Game Engine
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Sunday, August 13th, 2017
Autodesk ceases sales of Gameware middleware
Scaleform, Navigation, Beast and HumanIK sales stopped on 12 July. Existing users get final source code of some tools.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2017
Lucasfilm and ILM open-source MaterialX
New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry.
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
VDB Splicer lets you use Booleans with volumetrics
Interesting new LightWave plugin offers unusual ways to edit and resmesh simulation and scan data.
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
Khronos Group adds PBR materials to glTF 2.0
Open format for exchanging 3D assets between game engines or web apps now supports physically based rendering.
Saturday, June 17th, 2017
Silicon Studio ships Xenko 2.0
Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios.
Wednesday, April 26th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.6
Check out the intelligent new progressive lightmapper and dynamic navigation mesh system.
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Sneak peek: Unreal Engine 4.16's new physics tools
Check out the neat new clothing simulation options and Immediate Mode physics system due in the next release.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Silicon Studio to release Xenko game engine commercially
Open source C# engine from firm behind Final Fantasy XV's render tech to go commercial in April.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.15
Update improves texture streaming and tonemapping, adds support for Nintendo Switch and HDR displays.
Thursday, February 16th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.5
Sizeable update adds long-awaited tools for customising the Personal edition splash screen, HDRI-based Look Dev system.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.14
Update adds contact shadows, new forward renderer aimed at VR work, built-in automated LOD generation.
Thursday, November 17th, 2016