Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.12
Check out the new VR Editor mode and Sequencer cinematic editor. Lots of new mobile options, too.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
Game Engine
The Foundry ships Modo Indie 10.0
Export-limited version of Modo for indie game artists ships. Update is free to owners of Modo Indie 901.
Thursday, April 28th, 2016
Amazon releases Lumberyard 1.1
Big update to free AAA game engine adds Substance integration, mobile support - and a proper FBX importer.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.4 in public beta
Update promises "enhanced visuals" plus GPU instancing, better multicore rendering and VR support.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
Autodesk ships Stingray 1.2
Update to game engine adds new animation workflows, multicore compilation, HTC Vive support.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
Download Godot 2.0
Open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets improved scene editor and debugging tools, plus support for plugins and live scene editing.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2016
Amazon releases free Lumberyard game engine
Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.3
Game engine gets support for dynamic raytraced reflections, updates to particles and 2D physics.
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.10
Update optimises rendering for VR and shading for mobile devices, adds support for Visual Studio 2015.
Friday, November 13th, 2015
Unity 5.2 ships
Game engine adds support for Windows 10, native integration with Visual Studio, plus new lightmap baking and Biped import options.
Friday, September 11th, 2015
See the proposed dev schedule for Blender 2.8
Mainly bugfixes for a year, then a major update in 2016 - which may not be 100% backwards-compatible.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.1
Free update to the game engine improves support for VR workflows, and adds new HDR colour picker.
Thursday, June 11th, 2015
Our new Source 2 engine will be free, says Valve
Successor to the engine used on Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 will be 'free to content developers'.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015