August 14, 2020
See the new tools for games artists due in Unity 2020 LTS, 2021.1 and 2021.2 - plus a bonus for anyone with a free Personal subscription. Read More »
July 30, 2020
Open-source renderer gets faster GPU rendering, plus support for Blender's mantaflow smoke sims. Read More »
July 23, 2020
Read our run-down of the key new features in the game engine, from better ray tracing to AI-driven character posing. Read More »
May 6, 2020
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support. Read More »
April 24, 2020
3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library. Read More »
March 23, 2020
Open-source renderer gets support for glTF export, triplanar mapping. Blender plugin supports some Cycles light settings. Read More »
November 14, 2019
C#-based open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets its first major update since being made available under an MIT licence last year. Read More »
October 2, 2019
Open-source renderer gets new GI cache system, Disney BRDF material and Open Image Denoise. Now compatible with Blender 2.80. Read More »
July 31, 2019
Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here. Read More »
June 10, 2019
Now available to download: Nvidia updates the 1997 shooter for real-time path tracing on Turing GPUs. Read More »
December 28, 2018
One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system. Read More »
September 24, 2018
Long-awaited update to game engine updates GI system and Sandbox editor; introduces new 5%-of-royalties licensing model. Read More »
January 31, 2018
Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support. Read More »
January 11, 2018
New C#-scriptable render pipeline and node-based shader editor, but no more native Substance support. Read More »
November 2, 2017
Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes. Read More »
July 19, 2017
Scaleform, Navigation, Beast and HumanIK sales stopped on 12 July. Existing users get final source code of some tools. Read More »
June 21, 2017
Now shipping: Big update to 3D character animation software adds new morph animation toolset, PBR viewport, HDRI baking, real-time GI. Read More »
May 11, 2017
New plugin version of Mental Ray is the first for 3ds Max 2018. Use it for free, if not for network renders. Read More »
April 26, 2017
Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios. Read More »
November 25, 2016
Now shipping: Big update to the rendering toolkit adds animation support, real-time GI, texture baking, and Unity and UE4 export. Read More »
