Realsoft ships Realsoft 3D 8
One of the oldest 3D applications gets updated for current Hi-DPI displays and multicore CPUs, and gains a photon mapping system.
Friday, December 28th, 2018
global illumination
Crytek ships CryEngine 5.5
Long-awaited update to game engine updates GI system and Sandbox editor; introduces new 5%-of-royalties licensing model.
Monday, September 24th, 2018
Godot team ships Godot 3.0
Big update to the open-source game engine to add new PBR renderer, new audio engine, visual scripting, and early VR support.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2018
Unity Technologies releases Unity 2018.1 in beta
New C#-scriptable render pipeline and node-based shader editor, but no more native Substance support.
Thursday, January 11th, 2018
Reallusion ships PopcornFX iClone particle plugin
Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes.
Thursday, November 2nd, 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
Reallusion ships iClone 7
Now shipping: Big update to 3D character animation software adds new morph animation toolset, PBR viewport, HDRI baking, real-time GI.
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Nvidia releases Mental Ray for 3ds Max
New plugin version of Mental Ray is the first for 3ds Max 2018. Use it for free, if not for network renders.
Thursday, May 11th, 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
Marmoset releases Toolbag 3
Now shipping: Big update to the rendering toolkit adds animation support, real-time GI, texture baking, and Unity and UE4 export.
Friday, November 25th, 2016
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.4 for 3ds Max and Maya
Update to the renderer adds neat interactive denoising system, improved GI and GPU rendering.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Act-3D releases Lumion 6.3
Updated: Real-time visualisation software gets improved GI, AO, depth of field - and now VR support.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Video: Enlighten's Seastack Bay real-time GI demo
Beautiful Ninja Theory-created demo showcases new open-world tech in the UE4 and Unity lighting system.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016