Sneak peek: Houdini 20
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Houdini Engine
SideFX releases Houdini for Apple Silicon
New build of the procedural 3D software with native support for Apple's M1 and M2 chips is now production-ready.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
Eye candy: SideFX's 2022 Houdini games reel
See the games Houdini was used on this year alongside clips of the custom tools used to create them.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2022
Download free Houdini tools from Project Titan
Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.
Sunday, June 5th, 2022
SideFX releases the Houdini 19 Apple Silicon build
New preview build of the VFX-industry-standard app adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean for Houdini
Real-time Boolean modelling toolkit can also be used inside apps that support Houdini Engine, like Maya.
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Houdini Engine for UE4 and Unity now free to all users
Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.
Friday, February 26th, 2021
Epic Games becomes minority investor in SideFX
Industry giant takes stake in the Houdini developer, but no changes to the product roadmap expected.
Monday, November 16th, 2020
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Check out neat new procedural tree toolset GrowInfinite
Set of 37 HDAs generates detailed tree growth animations in Houdini or Houdini Engine-compatible apps and game engines.
Wednesday, August 12th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini games reel
See cinematics, real-time content and some very cool procedural game tools created in Houdini.
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
AWS Thinkbox releases Deadline 10.1
Render manager now scales to thousands of slave machines. Free to use on Amazon Web Services.
Thursday, October 17th, 2019