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Megascans

Second round of job cuts in three years attributed to 'downturn in Fortnite engagement'. We assess what it means for Epic's CG tools.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool, including the option to save entire groups of tools as reusable presets.

Monday, March 16th, 2026

Quixel Mixer 2023.1 makes it possible to run the material-authoring software offline indefinitely, unlike previous versions.

Friday, February 20th, 2026

Big update to the GPU-based terrain generator adds new biome and object scattering systems. See all of the changes, and the new pricing.

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

Create ruined and post-apocalyptic industrial environments with Epic Games' new Derelict Corridor Megascans Sample project.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Read our FAQs on the pricing and licensing changes to the popular online library of 3D scans for games, VFX and visualization work.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

New 'open marketplace' replaces the Unreal Engine Marketplace and will replace the ArtStation and Sketchfab stores. Read our FAQs.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.

Thursday, September 19th, 2024

But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.

Friday, September 29th, 2023

Unreal Engine add-on lets users assemble environments via drag and drop and simple text prompts.

Friday, August 18th, 2023

Free environment scene demos Unreal Engine 5.2's Procedural Content Generation framework and Substrate materials.

Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

Unreal Engine, ArtStation and Sketchfab marketplaces to merge into giant 'open market' with assets for all DCC apps & game engines.

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

Neat free photogrammetry app lets you generate high-quality 3D models with your smartphone.

Thursday, December 1st, 2022