Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

Poly Hammer's add-on creates Rigify rigs for MetaHuman characters imported into Blender, and retargets animation from UE5.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026

Poly Hammer's Character DNA add-on lets you edit MetaHuman facial and body rigs inside Blender, including their RBF corrective poses.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

New online tool for VFX and game artists generates ultra-detailed 16K skin textures based on an existing 3D character with 2K textures.

Friday, March 6th, 2026

Handy rig-building toolset can now warp all the blendshapes for one character to another with different topology. Free for personal use.

Thursday, February 5th, 2026

Tool for auto-fitting 3D clothing to 3D characters gets new plugins for round-tripping assets to Unity and Unreal. Supports MetaHumans.

Monday, February 2nd, 2026