Silicon Studio to release Xenko game engine commercially
Open source C# engine from firm behind Final Fantasy XV's render tech to go commercial in April.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
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Graphine releases Granite SDK 4.0
Games texture-streaming system gets mipmap streaming, better workflow with version control tools.
Monday, December 19th, 2016
Nvidia releases HairWorks source, unveils PhysX-GRB
Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 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
IKinema launches IKinema RunTime-Indie for UE4
New perpetual licence lets indie artists and small studios use the top IK middleware for under $150.
Thursday, January 7th, 2016
Graphine releases Granite SDK 3.0
Update to UE4 texture-streaming system lifts restrictions on layered textures, halves processor usage.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Graphine releases Granite for Unity 5
Use 'hundreds of 8K textures' in your real-time apps with the newly updated texture-streaming system.
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Video: Geomerics' new Enlighten 3 lighting system
See the tech behind Unity 5's new real-time global illumination in action in this neat new demo video.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.0
Much-anticipated next-gen games texture-painting tool finally ships. Check out the key features here.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Unreal Engine 4.3 throws in SpeedTree for free
Updated, now shipping: engine now includes runtime of IDV's vegetation system, plus three free trees.
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Substance tools to get Final Fantasy XV render tech
Updated: Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 middleware shipping in Substance Designer 4.3. See a cool demo video.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Autodesk Labs launches Project Khan
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games.
Thursday, November 14th, 2013