Epic has made Megascans free to all - but only until the end of 2024
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
Mixer
Quixel ships Mixer 2022.1
Free material-authoring app gets opacity and emissive map support. Release 'may be one of the final updates' to Mixer in its current form.
Monday, November 7th, 2022
Quixel ships Mixer 2021.1.2
Latest update extends the free material creation software's handling of UDIMs and texture sets. See all of the new features here.
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
Ubisoft releases free Blender collaboration tool Mixer 1.0
Open-source app lets multiple Blender users to work on the same production scene simultaneously.
Monday, May 10th, 2021
Quixel ships Mixer 2020.1.6
Free material authoring tool gets system for exporting layer masks to DCC apps and game engines, plus 65 new bundled Smart Materials.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Epic Games acquires Quixel
All 10,000-plus Megascans assets to be made free to Unreal Engine users; Quixel Mixer and Bridge to be released free for everyone.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Quixel cuts price of Megascans assets
Downloading 3D scans from the online asset library now costs you '3x to 6x' fewer subscription points.
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Ubisoft joins the Blender Development Fund
Ubisoft donates €30,000/year to fund development; will adopt Blender in its TV animation studio.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Quixel releases Mixer 2019.2
Free-in-beta material-authoring tool gets new Scatter modifier, updated Pattern modifer, layer blending modes and undo/redo system.
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2
VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Quixel releases Mixer 2019
Big update adds parametric authoring and image-to-PBR-material conversion to the scan blending tool, now in free beta.
Friday, March 15th, 2019
Quixel tools now available separately to Megascans data
New policy lets Megascans users subscribe purely to Quixel Bridge and Quixel Mixer for $19/month.
Monday, December 10th, 2018
Quixel ships Quixel Mixer 2018.2
Intuitive app for blending scanned materials gets new Eye Dropper tool, better straight line painting.
Thursday, November 15th, 2018