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Open 3D Foundation

Open-source game engine gets new native particle system, updates to tonemapping and the physical sky, and automatic LOD generation.

Thursday, June 11th, 2026

Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.

Monday, October 20th, 2025

Check out the changes to the open-source game engine, including updates to multi-GPU rendering, cinematics editing and XR workflow.

Friday, June 20th, 2025

Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2024

Check out the new features in the open-source game engine and new third-party add-ons like this volumetric cloudscapes system.

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

Big update to the open-source game engine adds node-based material system, OpenXR support.

Friday, May 5th, 2023

Open-source game engine's new terrain system handles '16km x 16km worlds at high framerates'.

Friday, October 14th, 2022

Unreal Engine creator now a board member of the governing body for rival game engine Open 3D Engine.

Monday, July 25th, 2022

Open-source game engine gets new animation synthesis system, 'remixable materials', updates to the Atom renderer.

Friday, May 13th, 2022

Check out the new features in the 'AAA-capable' open-source game engine built on AWS's Lumberyard.

Thursday, December 30th, 2021

Successor to Lumberyard is an unusual open-source 'AAA-capable' modular game engine that includes Amazon's new Atom renderer.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Founder members of new body to promote open-source games tech include Adobe, AWS and Intel.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021