See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
OpenGL
5 key features in Blender 3.5
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Godot 4.0 ships
Discover five key features for CG artists in this major update to the open-source game engine, from Vulkan rendering to real-time GI.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Blender gets new Metal viewport
Open-source app's GPU rendering backend now boosts frame rates in the Eevee renderer by up to 5x.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
7 CG products you may have missed in September 2022
See what's new in AMD's pro GPU drivers, and in tools like Clarisse, Redshift and Omniverse Create.
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
Nvidia fully open-sources MDL
Open-source version of Material Definition Language to include the MDL Distiller and GLSL backend for real-time and viewport rendering.
Friday, August 12th, 2022
Foundry ships Mari 5.0v4
3D texture painting app gets new teleport node system to remove visual clutter from the node graph. Perpetual licences now discontinued.
Friday, August 12th, 2022
Otoy ships Sculptron 2022.1 in early access
Unusual GPU-based sculpting app gets new cloth sculpting system, plus tools for grooming hair and fur.
Friday, July 29th, 2022
Check out Gigapixel AI 6.1
AI-based tool upscales images up to 600% without losing detail, including 3D renders. Includes new dedicated facial upscaling system.
Friday, May 20th, 2022
5 industry stories you may have missed in January 2022
See news of Autodesk's latest acquisition, Blender's latest backer, and a free glossary of virtual production terms.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap
See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
Blender 3.1 to introduce native Metal support in Cycles
New macOS backend unveiled as Apple becomes a Corporate Patron of the Blender Development Fund.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.1
Material authoring tool once known as Substance Alchemist gets new Color Picker, support for SVG files.
Wednesday, September 29th, 2021