Unity Technologies releases Unity 2017.3
New particle shading options, plus updates to the Cinemachine, 360° video and lightmap baking toolsets.
Friday, December 22nd, 2017
particle system
Insydium releases X-Particles 4 for Cinema 4D
Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
Reallusion ships PopcornFX iClone particle plugin
Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes.
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 14 for After Effects
New version of the motion graphics and VFX plugin suite includes big updates to Particular and Form.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 2017.1
Update to game engine adds new cinematics tools, improved sprite editing, particles and animation.
Wednesday, July 12th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.6 and EditorVR in beta
Sizeable update to the game engine now available in beta, along with its new VR editing toolset.
Thursday, December 15th, 2016
Thinkbox Software releases Frost MX 2.0
New version of heavy-duty particle meshing tool boosts speed up to 2x, improves V-Ray compatibility.
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
Red Giant ships Trapcode Suite 13.1 for After Effects
Free update to plugin suite adds new options for path-based 3D geometry generator Trapcode Tao.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Marmoset's GDC reel hints at new features in Toolbag 3
Video: Beautiful new reel shows particle effects and character animation rendered using the real-time viewer.
Friday, March 18th, 2016
Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
Wednesday, March 16th, 2016
Kinematic Lab ships Atom for 3ds Max
Clovis Gay's neat motion graphics plugin creates particle-based effects similar to After Effects' Plexus.
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Luxology ships Modo 701
New particles and dynamics tools, better sculpting workflows: read our full guide to the highlights here.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013