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PBR

C#-based open-source 2D and 3D game engine gets its first major update since being made available under an MIT licence last year.

Thursday, November 14th, 2019

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

'Really real-time' renderer for Cinema 4D now out of early access - and now supports volumetrics.

Friday, November 8th, 2019

Update extends the 3D texturing app's procedural materials system, adds V-Ray and 3Delight shaders, and streamlines the node graph.

Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

Edit 3D buildings created in the city-generation tool procedurally in Maya via new integration plugin Serlio: free for non-commercial use.

Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

Rhino edition of the renderer gets new Cryptomatte render element, expanded support for Grasshopper.

Friday, September 27th, 2019

Downloading 3D scans from the online asset library now costs you '3x to 6x' fewer subscription points.

Thursday, September 19th, 2019

New half-price edition of spectral GPU renderer Maverick Studio is aimed at DCC work, not CAD users.

Friday, September 6th, 2019

Unreal Engine-based real-time visualisation platform gets native support for Cinema 4D, IFC files.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2019

Updated: this online library of architectural models and materials for Blender users has now closed down.

Sunday, August 25th, 2019

Get Tomáš Búran's free 3D scans of fruit, veg and bakery products, with five LODs and 4K PBR textures. For commercial use.

Sunday, August 11th, 2019

Texture map generation tool gets new low-cost student and personal licences for non-commercial work.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019

Blender 2.80 ships

Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2019