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
product roadmap
LightWave Digital announces LightWave 2023
First version of the 3D animation software in three years to ship in Q4 2023. Upgrade deals include company shares.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
LightWave Digital acquires LightWave
Updated: LightWave 2023 due for release in Q4 2023. Upgrade pricing includes 'shares in LightWave'.
Friday, April 28th, 2023
Crytek ships CryEngine 5.7
Long-awaited update to the game engine is smaller than first planned, but features updates to Scaleform and the GamePlatform plugin.
Thursday, April 7th, 2022
See the new sculpting features due in Blender in 2022
3D painting directly in Sculpt mode and interactive previews in Eevee due in the open-source 3D app in the next few releases.
Monday, February 21st, 2022
See the 2022 Blender development roadmap
Blender Institute names its four main development targets for the open-source 3D software in 2022.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
Sketchbook is no longer owned by Autodesk
Veteran free digital sketching app for Mac, PC, iOS and Android gets spun off to a new independent firm.
Friday, June 25th, 2021
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.0
Neat next-gen animation tool aims to rethink character work for VFX and feature animation pipelines.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Crytek posts its 2021 CryEngine roadmap
Check out the features due in the next update to the game engine, now postponed from spring 2020.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
Reallusion reveals Character Creator 2020 product roadmap
Updated: See previews of the new eye and body meshes due in Character Creator 3.3 next month.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Uppercut unveils its U-Render 2020 product roadmap
Cinema 4D real-time render engine to get support for particle rendering and SSS - and a new Maya edition.
Saturday, April 18th, 2020
See the new features due in Megascans and Quixel Mixer
Megascans to get new 'modular' assets and drone scans; Mixer to get new tools for authoring stylised, painterly materials.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
Nukeygara unveils the Akeytsu 2020 product roadmap
Check out the new features due in the animation software this year, like auto-rigging and retargeting.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2020