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

Thursday, June 11th, 2026

Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to hex tiling, and support for DoF in real-time renderer Redshift Live.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.

Monday, June 8th, 2026

Lightweight 3D modelling and UV mapping software gets a 100x boost in viewport rendering speed, plus full glTF support.

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026

Generative AI ideation tool Veras now comes bundled free with the architectural renderer. Check out the other new features in the release.

Wednesday, May 27th, 2026

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to Smart Bevel and the Data Channel modifier.

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation app, like OpenTimelineIO support and updates to LookdevX and Bifrost.

Thursday, May 21st, 2026

Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.

Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Discover how to animate and render a demo sequence in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's free intermediate-level video training.

Saturday, April 25th, 2026

The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.

Thursday, April 16th, 2026