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Free GPU renderer gets support for new bevel shader, better viewport rendering, support for light linking.

Monday, March 13th, 2023

First ever paid update to the digital sculpting software adds new 'Slime Bridge', revamps ZRemesher, and integrates the Redshift renderer.

Thursday, January 12th, 2023

See new features from the beta build of the digital sculpting app shown at ZBrush Summit 2022, and Redshift running inside ZBrush.

Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Check out the new features in the Maya edition of the renderer, from Enmesh geometry replication to support for USD volume shaders.

Wednesday, August 31st, 2022

Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.

Thursday, July 21st, 2022

See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.

Monday, July 18th, 2022

Blender 3.2 ships

Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022

Android tech demo shows what can be achieved in mobile games using the open-source engine.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Real-time visualisation tool gets new GPU path tracer, HDRI skydomes, support for point clouds.

Thursday, January 13th, 2022

New Alembic procedural speeds up viewport rendering of animation caches by up to 12x in Blender 3.0.

Monday, December 13th, 2021

Cinema 4D renderer gets new texture randomisation options, light instancing, native support for Apple M1 processors.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

Tuesday, November 30th, 2021