Epic Games to release monthly free asset drops for UE4 users
Download the first set of free Sponsored Content models and FX via the Unreal Engine Marketplace.
Friday, November 2nd, 2018
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Free tool Materialize converts photos to PBR materials
Game dev Mike Voeller's promising free app turns source images into texture maps for PBR shading.
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Preflight prepares 3ds Max models for export to UE4
SiNi Software's new plugin automatically identifies missing textures and fixes doubled or flipped faces.
Thursday, October 18th, 2018
Allright Rig 2.0 ships via Unreal Marketplace
Versatile UE4 auto-rigging plugin creates a range of characters and creatures, with facial animation.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Get Paragon UE4 character and environment assets free
Updated with new free assets. Download 39 characters and 1,500 environment assets from Epic Games' MOBA.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Unreal Studio now free until November 2019
Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Epic Games releases free Shotgun integration for UE4
New plugin integrates UE4 with the production-tracking system. Includes a Maya FBX exporter for asset review.
Friday, August 31st, 2018
New PiXYZ Software tools get CAD data into Unity, UE4
Now shipping: alternatives to Unreal Studio help prepare CAD data for import into game engines.
Friday, August 17th, 2018
Epic Games ships free MotionBuilder Live Link for UE4
Free plugin streams mocap data from MotionBuilder to preview it inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Otoy unveils OctaneRender 2019 for Unreal Engine
New integration promises UE4 users GPU-based light field baking and support for ORBX scenes.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.20
Artists get new Niagara modular VFX editor, new options for shading human skin, plus cinematic DoF.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Epic to give UE4 Marketplace creators 88% of product sales
Up from 70% before - and applied retroactively to every sale made since the store opened in 2014.
Thursday, July 12th, 2018
Master VFX workflows for games in Unreal Engine
Riot Games artist Jeremy Griffith's detailed Gnomon tutorial provides over nine hours of UE4 training.
Friday, June 22nd, 2018