Side Effects releases Houdini Engine Indie free
Edit Houdini content inside Unity, UE4, Maya, Max or C4D with the indie game dev tool, previously priced at $99/year.
Tuesday, March 15th, 2016
Unity
See more details of the new features in Modo 10.0v1
Update will improve look dev and asset export to UE4 and Unity 5, streamline baking, enhance vertex normal editing.
Tuesday, March 8th, 2016
Amazon releases free Lumberyard game engine
Get full source code access to the CryEngine-based AAA engine, aimed at multiplayer online titles.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2016
Graphine releases Granite SDK 3.0
Update to UE4 texture-streaming system lifts restrictions on layered textures, halves processor usage.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.3
Game engine gets support for dynamic raytraced reflections, updates to particles and 2D physics.
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
Quixel ships Quixel Suite 2.0
Updated, now shipping: Games texturing toolkit gets powerful 3D painting and map baking options. See the new features in action here.
Monday, November 30th, 2015
Rokoko Electronics unveils Salto full-body mocap suit
Danish startup promises lightweight inertial capture suit for just $700. A further $150 gets you gloves on top.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
Graphine releases Granite for Unity 5
Use 'hundreds of 8K textures' in your real-time apps with the newly updated texture-streaming system.
Thursday, October 1st, 2015
Faceware launches Unreal plugin for Faceware Live
Stream facial motion data from the markerless capture system into UE4 and see it retargeted in real time.
Saturday, August 15th, 2015
Autodesk launches Stingray game engine
New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Rui Batista releases PolyPaint 1.5 for Cinema 4D
Handy 3D paint tool lets C4D users import RGBA vertex colour data from apps like ZBrush, or export it to Unity.
Monday, July 20th, 2015
Brekel Pro PointCloud 2 and Body 2 apps released
Updated: Kinect-based mocap tools now support Oculus Rift. New free script for viewing the point cloud data in Unity, too.
Friday, July 17th, 2015
Download the assets from the Unity 5 Blacksmith demo
Get two characters and two detailed environments in FBX format, plus lots of bonus tools, all available free.
Thursday, July 9th, 2015