Open source Godot Engine hits stable 1.0 release
Free alternative to Unity reaches production-ready release; visual shader editor planned for next year.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
Unity
Unity 4.6 ships
Create UIs with in-world interactions with the engine's much-anticipated new interface creation system.
Thursday, November 27th, 2014
Houdini Indie and Houdini Engine Indie hit Unity store
Low-cost rental-only editions now available in Unity Asset Store. Unity plugin for Houdini Engine also out.
Friday, October 3rd, 2014
Shade3D Co buys rights to Shade 3D from e frontier
Key product staff spin out new firm to develop veteran Japanese 3D app. New English release planned.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Video: see Frostbite and Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8
Updated: download Epic Games' free Zen Garden demo to try Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8 for yourself.
Thursday, September 18th, 2014
Amplify Creations unveils Amplify Texture 2 for Unity
Updated: Virtual texturing plugin lets you use 4 Terapixel textures inside Unity Pro. Free public trial out now.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
Build a full-body inertial mocap suit for under $400
Back Perception Neuron on Kickstarter, and get an assemble-it-yourself 20-sensor kit for $375.
Friday, August 29th, 2014
Download 75 free C4D models from The Pixel Lab
Everything from creatures to ray guns, licensed for commercial use. Good for Unity & After Effects, too.
Thursday, August 28th, 2014
Mixamo launches Starter and Indie pricing plans
$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Faceware Technologies ships Faceware Live 2.0
Markerless facial mocap system adds support for multiple characters, option to stream data live into Unity.
Friday, August 8th, 2014
Side Effects unveils Houdini Engine for 3ds Max, Unreal
Unreal Engine plugin being developed in house; 3ds Max version by former Digital Domain TD Hideki Suzuki.
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Faceshift 2014 ships
Kinect-based facial scanning and markerless mocap tool gets quicker setup, improved tracking quality.
Friday, June 20th, 2014