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Unity

Real-time hair and fur plugin now supports motion blur, import of NURBS curves from DCC tools.

Monday, October 10th, 2016

New $20 app provides intuitive node-based shader editor for Unity. Includes full source code access.

Monday, September 19th, 2016

Get 10 fantastic free stock models of weapons, vehicles, creatures and interiors, in a range of file formats.

Friday, August 26th, 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Neat new material layering system lets users visualise complex composite materials accurately within the software.

Friday, July 22nd, 2016

Cool new character animation plugin rigs anything from bipeds to creepy crawlies in a few clicks.

Thursday, June 30th, 2016

Powerful procedural city modelling software gets new Alembic exporter for use with visual effects pipelines.

Monday, June 27th, 2016

Updated: See the complete, near-six-minute short. Runs in real time on a single GeForce GTX 980.

Monday, June 20th, 2016

Updated: Unity Plus subscribers get option to turn off the splash screen; users of the free Personal edition can customise it.

Friday, June 17th, 2016

Allegorithmic's free add-on lets users edit textures in Substance format using Houdini's native tools.

Thursday, May 26th, 2016

Neat free tool generates AO, cavity, curvature, normal and other maps for use in game engines. Handles dense ZBrush sculpts.

Monday, May 9th, 2016

Export-limited version of Modo for indie game artists ships. Update is free to owners of Modo Indie 901.

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

Cool new cloud-based service uses an AI-driven system to tile, extend or 'mutate' game textures automatically.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2016