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Unreal Engine 5

New tech compresses geometry caches from destruction, cloth and liquid sims by 'up to 92%' for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine.

Thursday, July 9th, 2026

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool - like the option to stack objects vertically when laying out scenes.

Tuesday, June 30th, 2026

New free add-on based on the Dash world-building toolset provides a more powerful alternative to UE5's native content browser.

Thursday, May 14th, 2026

Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

Sunday, April 12th, 2026

VFX artist Tim Chen's free add-on renders large 3DGS scans more efficiently inside Unreal Engine, for VFX, games and arch viz work.

Thursday, March 19th, 2026

Big update to the terrain generation tool for games and VFX adds new features, cuts prices, and lifts the revenue cap on the Indie edition.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

See the latest features in the terrain generation tool for games and VFX, including AgX tonemapping and new Pattern distributions.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026

Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, including better support for tablets and pen displays.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2026

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including ORBX export to OctaneRender and a new Godot integration plugin.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025

New video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction. Can now be run offline, as well as in the cloud.

Friday, November 7th, 2025

Interesting tool suite transfers clothing and rigs between 3D characters from different sources. Works with UE5 MetaHumans.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2025