Reallusion wins Epic MegaGrant
Game tools developer wins funding from Epic Games. Its iClone Unreal Live Link is free to indie users.
Monday, May 18th, 2020
Unreal Engine
AMD releases Radeon ProRender for Unreal Engine
Free plugin enables GPU path tracing and 'full spectrum rendering' in UE4 on AMD GPUs.
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Faceware Technologies launches Faceware Studio
Next-gen replacement for the old Faceware Live mocap system adds neat new 'Motion Effects' for tuning facial solves.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
EmberGen is now in beta
JangaFX's hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulation tool gets a node graph and animation timeline - and an unlimited new trial edition.
Monday, May 4th, 2020
Otoy ships OctaneRender 2020.1
Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
NewTek ships LightWave 2020
3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.
Friday, April 24th, 2020
Download the new free Unigine Community Edition
Powerful enterprise-grade real-time 3D engine now available free for indie games and VFX projects.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
Download 50 free scanned 3D tree and plant models
Get Tirido's poplar and aspen forest asset pack for UE4 free from Epic Games' Unreal Engine marketplace.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Golaem ships Golaem 7.3
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new USD procedural plugin, plus morphology variation for crowd characters, skinned animated fur.
Friday, April 3rd, 2020
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2021
Games-friendly update to 3ds Max adds new PBR features, support for Substance .sbsar files, and makes Arnold the default render engine.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Download over 550 free Project Nature plant models
Get high-quality free Unreal Engine grass, shrub and tree assets, many with support for wind animation.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2020
Get 150 free mocap moves from Rokoko's Motion Library
Includes 50 new high-impact moves recorded specially by God of War stunt artist Eric Jacobus.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020