Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 5.6
Check out the new features in the game engine, from major updates to Lumen and and the animation tools to the new Mocap Manager.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2025
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Review: HP Z4 Rack G5 rackmount workstation
How does HP's rackable graphics workstation compare to a desktop system in real-world rendering and CG tests? Jason Lewis finds out.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
SPECviewperf 15 adds Blender and UE5 tests to the benchmark
New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.
Monday, May 5th, 2025
Get the free version of ZibraVDB for Unreal Engine and Houdini
Updated: free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and virtual production is now available for Houdini as well as Unreal Engine.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1.1
Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization software, including support for DLSS 4 and a new procedural 3D grass material.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Reallusion releases iClone 8.53 with timecode support
Check out the new motion-capture workflows enabled by the free update to the real-time animation tool and its paid Timecode plugin.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
ZibraVDB: the new standard in OpenVDB for virtual production
[Sponsored] With its new Houdini plugin and free edition, Zibra AI's volumetric compression technology is shaking up real-time VFX.
Monday, April 14th, 2025
Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage
New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.
Friday, April 11th, 2025
Free tool: get character animation from Cinema 4D to Unreal Engine
Big update to the Cineware for Unreal plugin makes it possible to transfer rigged and animated characters to Unreal Engine 5.5.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Chaos launches Chaos Arena
'First ever path-tracing solution' for virtual production lets studios render existing V-Ray assets on LED walls in real time for in-camera VFX.
Monday, March 31st, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1
Sizeable update to the real-time visualization app adds volumetric clouds, Virtual Shadow Maps and automatic LOD generation.
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
See the new features due in Unreal Engine 5.6 and beyond
Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024