Epic Games Takes a Minority Investment in SideFX
Epic Games acquired a minority stake in SideFX while Houdini’s ownership, development roadmap and industry partnerships remained unchanged.
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Epic Games Presents Unreal Engine 4.26 Release Highlights
An Inside Unreal session explores Unreal Engine 4.26 release highlights with Epic’s programming, animation and engineering leads.
Epic Games Offers Free Virtual Production Primer
Epic Games’ free Virtual Production Primer provides 15 hours of training across ten videos covering Unreal Engine production workflows.
Female Mannequin Model Pack Released for Unreal Engine
The Unreal Engine asset pack provides configurable female mannequin characters for showroom scenes, animation practice and rendering setups.
Unity Joins Blender Development Fund as Patron
Unity committed $120,000 annually to the Blender Development Fund, supporting Blender’s core development team at the highest sponsorship tier.
Maxon Receives $200,000 Epic MegaGrant
Maxon received a $200,000 Epic MegaGrant to strengthen integration between Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.
Unreal Marketplace Offers Free October 2020 Assets
Epic Games’ October 2020 Marketplace selection included a 70-model low-poly plant pack, environments, characters, tools and audio assets.
Pixomondo Builds Virtual Production Studio in Toronto
Pixomondo planned a large Toronto virtual-production stage with Epic Games, Nvidia, ROE Visual and William F. White International.
Television Academy Names 2020 Engineering Emmy Recipients
The 72nd Engineering Emmy Awards recognised Apple ProRes, Codex Raw Workflow, Unreal Engine, Nuke and other production technologies.
Visual Effects Society Announces 2020 Honourees
The Visual Effects Society named new honorary members, regular members and Hall of Fame inductees for its 2020 recognition programme.
Denis Muren Joins Live Q&A at VIEW Conference
Nine-time Academy Award winner Denis Muren discussed his career, creative vision and audience questions during VIEW Conference 2020.
Unity Software Files for Stock-Market Listing
Unity Software filed to list shares of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
More Than 50 Unreal Fest Online Sessions Available
Epic Games made over 50 Unreal Fest Online 2020 videos available across games, architecture, automotive, film, television, broadcast and cross-industry topics.
Unreal Marketplace’s Free Asset Packs for August 2020
Epic’s August 2020 Unreal Marketplace promotion included radial menus, medieval, jungle, vehicle and animal asset packs.
Twinmotion 2020.2 Released
Twinmotion 2020.2 improves water and car-paint materials, adds parametric doors and expands its library of production assets.
AutoRemesher Enters Alpha
AutoRemesher converts source meshes into animation-friendly quad geometry through a free, open-source standalone alpha tool.
Blender Tools for Unreal Engine
Epic Games released Send to Unreal and UE to Rigify to streamline FBX-based transfers between Blender and Unreal Engine.
Unreal Engine and Next-Gen Games
Epic Games engineers discussed forthcoming Unreal Engine technology for next-generation games at Unreal Fest Online 2020.
Epic Releases Live Link Face for iOS
Live Link Face streamed iPhone TrueDepth facial capture into Unreal Engine with ARKit, timecode and remote-production support.
PolygonFlow Announces GraphN and Metanote
PolygonFlow proposed GraphN visual tool creation and a Metanote library for portable 3D workflow operations across DCCs and engines.
Unreal Training: Niagara and Megascans
Three Unreal Engine sessions cover Niagara effects, Quixel Megascans environment assembly and Runtime Virtual Texture transitions.
June 2020 Unreal Marketplace Assets
Epic’s June 2020 Unreal Marketplace selection included animated creatures, low-poly cities, landscapes, VFX packs and level-design tools.
June 2020 Unreal Assets Archived
Epic’s June 2020 Marketplace selection included landscapes, creatures, city kits, effects, ILIAD and a level-design assistant.
Unreal Engine 5 Previewed Nanite and Lumen
Epic’s first Unreal Engine 5 demo introduced Nanite virtualised geometry, Lumen dynamic GI and a revised royalty threshold.
ITFS 2020 Livestream Programme
The 2020 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film ran online from 5 to 10 May with workshops, talks, screenings and awards.
3D Model Haven Is Live
The makers of HDRI Haven are now online with 3D Model Haven: free 3D models including PBR materials under a CC0 licence.
FMX 2020 | Women in VFX and Animation, Trailer #2 and more!
News about FMX 2020 - Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media: More programme information, second trailer and more!
Free Texturing: Mixer 2020 Released
Quixel releases the first Mixer 2020 preview release – with new 3D texture-painting features and more!
ILM Details The Mandalorian StageCraft
ILM used StageCraft, Unreal Engine and a 270-degree LED wall to shoot more than half of The Mandalorian's first season.
Free: Maya Hair Plug-in “Shave and a Haircut”
Fancy a free grooming tool? “Shave and a Haircut” version 9.6 is available free of charge on Github!
Unreal Academy 2019
All Unreal Academy 2019 sessions are now available online, with many exciting workshops and tutorials!
Epic Buys Quixel: Free Megascans and Tools
Quixel is now part of Epic Games, and the acquisition brings several pleasant surprises for Unreal and non-Unreal users!
AMD Supports Blender with €120,000
After Epic Games and Nvidia, the next patron steps up: AMD is supporting Blender development with a further €120,000 per year.
3D Model Haven Announced
A new free 3D model library is in the starting blocks: 3D Model Haven follows in the footsteps of HDRI and Texture Haven.
Nvidia Supports Blender Development
Since the 2.80 release, financial support for Blender has gained serious momentum: Now Nvidia is also supporting development!
The New Unreal Engine Is Here | 4.23
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.23, the new version of the game engine—which is intended to be used increasingly for film, TV and VFX!
Free NPC Animations for Unreal
The Unreal Marketplace is sounding the alarm again: This time, a bunch of NPCs with free animations will run you over!
Unreal Engine | Free Assets in June
And this month Epic Games is also giving us the next batch of free assets!
Unreal Engine | Free Assets in May
And this month Epic Games has another load of assets: furniture, plants, fire, PBR materials and more!
That was FMX 2019!
FMX 2019 is over and most visitors have successfully returned home: A short recap of this year's trade conference!
Unreal Engine 4.22: A mega update
Unreal Engine 4.22 has now been officially released: With endless release notes, the engine now offers Real Time Ray Tracing, Live Coding and more!
For All Unreal Fans: Monthly Free Content!
Epic Games keeps its word: Back in November, the company announced free content on its own Marketplace for all UE4 users.
Paragon Hero Assets from Epic
The Unreal Engine 4 community can rejoice! Epic Games is releasing more hero assets from the Paragon series.
Unreal Engine GDC Sizzle Reel 2018
What Unreal Engine projects can we expect in the near future?
Free: Over 1,500 UE4 Paragon Assets
Epic Games has released free assets from Paragon worth 12 million dollars: characters and environment assets in the Unreal Engine Marketplace!
Realtime Compositing with Unreal Engine
Realtime compositing in Unreal Engine 4.17: With Composure, new samples and live training, Epic Games presents the new compositing tool.
Film Engine Premiere at FMX
Crytek's Cinebox successor, Film Engine, will be presented publicly for the first time at FMX. Also on the programme: presentations on “The Jungle Book” and “Zoomania”.
Unreal Engine 4 Free
Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 is now available free of charge, as are all future updates.
Unreal Engine 4.6
Version 4.6 comes with 88 new features - including better lighting, better materials, built-in capture and playback, and new animation workflows.
RedTools as an App and Online Version
Incredibly practical on set when shooting with Red cameras: Red has released the Cinephotography Tools Suite as an iTunes app and in a browser version.
Scarlet Dragon Upgrade from RED
RED has presented the long-announced Scarlet Dragon Upgrade, which is expected to come onto the market in June and upgrades the Scarlet-X with a 6K sensor.
First Images from “Epic”
Blue Sky follows up "Ice Age" and "Rio": First images from the new animated feature "Epic".
The Red Dragon on Hold
A modular 6K sensor that can be installed in your RED for 6,000 dollars? That sweetened NAB week for us. But—as might be expected—the market launch has been delayed.
Unreal Engine 3 Games on the Tablet
Epic Games and Nvidia presented a working Unreal Engine 3 demo on a Windows RT tablet at IFA 2012. According to Epic, UE3 is also intended to run on Windows 8.
RED Releases Firmware 3.3 for Scarlet and EPIC
New firmware 3.3 is now available for the RED Scarlet and EPIC cameras, bringing new features in addition to fixed sources of errors.
Unreal Engine 4: Elemental Tech Demo
Epic Games released a tech demo of Unreal Engine 4's features at E3 in Los Angeles. This Elemental demo impressively shows that a new era has dawned and that Epic has a toolkit for future high-end devices such as Xbox 720, PS4, and gaming PCs waiting in the wings.
NVIDIA Makes Unreal Engine Game Engine 3D-Capable
Unreal Engine 3, Epic Games' most successful game engine worldwide, will be supported by NVIDIA's 3D Vision technology in future. All licensed versions of the middleware can therefore be used to develop PC games in genuine stereoscopic 3D.
GOA and True Games Launch Online Game Warrior Epic
The extensive multiplayer universe opened following a successful beta test.
Warrior Epic Closed Beta Starts April 30
GOA and True Games scheduled the Warrior Epic closed beta for April 30, with selected registrants receiving access keys.
GC Developer Conference: News on “Gears of War 2”
Dr. Michael Capps, President of EPIC Games, will report on the game’s development progress at GCDC 2008 / “Call for Papers” ends on 30 May 2008.
Unreal Tournament 3 Makes Its World Premiere in Germany
Midway Games today announced the launch of the action blockbuster Unreal Tournament 3 for 12 November 2007. This means German gamers will be the first in the world to get the latest game production from Epic Games, the creators of the Unreal Tournament series.
An Evening with Epic Games
Autodesk Media & Entertainment is holding an exclusive roadshow with Epic Games. Renowned Character Artist Chris Wells will provide a detailed insight into the current Unreal Tournament 3 project there.