Flair Heads for Unreal, Maya 2027 Ready
Flair is closing in on its Unreal Engine debut while the Maya renderer adds Maya 2027 support and clears out several workflow gremlins.
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Blendkit expands to Maya, Godot and Rhino
Blendkit opens its asset library to Maya, Godot and Rhino through free open-source plugins, although the integrations remain early-stage software.
Material Maker 1.7 improves graph workflow
Material Maker 1.7 improves graph editing, adds a Dynamic Sky material, updates nodes and brings the open-source tool to Steam.
Godot 4.7 turns up HDR
Godot 4.7 goes practical: HDR output, rectangular lights, mobile builds, XR work and editor polish. Less fireworks, more knobs.
O3DE 26.05 Gets Native Particles
O3DE 26.05 adds native particles, AgX, automatic LODs and PhysX 5 defaults. The particle Gem still carries a production warning.
Sneeze Brings a Browser Engine to Spatial 3D
Sneeze applies the browser-engine model to spatial services, combining multi-origin 3D scenes, WASM isolation and proximity discovery.
Material Maker 1.6 tunes graphs and exports
For those who don’t know the tool: Material Maker builds procedural textures and painted looks with node graphs,…
Official Steam support lands on Unity roadmap
For those who don’t know the tool: Unity is a realtime game engine that ships to desktop and…
TweenFX is your free Friday tween sidequest
TweenFX is a free MIT-licensed tween animation plugin for Godot 4, with a demo release updated on 25 Feb 2026.
130 animations, one rig, zero drama
Quaternius releases a second Universal Animation Library with over 130 humanoid animations, free for commercial use.
One click exports and zero patience for menus from Blender to Unreal, Unity and more.
A free Blender add-on offers fast exports to Unity, Unreal and Godot using collections and selection logic.
Godot 4.6 Arrives With Major CG-Friendly Updates
Godot Engine 4.6 ships with polished workflows, Modern UI, Jolt physics as default, improved reflections, debugger tools and LibGodot support.
Material Maker 1.5 adds DDS, FBX, CLI, 10 new nodes
Material Maker 1.5 adds common game formats, command-line export, workflow upgrades, and more nodes in this free procedural texturing tool.
Ocean, clouds, and splats: D5 Render 3.0 sets sail
D5 Render 3.0 introduces new environment tools, expanded AI generation, and a lightweight D5 Lite for SketchUp users.
Godot Now Shakes When You Code Badly
Tired of calm coding sessions? Ridiculous Coding turns Godot scripting into an action scene with screenshake, fireworks, and XP bars.
Godot 4.6-dev5 lands: D3D12 default, Delta Patching, Android Gradle, 2D boosts
Godot 4.6-dev5 goes live: D3D12 is now default on Windows, PCK patching gets efficient delta export, Android exports via Gradle land, and 2D rendering gets 1.1–7× speed boosts.
Godot ARKit: Facial Mocap Without the Detour
Open-source plug-in GodotARKit links Apple’s ARKit and Godot 4 for real-time facial mocap using the Live Link Face app—no extra tools needed.
World Creator 2025.3 adds ORBX , Godot bridge and caves
World Creator 2025.3 brings ORBX export for OctaneRender, Godot integration and cave-mask terrain tools, adding flexibility for terrain export and engine pipelines.
Unity’s 2026 Roadmap: CoreCLR, Verified Packages, Fewer Surprises
Unity maps out its 2026 engine roadmap: CoreCLR migration, ECS-GameObject unification, verified packages, and a fresh round of AI-assisted dev tools.
Moho 14.4 Goes on a Side Quest: 2D Meets Game Engines
Lost Marble’s Moho 14.4 “Side Quest” links 2D animation with game engines via glTF export, plus Smart Bones in 360°, smarter particles, and smoother strokes.
Unreal Engine 5.7: foliage, PCG and in-Editor AI
Unreal Engine 5.7 adds Nanite Foliage (experimental), production-ready PCG and Substrate, new virtual-production tools, and an AI Assistant. Test first.
Open-Source Engine O3DE Hits Version 25.10
O3DE 25.10 trims installers, builds faster, supports C++20, and upgrades robotics Gems — a solid, practical update for technical artists.
Material Maker 1.4: Godot 4 port, flexible UI, 32-bit baking
Material Maker 1.4 debuts: full Godot 4 migration, rebuilt shader engine, new node types and UI redesign. A serious update, not cosmetic.
Rebelle 8: Digital Painting’s Physical Upgrade
Rebelle 8 turns digital painting into a physical experience. The new Bristle Brush engine simulates every hair of a real brush, RealShader adds true lighting and shadow depth to thick paint, and the NanoPixel 2 engine scales artwork up to 32 K resolution. With layer-specific materials, symmetry tools, Escape Motions’ latest release feels less like an update and more like a real studio, minus the turpentine.
Unreal Cabin Fever: 156 Free Assets for UE Users
156 free meshes for cabins, props and trees in Unreal Engine. Available on Fab until 7 October. Lightmaps included, LODs missing.
Clothy3D: New Tool for Clothing Auto-Fit, Rigging & Mesh Transfers
TL;DR: Clothy3D is a new free software tool for auto-fitting and rigging clothes across 3D characters, transferring skeletons and skin weights, and exporting via FBX. With a marketplace and tutorials included, it could bridge pipelines between Marvelous Designer, Daz3D, iClone, and Unreal Engine—though still in beta.
Skin Deep & Code Clean: Free Human Shaders for Godot (Yes, Godot, Not Unreal)
Human character shaders for Godot, free (skin, eyes, wetness) from MatMADNESS. Finally something substantial in Godot; demo & pack available.
Unreal Engine 5.7: Experimental Tech, Measured Expectations
Epic Games’ official Unreal Engine 5.7 roadmap lists features under development, flagged either as experimental, planned, or in…
Godot 4.5: New Buffers, Better Access, More Control
Godot 4.5 ships with stencil buffer, shader baker, screen reader support, and dozens of workflow updates. Time to test before production.
Unity 6.2 Welcomes AI, But Pace Caution—User Liability on Copyright
Unity 6.2 introduces Unity AI, replacing Muse and Sentis with integrated generative tools for assets and code, plus Mesh LOD and UI updates.
Godot Pixel Renderer: Get a Free 3D‑to‑Pixel Art Export Toolkit
BUKKBEEK’s Godot Pixel Renderer is a free MIT‑licensed Godot 4.4 toolkit for real‑time pixel art rendering, with batch export and shader control.
OpenVAT Adds VAT Encoding to Blender—Real-Time Asset Ready
OpenVAT encodes animated Blender geometry into VATs with normals, PNG/EXR output and real‑time engine support for Unity, Unreal, and Godot.
Godot 4.5 Dev 5: Shaders, Colors & Abstracts Galore
Godot 4.5 Dev 5 introduces visionOS support, GDScript abstract classes, shader baking, WebAssembly SIMD, and inline color pickers.
Dogwalk: Blender’s Papercraft Pooch Takes Godot for a Spin
Blender Studio releases Dogwalk in early access, showcasing a papercraft-style micro-game built with Godot, emphasizing a streamlined Blender-Godot pipeline.
Xsens Animate 2025: Now With 100% More Spine
Xsens Animate 2025 introduces native male and female anatomy models, a refined spine model, and experimental Auto Sensor Mapping for streamlined mocap workflows.
Terrain3D 1.0: Godot’s Landscape Tool Levels Up
Terrain3D 1.0 for Godot Engine 4.4 introduces enhanced 3D projection, dynamic collision, and up to 10 LODs for foliage, optimizing landscape creation.
Godot 4.5 Dev 1: The Feature Freeze Thaw Begins
Godot 4.5's first development snapshot introduces a "Mute Game" toggle, enhanced UID support, and addresses over 400 bug fixes.
Godot 4.4: The Engine That Could (and Did)
Godot Engine 4.4 introduces Jolt Physics integration, embedded game windows, interactive in-game editing, and more, enhancing usability and performance.
Supersplat! Open-Source 3D Editor Adds Animated Gaussian Splats
The open-source 3D graphics editor just upped its game with support for animated Gaussian splats, offering new possibilities for real-time graphics.
Moho 14.3: Mantis Shrimp Packs a Colorful Punch
Moho 14.3, the Mantis Shrimp update, introduces advanced brush features like Color Drift and Opacity, enhancing 2D animation with natural media effects.
MoonRay 1.7: DreamWorks’ Renderer Gets a Shiny Update
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7, introducing PortalLight, enhanced NVIDIA GPU acceleration, and Cryptomatte support in hdMoonRay.
Unity 6: New Features After the Licensing Turmoil
Unity 6's release brings new features and stability enhancements. Licensing policies have been reworked after last year’s backlash, with better flexibility for small studios.
First Beta of V-Ray 7
Chaos launches the V-Ray 7 beta for 3ds Max, offering new material creation tools, enhanced lighting, faster rendering, and new procedural clouds for skies.
Blender add-on “Quad Maker” for more efficient retopology
Quad Maker facilitates retopology in Blender. The add-on offers automated functions that can significantly speed up the retopology process.
Unigine 2.19: New functions for 3D
With the latest update to version 2.19, the Unigine engine offers improvements in animation and new features, such as support for OpenXR and USD.
New functions in Godot 4.3 for CG Artists
Godot 4.3 brings new features that could also make it "interesting" for virtual production: volumetric fog, meshlet rendering and highly optimised animation tools.
Procedural Worldbuilding mit Unreal
We build realtime environments with Unreal's Procedural Content Generation Framework (PCG) - or do you really want to do everything by hand?
Working in a team with Unreal Engine 5
Games, VR/AR applications or animations are produced in a team
produced in teams. A typical tool for exchanging files is
them in a Dropbox or on a network drive. This
works wonderfully with 3D and 2D tools such as Photoshop or Blender,
but not really with the Unreal Engine. Here you have to resort to
Version control.
The law of the series | Retro article
Review: In DP 05 : 2010, we sought an expert discussion with Blue Byte, the German gaming industry giants. We asked Managing Director Odile Limpach and Producer Benedikt Grindel about the 7th instalment of the building strategy series The Settlers.
Halo | VFX Breakdown
The battle with the Covenant goes into series production: Canadian-based VFX house Redefine sends the Master Chief into the star war.
How does a third-person game work with Blender?
YouTuber All the Works shows how to pull up a video game with a shoulder perspective. A video tutorial for Blender users.
Open 3D Engine 22.05 is released!
Triple AAA developers are listening up: The latest version of the powerful game engine is launched. Lumberyard engine was yesterday!
Version 5.7 of the CryEngine released!
A cry for love (and more graphics power?): New version of the popular graphics framework released - after more than two years of waiting!
Winners of the BAFTA Games Awards 2022 announced!
And daily greetings... perhaps the best third-person shooter of the year? The sci-fi actioner "Returnal" won over the judges - which other titles were able to dust off prize trophies?
Unreal Engine 5 Enters Preview
The UE5 Preview expands Nanite, Lumen, world building, animation and MetaSounds, while Epic warns against production use.
Cesium Brings Global 3D Data to O3DE
Cesium for O3DE adds a WGS84 globe, 3D Tiles streaming, Script Canvas integration and Cesium ion geospatial content.
Childhood dreams come true with the Model Builder!
Have you always wanted to put home-made Transformers, lightsabers and other sci-fi memorabilia on your shelf? Then try out this game now.
Procedural Level Generator in Unreal Engine 4
Developer J.G.'s C++ 3D autotiler samples volumes and places modular tiles to generate levels for the roguelike Galaia.
Unreal Engine 5 Nanite Deep Dive
Epic Games graphics programmer Brian Karis explains Nanite virtualised geometry and its approach to dense real-time assets.
Choo-Choo Charles Turns a Train into an Open-World Horror Threat
Two Star Games announced Choo-Choo Charles, an open-world horror game built around upgrading a train and surviving a spider-like locomotive.
Four Standout Unreal Engine Indie Game Projects
Four Unreal Engine projects from a 2021 Rookies selection span Victorian management, neon multiplayer combat, an atmospheric museum and a 1970s beat ’em up.
Unity’s rendering at its finest: Lightweight and High Definition
Blast from the Past: In issue 06 : 2018 of DP our author Alexandra Kaschny wondered 'Which hidden rendering powers are revealed with Unity 2018.1 and above?'
Creative Jam Competition Invites Ads for Hustle Castle
My.Games and Hustle Castle launched a game-advertising competition with cash prizes for animated creative promoting the mobile game.
Endless Runner Creator Offers Unreal Engine Auto-Runner Framework
Endless Runner Creator provided an Unreal Engine framework for rapidly building auto-runner games and was priced at about US$65.
Engine-Safari
Review: In DP 06 : 2018, our author Alexandra Kaschny focussed on the Big Three (not Five): Unity, Unreal, CryEngine. Which other engines are roaming the jungle?
Legendary Scaling – Mass Effect Returns
It is no secret that we are massive Mass Effect Fans – and when the info about the remastering came out, we were quite certain that we NEEDED to talk to the guys behind the new release.
Appleseed Approaches Production Readiness
The open-source Appleseed renderer targets animation and VFX with OSL, SeExpr, motion blur, spectral rendering and a permissive MIT licence.
Aixterior: Digital nature from calibrated scans
Aixterior bundles scanned natural objects, texture atlases, material scans and HDRIs into coherent biome libraries for offline and realtime 3D work.
Tutorial: Building a Pause Menu in Unreal Engine 4
Gavin Eisenbeisz demonstrates how to create an Unreal Engine 4 pause menu with pause, resume and quit controls.
Unigine 2.13 Preview Adds GPU Lightmapper
The Unigine 2.13 preview highlights an accessible GPU lightmapper, dynamic-light selection, voxel light probes and SSRTGI.
Unigine 2.12 Terrain Tutorials
Unigine tutorials cover landscape sculpting and texture-based terrain, plus quick tips for C#, VS Code debugging and cached shadows.
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.
Lumberyard 1.25 Beta Updates UI
Amazon Lumberyard 1.25 beta added UI 2.0, Nvidia Cloth, White Box tools, Script Canvas changes and more than 120 fixes.
CodeParade’s Non-Euclidean Engine
CodeParade's MIT-licensed engine uses portal views to create impossible geometry, while Hyperbolica explores curved space without portals.
Unreal Training: Niagara and Megascans
Three Unreal Engine sessions cover Niagara effects, Quixel Megascans environment assembly and Runtime Virtual Texture transitions.
Godot Editor Runs in the Browser
An early HTML5 build brought Godot’s editor, project import, scripts, scenes and game preview to supported web browsers.
June 2020 Unreal Assets Archived
Epic’s June 2020 Marketplace selection included landscapes, creatures, city kits, effects, ILIAD and a level-design assistant.
V-Ray 5 LightMix Relights Finished Renders
V-Ray 5 beta added LightMix and VFB layer compositing so artists could change light colour and intensity after rendering.
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.
V-Ray 5 Beta Adds Light Mix
The V-Ray 5 public beta for 3ds Max added layered Frame Buffer compositing, a 500-material library, Light Mix, coat and sheen layers.
V-Ray 2020 Game Cinematic Reel
Chaos Group's 2020 V-Ray reel included game cinematics for Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Unity, God of War and other projects.
Maxon Cineware for Unity
Cineware for Unity: the new free plug-in for Unity is here and supports geometry, materials, lighting and camera features!
Open Source Game Engine | Godot 3.2 Release
The open source game engine Godot has now been released after 10 months of development – the last major 3.x Godot release!a
New Unity 2019.3 Release
Unity 2019.3 is here: The game engine comes with a new editor interface, input system, faster iteration time in the editor and much more.
Unreal Academy 2019
All Unreal Academy 2019 sessions are now available online, with many exciting workshops and tutorials!
Nvidia CUDA: No Further macOS Support
Apple has had its chips: in future, Nvidia will no longer provide macOS support with CUDA.
Material Maker | Procedural Textures
Generate procedural PBR textures without an Adobe subscription? Material Maker by Rodolphe Suescun offers a way out.
Corona Renderer 5 Released
The Corona Renderer enters its next round: Corona 5 for 3ds Max has been released with a focus on performance.
Unity | Price Increase from 2020
From the beginning of 2020, prices for Unity subscriptions will increase—affecting the Plus and Pro licenses for the game engine.
New in Amazon Lumberyard: Simulated Objects
Amazon's free game engine gets its next update: With new PhysX and animation features.
Lumberyard with New PhysX
Amazon's "Lumberyard" game engine receives another update: The new beta version comes with changes for the Animation Editor, PhysX and more!
The New CryEngine | Release 5.6
New tech trailer for the launch of the new CryEngine: Version 5.6 is now available and brings several new features!
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!
Chaos: New Physics for Unreal Engine
The new physics system for Unreal Engine was presented at GDC - and no name could be more fitting: "Chaos"
Corona Renderer 3 Now Also for Cinema 4D!
And there it has hatched from beta: Corona Renderer 3 from Render Legion is now available for Cinema 4D!
