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Unreal Engine 5

Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool, including Runtime Virtual Texturing and an Advanced Water Shader.

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

Check out the new features in the modular, open-source, hardware-agnostic framework for developing real-time rendering technology.

Saturday, March 8th, 2025

Discover how NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs performed in CG software like 3ds Max, Arnold, Blender, Maya, UE5 and V-Ray in our early tests.

Friday, February 7th, 2025

Master key workflows for integrating character animation into interactive gameplay in UE5 with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Saturday, January 25th, 2025

Free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and VFX comes with four free stock explosion and tornado effects.

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Get free tools for generating procedural ruins and procedural flesh from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 game environment demo.

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

Check out the neat new Sky Paint tools in the December 2024 update to the sky-creation tool for VFX, visualization and games work.

Friday, December 20th, 2024

Popular lightweight Blender fluid simulation add-on now lets you art direct simulations with guide curves. Check out the other new features.

Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

Big update to the real-time terrain generator adds new snow and debris simulation tools, and changes pricing and licensing.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

Check out the new features in the promising tool for fitting 3D clothing to humanoid avatars, including a new real-time cloth physics system.

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

Now available for Mac: get access to 150+ free 3D models and materials for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and UE5 with KitBash3D's asset browser

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024