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Side Effects releases Houdini Engine Indie free
Edit Houdini content inside Unity, UE4, Maya, Max or C4D with the indie game dev tool, previously priced at $99/year.
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Autodesk unveils Maya LT 2016 Extension 3
Videos: See the new Quick Rig tool, new blendshape handling system, and improved symmetrical modelling and UV editing.
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Autodesk ships Stingray 1.2
Update to game engine adds new animation workflows, multicore compilation, HTC Vive support.
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Crytek releases CryEngine V for free
AAA game engine now available on a 'pay what you want basis'; gets new C# API and particle system, revamped renderer.
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Eye candy: Unity’s amazing photorealistic Adam demo
Runs in real time on a single GTX 980 - but it may be a while before most Unity games look this good.
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Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.4 in public beta
Update promises "enhanced visuals" plus GPU instancing, better multicore rendering and VR support.
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Amazon releases Lumberyard 1.1
Big update to free AAA game engine adds Substance integration, mobile support - and a proper FBX importer.
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Video: Enlighten’s Seastack Bay real-time GI demo
Beautiful Ninja Theory-created demo showcases new open-world tech in the UE4 and Unity lighting system.
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Marmoset’s GDC reel hints at new features in Toolbag 3
Video: Beautiful new reel shows particle effects and character animation rendered using the real-time viewer.
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Clip Studio Paint adds animation support
Free 1.5.4 update turns the app also known as Manga Studio into a robust, low-cost 2D animation tool.
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Blender 2.77 ships
Updated: Open-source 3D tool gets support for OpenVDB volumetrics, better sculpting and Boolean tools.
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Toonz 2D animation software goes open-source
Windows and Mac tool used on Futurama and Studio Ghibli movies is free to download from 26 March.
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DGDM releases SLiB Leuchtkraft 1.5 for Maya
Updated: Maya lighting design plugin gets support for painting highlights on multiple objects. Price cut to $99.
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Nvidia releases HairWorks source, unveils PhysX-GRB
Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta.
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Get Loic Zimmermann’s tips for directing an indie short
See the director and concept artist discuss his way of making films at Gnomon's LA campus tomorrow. Watch online for free.
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cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.3
3ds Max physics plugin gets better liquid simulation and particle caching, plus support for Alembic.
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Eye candy: Allegorithmic’s GDC 2016 reel
See the best new work created with Substance Designer and Painter: from personal stills to AAA titles like Uncharted 4.
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innoBright halves price of Altus 1.3
Updated: Tool for denoising images generated in renderers like Arnold and V-Ray now starts at $20/month.
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NewTek previews LightWave 2016
Updated: See the new scene editor and a side-by-side performance comparison with LightWave 2015.
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See screenshots of what may be 3ds Max 2017
Posted on Autodesk's AREA forum, but not confirmed officially yet. Some information about new features too.
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