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Game Development

Blender 4.5 has been released

Blender, the popular free and open-source 3D creation suite, has received a significant new update. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, making it ideal for long-term projects by providing two years of updates and bug fixes. Maintaining the previous release's focus on stability, this version delivers nearly 500 bug fixes alongside a broad range of new features and enhancements.

Published: 21. Jul. 2025

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The luxe game engine is finally available

The luxe game engine has been in development since at least 2016. Over the years, progress has continued steadily, with development updates shared from time to time through dev logs. Now, it's finally accessible to the public, allowing developers to dive in and start creating. This is a preview version, so users should expect possible bugs, workflow issues, and an overall lack of polish while the engine continues to evolve toward an official release.

Published: 30. Jun. 2025

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The O3DE game engine has been updated (25.05)

O3DE, the free and open-source game engine under the Linux Foundation and capable of delivering AAA-quality experiences, has received a new update. Arriving roughly eight months after the previous major release, this update doesn't introduce groundbreaking features but streamlines the development process with better performance, stability, and over 250 bug fixes.

Published: 23. Jun. 2025

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ReSprytile - A free add-on to create retro tile-based scenes in Blender

ReSprytile is a Blender add-on that enables the creation of tile-based scenes directly within the software. It is a fork of the original add-on Sprytile, which was developed before Blender 2.8 and updated over time by various contributors to remain compatible with newer versions. This new fork by IonTheDev has been tested with Blender 4.1 and is expected to work across the 4.x releases.

Published: 26. May. 2025

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Flax Engine 1.10 has been released

The Flax game engine has received another significant update, further improving its feature set and strengthening its position as a compelling alternative to other game engines. Flax offers a range of unique features and a component-based architecture similar to Unity. Highlights include responsive editor actions, seamless support for C#, C++, and visual scripting, broad platform compatibility and more, all under a simple, developer-friendly license.

Published: 5. May. 2025

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Chroma - A new tool to improve game accessibility for colourblind players

Ubisoft has launched Chroma, a free and open-source tool designed as an all-in-one solution for identifying color blindness-related issues in games. It allows developers to simulate how their games appear to players with three major types of color vision deficiency: Protanopia, Deuteranopia, and Tritanopia. Chroma works by applying filters that replicate these conditions over running games on screen, helping developers flag accessibility concerns in real time.

Published: 21. Apr. 2025

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Cascadeur 2025.1 released with innovative animation interpolation

The first update of 2025 for Cascadeur has been released. Designed to accelerate and simplify the animation process, Cascadeur continues to deliver on this promise with features that make the lives of animators easier and the creative workflow more enjoyable. One such feature, and the major highlight of this release, is the new Inbetweening functionality, which automatically generates smooth and natural motion between two poses. It is based on a dataset created by the Cascadeur team, consisting of hundreds of recorded animations, primarily focused on locomotion.

Published: 14. Apr. 2025

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GIMP 3.0 released - A major update seven years in the making

GIMP, the widely known free and open-source image editing software, has received its next major iteration. GIMP is one of the oldest, most enduring open-source projects and has been in development since the late 90s. It has long served as an alternative to proprietary software such as Adobe Photoshop, offering a solid feature set for graphic design, photo retouching, digital painting, and image manipulation.

Published: 24. Mar. 2025

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Clip Studio Paint 4.0 launches with new 2D character rigging tool

Clip Studio Paint, a cross-platform application for character art, concept art, and illustration, has reached a major milestone with the release of version 4.0. The standout feature of this update is the new Puppet warp tool, which lets users bend and adjust their drawings using pins that act like joints. This allows for flexible transformations, making 2D artwork behave similarly to customizable 3D rigs.

Published: 17. Mar. 2025

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Defold showcases 2024 games in new showreel

Defold has released a showreel highlighting a diverse lineup of games launched in 2024, all made with the engine. The showreel serves both as a demonstration of Defold's capabilities and production readiness, as well as a source of inspiration for game developers looking to create new titles or explore which technologies to use for their next projects. The showreel features games released across multiple platforms supported by Defold, including Steam, mobile (iOS and Android), and the web. While most of these games leverage Defold's strengths in 2D development, the engine also supports 3D, a capability showcased by Punch Legend Simulator.

Published: 10. Mar. 2025

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Foundry releases Nuke 16.0

Foundry has unveiled Nuke 16.0, marking the latest evolution of its popular node-based compositing software. Nuke offers powerful tools for 3D compositing, motion tracking, and deep image integration, making it particularly valuable for creating pre-rendered cinematic cutscenes, trailers, and high-quality visual effects for games.

Published: 3. Mar. 2025

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Shader View - A Blender add-on for instant shader previews

Shader View is a new add-on developed by DivideByZero that promises to speed up shader creation workflows in Blender. It enables users to preview the output of their nodes in real-time, with previews displayed right above each node. This eliminates the need to continuously switch nodes to the material output, making for a less frustrating experience, especially when dealing with complex materials.

Published: 17. Feb. 2025