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Blender 5.2 has been released

Blender 5.2 has arrived. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release with two years of updates, making it ideal for projects that require long-term stability. The release introduces improvements across many areas of the application. Geometry Nodes is one of the main areas of focus, with several new nodes extending its toolset.

Published: 20. Jul. 2026

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Box3D - A new open-source 3D physics engine

Box3D is a new open source 3D physics engine by Erin Catto, the creator of the widely used Box2D physics engine. Development of the engine began in 2022 and has now resulted in its initial release. According to the developer, the project was driven by several motivations, one of the primary reasons being issues encountered with Unreal Engine's native physics while developing his own game, The Legend of California. These included the lack of support for simulating gyroscopic torques, falling trees behaving erratically, and the need to perform a fast broad-phase physics pass when simulating very high entity counts, reaching into the hundreds of thousands.

Published: 14. Jul. 2026

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Flexible Recoil System - A free Unity plugin for shooter recoil

Unity developer Arda Kozan has released Flexible Recoil System, a free Unity plugin that enables editor-based creation of recoil presets and pattern paths for first and third person shooters. It was created to help users build, tune, and integrate weapon recoil quickly without locking projects to a specific player controller architecture. Instead, it integrates with a project's existing camera and input setup while requiring minimal coupling.

Published: 7. Jul. 2026

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The Bevy game engine has been updated (0.19)

Bevy, the data-driven game engine built with Rust, has received a new update. For developers new to Bevy, it is one of the most popular game engines in the Rust ecosystem. It currently functions more as a game framework than a full-fledged game engine, without an integrated visual editor comparable to those found in engines such as Unreal Engine, Unity, or Godot. An official editor is currently being developed by the Bevy Editor design group, although no release timeline has been announced.

Published: 29. Jun. 2026

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Unreal Engine 5.8 now available

Unreal Engine 5.8 is here and, according to Epic Games, this is the last major release in the 5.x version cycle as the company shifts its focus to Unreal Engine 6. Although another official release may appear if circumstances warrant it, Epic says none is currently planned. One of the standout features of this latest update is the introduction of Mesh Terrain, an experimental 3D mesh-based system for authoring large, complex terrains.

Published: 22. Jun. 2026

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Godot 4.7 has been released

Godot 4.7 has arrived, continuing a development phase that began with the previous release and now focuses on polish, quality-of-life improvements, tighter integration of industry standards, and performance optimization. Highlights of this release include the addition of high dynamic range (HDR) support, described by the team as likely the poster child of this update.

Published: 18. Jun. 2026

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The O3DE game engine has been updated to version 26.05

The O3DE game engine has received a new update (26.05.0). This latest release continues the project's focus on improving engine stability while enhancing the user experience across its toolset. O3DE has seen steady improvements in reliability across recent updates, and this release appears to continue that trend, further strengthening its appeal for professional projects.

Published: 8. Jun. 2026

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ZeroAllocPool - A performance optimization addon for Godot

ZeroAllocPool is a new Godot addon designed to optimize memory allocation in performance-critical games. Developed by ElBranda as a GDExtension, it targets indie developers building systems that rapidly create and recycle large numbers of objects during gameplay, a common challenge in genres such as bullet hell games, twin-stick shooters, and horde survival games.

Published: 1. Jun. 2026

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The Godot game engine now has an official asset store

For many years, the official place to publish and acquire assets for the Godot game engine was the Asset Library, which was built into the engine itself. While the Asset Library will remain available for the foreseeable future, it should now be considered deprecated, with the new Asset Store taking its place. The Godot team explained that, although there were initially no plans to run an asset store operated by the Foundation, several factors ultimately led to the change.

Published: 25. May. 2026

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Developer open-sources complete UI design system for Unity 6

Solo Unity developer Sinan Ata has released a drop-in design system for Unity 6 UI Toolkit, enabling game developers to build custom UIs in an easier and faster way. The project was originally created for the developer's own game, Leap of Legends, a cheerful multiplayer 2D platformer currently in active development for Steam, Google Play, TestFlight, and macOS.

Published: 18. May. 2026

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InstaMAT now available on Linux

The 3D texture and asset creation software InstaMAT is now available on Linux. Described as a complete 3D material platform, it offers tools for material creation and texture painting and can serve as an alternative to Adobe's Substance 3D suite. The software officially launched last year for Windows and macOS and is now natively available on Linux.

Published: 11. May. 2026

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Mesh Collider Optimizer - A collider optimization tool for Unity

Mesh Collider Optimizer is a new Unity Editor tool that automatically analyzes, optimizes, and rebuilds Mesh Colliders. The asset was created by asset developer Occlusionn, which focuses on intuitive editor extensions as well as performance oriented shaders. It is also responsible for other useful assets in the Asset Store such as Decal Collider and Debug Filter.

Published: 4. May. 2026