Ogre 1.10.11 Released
The Ogre 3D open source renderer just released version 1.10.11, the final version before moving on to 1.11 releases that will allow for changes that breaks the existing API. Ogre 1.10 received several...
View ArticleTiled 1.1 Released
Tiled is a popular open source map editor supported by almost every single 2D game engine available these days. If you are interested in learning more about Tiled, be sure to check out our Tiled...
View ArticleUnity Drops MonoDevelop Support
For several years now, the Unity installer has included the ability to install MonoDevelop, the open source C# IDE by Xamarin. With the upcoming release of Unity 2018.1 this will no longer be the...
View ArticleUnity 2018.1 Beta Released
The first release of the Unity game engine is available in beta form, Unity 2018.1. Keep in mind this is a beta, so of course it should not be used for production code. Wii U, XP and MonoDevelop...
View ArticleKrita 4 Beta 1 Released
Krita is a popular open source painting application and they just hit a pretty major milestone today, the release of Beta 1. This is a feature complete test version of what will ultimately become...
View ArticleUnity Release Experimental AutoLOD System
Unity just released an experimental AutoLOD, a system for automatically creating LOD (level of detail) scenes and optimizing their performance. Once again, the entire thing is experimental, so expect...
View ArticleDefold Release Photoshop Based GUI Exporter
Defold technical artist Martin Dahlin just released the Photoshop extension they use in house at King for exporting GUI designs from Adobe Photoshop to the Defold game engine. The extension enables...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.19 Preview 1 Released
Epic have just released the first preview version of Unreal Engine 4.19, Preview 1. Of course this is a preview release and is certainly not meant for use in a production environment! This release...
View ArticleOculus Launch Oculus Start Developer Program
Today Oculus announced a new developer program, Oculus Start. If you are accepted to the program you can get a year free of Unity plus or a royalty free Unreal Engine license! Additionally you get...
View ArticleBladeCoder Adventure Engine v2.0 Released
BladeCoder Adventure Engine 2.0 was just released today. BladeCoder is an adventure game focused game engine that is open source (Apache 2) and built over the LibGDX Java game framework. I previously...
View ArticleEpic Release Free 1000+ AAA Quality Asset Pack For UE4
Epic just released a pretty awesome pair of assets packs completely free for Unreal Engine developers. Soul:City and Soul:Cave are both AAA quality packs containing maps, models, textures, blueprints...
View ArticleLeadwerk 5 Game Engine First ALpha Released
The Leadwerks game engine just released the very first alpha release of the 5.x branch. Obviously as the very first alpha release, this is not meant for production use and only C++ and debug builds...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.19 Preview 2 Released
Hot on the heals of the first release earlier this month, Unreal Engine 4.19 Preview 2 is now available. As always, preview releases are not meant for production use, so you have been warned. The...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.120 Released
The Defold game engine just released version 1.2.120. The two biggest features of this release are support for Android MultiDex as well as the ability to pre-warm particle systems. If you are...
View ArticleSubstance Painter 2017.4.2 Released
Substance Painter, the popular Physically based renderer (PBR) texturing application, just released update 2017.4.2. If you are interested in learning more about Substance Painter, be sure to check...
View ArticleMicrosoft Acquire PlayFab
Yesterday Microsoft announced the acquisition of PlayFab, a cloud based back end for games. PlayFab enabled you to provide features like multiplayer, leaderboards, messaging, content updates and...
View ArticleGodot 3.0 Released
Godot 3.0 is finally here! Godot is an open source 2D/3D game engine and the 3.0 release brings a massive number of new features including a new 3D renderer, Bullet physics, C# support, OpenVR and...
View ArticleCoaTools 1.0 For Blender Released
CoaTools, or Cut Out Animation Tools, 1.0 was just released. Coatools is a free and open source plugin for Blender that enables users to create 2D animations directly in Blender, bringing IK based...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.19 Gets Experimental glTF Support
Unreal recently started releasing preview versions of Unreal Engine 4.19 with some great new features and apparently one stealth one… glTF support. This is actually excellent news for the industry as...
View ArticleCorona Labs Release 2018 Development Roadmap
If you are a Corona developer, you now have a pretty good idea of what is coming down the pipeline with the recently released 2018 roadmap. Corona is a cross platform Lua powered 2D game engine that...
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