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Surge XT is a free and open source synthesizer that started life as a commercial synth from Vember Audio. Surge is available for Mac, Windows and Linux and is implemented as a VST3 module as well as an AU on Mac platforms. The 1.0 version of Surge was recently released, …
Just over a year since the release of the Vulkan 1.2 specification, the Khronos Group today announced the release of Vulkan 1.3. This release focuses heavily on eliminating fragmentation by consolidating several popular extensions into the core specification as well as introducing device profiles. Additionally new extension support for VK_KHR_dynamic_rendering …
For those that are waiting for Godot 4, the wait just Godot a bit shorter with the first official Godot 4 alpha release. Thankfully several of the features in the upcoming 4.0 release have been back ported to the 3.x branch, such as the recently released Godot 3.5 beta. The …
The flurry of Unity acquisitions continue, following hot on the trail of their recent Weta Digital and SpeedTree purchases, Unity have announced they have acquired Ziva Dynamics. Ziva Dynamics provide tools for digital character creation, used heavily in TV & Film (such as John Wick 3, Pacific Rim Uprising and …
Unity are running not one but two Unity MegaBundles right now as part of the New Year Bundles. The Roaring Bundle and Daring Bundle are a collection of Unity assets up to 95% off, running until midnight February 7th. The Roaring Bundle consists of: $19.99 Tier Jigsaw Puzzle Creator Kit …
After a very successful 2021, the Blender Institute have released their strategic targets for 2022. These are the primary areas of development that will be focused upon during 2022. There are four primary areas of focus: Application Templates Blender already supports Application Templates in an experimental state. However, users can’t easily and …
Unreal Engine 5 entered early access in early 2021 and was released with the Valley of the Ancient demo that showcased the amazing new graphics in UE5. This demo however was not exactly an ideal introduction to developers and designers that wanted to learn how to use the new game …
Today we are checking out Goxel, a free and open source Voxel editor. Voxel is available for Linux, Mac and Windows, as well as Android and iOS and even can be run in your web browser. Additionally Goxel is available in source code form under the GPL v 3 license …
Today we are going hands-on with NoesisGUI, a middleware UI framework for games and other high performance applications. Noesis has been used to make AAA games such as the upcoming Baldur’s Gate 3 and dozens of other games and applications developed by customers such as Ninja Theory, Microsoft, Riot Games, …
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IDV, which was recently acquired by Unity Technologies, just released SpeedTree 9. SpeedTree is a popular piece of game development middleware used to create forests and foliage for many popular AAA games. The SpeedTree 9 release adds new features such as Photogrammetry support (learn more about using Photogrammetry for game …
