The venerable RPGMaker just released version 1.1 of RPGMaker MV.  RPGMaker is a game engine specifically designed for creation roleplaying games, specifically JRPGs.  To go along with the release they are also offering RPGMaker at a 30% discount on Steam.   Features of this new release include: Fixed Issues—————————————- Fixed Paste Last Bug in […]

  Today FMod had a pair of announcements.  If you’ve never heard of it, FMod is probably the preeminent make of audio middleware for game development. The first announcement was the release of FMod Studio 1.08, an audio creation tool compatible with many major game engines.  The new version adds PlayStation VR support, new asset […]

  MaxPlay is an upcoming game engine that is focused on cloud based collaboration.  So far they have been running mostly in stealth mode with very little information available.  Today they announced several of the partnered technologies that will be integrated into the engine.  Those technologies include EMotion FX (an animation engine),  FMOD (advanced audio), […]

  It’s been a while since the Blender 2.76 was released, but Blender 2.77 is getting closer with today’s release of Blender 2.77 RC2.  This released doesn’t pack a ton of new features but what’s in there is certainly useful.  You can read the full release notes here. Major features of this release include: Blenders […]

  Another Unity patch has been released, this one is Unity Patch 5.3.3p2.  It contains the following new features, as per the release notes: Improvements Android: Audio – Don’t select OpenSL output if the native device params are too bad for fast path (fixes audio issues on buggy devices). Android: Buildpipe – Updated SDK tools […]

  As part of their recently launched GPUOpen collection, AMD have released a beta preview open source implementation of Khronos OpenVX.  OpenVX is an API for computer vision.   Features from this release: Features The code is highly optimized for both x86 CPU and OpenCL for GPU Supported hardware spans the range from low power […]

  Sp3 for 3ds Max 2016 has been released, updating the popular 3D content creation package. The service pack makes the following changes: Animation MAXX-24066 Changing Frame Rate Breaks Default AutoKeyframe When Greater Than 0 MAXX-27784 CAT Motion Editor Spinner Y and Z are buggy. MAXX-29434 Program error when user saves bip without extension MAXX-27484 […]

  Starling is a flash based game engine, perhaps most famous for Angry Birds.  For some time the primary maintainer has been quietly pounding away on the next version.  Today (actually a couple days ago, this news item slipped through my net, sorry about that) Starling 2.0 is available and it’s a pretty extensive update.  […]

  Joining the Evil Empire hasn’t had an immediate affect on the the RoboVM team, in fact, they just released a new version.  RoboVM is the technology that enables you to run Java developed applications on iOS, commonly used with the LibGDX library to enable iOS support.  This release sees the edition of a number […]

  jMonkeyEngine is a popular open source 3D game engine written in Java.  I did a “Closer Look at” jMonkeyEngine earlier last year if you want more information.  The big part of this release isn’t really all that flashy, but it is smart.  You see up until now, jMonkeyEngine has been heavily tied to the […]