Unreal, Unity, Godot and every other engine: releases, rendering, tools, plugins and workflows.
Microsoft released Agility SDK 1.620 retail and 1.722-preview on October 28, and AMD shipped matching drivers the same day. The retail release brings crash dump files and Partial Graphics Programs to production games, while the preview adds new DirectX Raytracing features.
gpuopen.comjust now4 min read
IllFonic's Chief Creative Officer Jared Gerritzen explains how the studio built Halloween: The Game in Unreal Engine 5, from dynamic lighting to motion capture of original Michael Myers actor Nick Castle. The interview covers the shift away from baked lighting and the game's reactive NPC systems.
80.lv4d ago2 min read
Epic Games has deleted two restrictions from Section 6e of the Unreal Engine EULA, covering generative AI training and MetaHuman data use. The change applies to all versions of Unreal Engine.
reddit.com4d ago2 min read
IO Interactive's new Hitman Elusive Target, The Host, features YouTuber Jacksepticeye as a villain. Two IO designers explain how the level and character were built.
80.lv5d ago3 min read
Godot 4.8 beta 2 is out two weeks after beta 1, focused on regression fixes. The 4.8 feature set is considered complete, so testers are asked to check for remaining regressions.
godotengine.org5d ago2 min read
JangaFX's node-based real-time VFX authoring tool IlluGen has reached version 2.0, with GPU particle simulation, mesh fracture and pivot animation textures. The current build is 2.0.1, and a new exporter writes particle caches for Unreal Engine's Niagara.
digitalproduction.com6d ago4 min read
AMD released FSR "Redstone" SDK 2.4, extending ML-based FSR Upscaling 4.1 to Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs and select Ryzen processors with integrated graphics. It also adds Vulkan support at feature parity with DirectX 12 for upscaling and frame generation.
gpuopen.com6d ago3 min read
A community post says Epic has stopped adding features to Movie Render Queue as of Unreal Engine 5.8, and that new work will go to Movie Render Graph only. The claim is unverified here, but teams that render with MRQ should check their pipelines.
reddit.com6d ago2 min read
Flax Engine 1.13 has been released with .NET 10 and C# 14, DDGI specular reflections, occlusion culling and split-screen rendering. Reversed Z depth is on by default, so existing projects should be checked after upgrading.
gamefromscratch.com6d ago3 min read
Microsoft and AMD have announced that FSR 4.1, a machine-learning-based temporal upscaler, is coming to Xbox Series X|S. Developers will need to patch their games to use it, and no date has been given beyond "soon".
gamesindustry.biz6d ago2 min read
Crystal Dynamics Game Director Raul Siqueira told 80 Level how the studio is balancing the original game's isolation with optional hints in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis. The design lets players tune combat, puzzle and exploration help separately.
80.lv6d ago3 min read
11 bit studios environment artist Artem Ostapchuk described how the team built the terraforming pipeline for The Alters: Last Variable in UE5. The setup lets every level work in both barren and overgrown states.
80.lv6d ago3 min read
In an 80 Level interview, the producer and director of Final Fantasy Resonance describe how they blend pixel sprites with 3D scenes, lighting and a moving camera. The details cover sprite orientation fixes, scene blocking and VFX timing.
80.lv6d ago3 min read
A two-person team building Farm & Feast in Unity posted their process for adding GPU-driven pedestrians and traffic to an empty-feeling town. The post is a community write-up, not an official Unity release.
reddit.com6d ago2 min read
The developers of INKURSION, a narrative platformer built in Unity 6 HDRP, posted the optimizations that made the game run on low-end hardware and Steam Deck. The biggest wins came from throttled planar reflection probes, batching and physics tuning.
reddit.com6d ago3 min read
GameMaker has announced that its GMRT runtime will be free to use for all developers from January 1, 2027. Console shipping still requires an enterprise license.
gamedeveloper.com6d ago2 min read
A developer who built the official HDR support for The Sinking City 2 has published a technical breakdown. It covers a new tonemapper meant to fix problems in Unreal's out-of-the-box HDR output.
reddit.com6d ago2 min read
Gameloft Brisbane has described how Bluey's Happy Snaps builds its hand-drawn look in Unreal Engine 5 from layered 2D planes, SDF textures and custom shaders. The interview covers rigging, outlines and the 360-degree camera problem.
80.lv6d ago3 min read
Unreal Engine 5.8.4 shipped on Oct 20 but omits fixes made after Oct 5. Meanwhile the ue6-main branch renames parts of UnrealBuildTool's public C# API and triggers large recooks, per a community weekly roundup.
reddit.com6d ago2 min read
3D Environment Artist Arjun Perayil detailed how he built the Hearth and Hillside scene in Unreal Engine 5 for 80 Level. The breakdown covers blockout, landscape materials, a vertex-painted master wall shader and hand-built vegetation.
80.lv7d ago3 min read
GameMaker has announced that its next-generation runtime, GMRT, will be free for commercial use from January 1, 2027. Source code access will extend to every license tier, while console export rules and tier pricing stay the same.
80.lv11d ago2 min read
Unity has released MethodReload, an experimental package that swaps in edited method bodies without a domain reload, in the Editor and on IL2CPP development players. It covers small gameplay tweaks only and runs a subset of C#.
unity.com12d ago3 min read
A community roundup of recent Unreal Engine source commits says the ue6-main branch no longer supports the VS2022 compiler. It also lists fixes on ue5-main, including one for a Mac editor crash, that 5.8 users may want to cherry-pick.
reddit.com14d ago2 min read
Godot 4.8 Beta 1 is out, with a reworked editor UI, a native Trail3D node and mip-level texture streaming. It is a beta and not for production use, per GameFromScratch.
gamefromscratch.com14d ago2 min read
RocketWerkz and Ahwoo, both founded by Dean Hall, have announced the open source release of BRUTAL, a C# framework for building your own engine or game from scratch. It is free for commercial use, but it asks for more hands-on programming than an engine like Godot.
gamedeveloper.com14d ago3 min read
A developer has released Ultimate Jelly, a jelly shader for Unity 6 on the Asset Store, and explained how it works in a Reddit post. The approach centres on a thickness texture and has four quality levels, including one aimed at XR and mobile.
reddit.com14d ago2 min read
Epic has released the Unreal Engine 5.8.4 hotfix with fixes across the editor, rendering, Movie Render Pipeline, MetaHuman and platform tooling. Visual Studio 2026 users get native .slnx solution handling, and one known issue is already listed.
forums.unrealengine.com14d ago3 min read
Dean Hall's studio RocketWerkz has made its in-house BRUTAL framework publicly available, free to use in commercial games with credit. It is a framework rather than an engine, built on C# and Vulkan.
80.lv18d ago2 min read
Unity's blog describes how a four-person team builds Foxy Dumplings for PC, consoles and mobile from one project and one branch. The write-up covers architecture, input, profiling, cloud saves and a move to Unity 6.3 LTS.
unity.com18d ago4 min read
Veteran World Designer Nathan Cheever has published a follow-up on 80 Level on how to plan open-world cities, using Mafia 3's New Bordeaux as the main example. It is a practical look at settling routes, landmarks and world states before costly environment art begins.
80.lv18d ago3 min read
Epic Games has put a rewritten version of its launcher into preview, and says it was built with AI. One early Reddit report says Unreal Engine project access has regressed, so Unreal developers should check it before switching.
reddit.com19d ago3 min read
Godot 4.8 has reached beta 1 and is fully in feature freeze, so work now goes to regression fixes. The snapshot rounds up the whole 4.8 cycle and lists the breaking changes to check before you test.
godotengine.org19d ago3 min read
Defold 1.14.0 was published on GitHub on 12 October 2026 as a stable release. The release page lists build details but no changelog, so check the official release notes before upgrading.
github.com20d ago2 min read
MonoGame 3.8.6 is out on GitHub with a long list of changes. They include Nintendo Switch 2 support, a native OpenGL backend, and many Vulkan and DX12 fixes. Teams on the 3.8.5.1 line should read the changelog before upgrading.
github.com20d ago2 min read
Defold has published version 1.14.1 on its alpha channel as a GitHub pre-release. The listing carries no changelog, so what changed is not yet known.
github.com20d ago2 min read
Bevy 0.20 is out on crates.io, with a faster Solari path tracer that now runs on macOS, a move to the WESL shader language, and breaking BSN syntax changes. Existing projects should read the 0.19 to 0.20 migration guide before upgrading.
bevy.org20d ago3 min read
Unity's latest supported update focuses on under-the-hood engine work. Unity 6.3 remains the current LTS release for teams that need long-term stability.
gamedev.net63d ago3 min read
The 4.7 release adds HDR display output, a new AreaLight3D node, a rebuilt Asset Store and the ability to build games entirely on Android. The 4.7.2 maintenance release followed in August.
godotengine.org137d ago3 min read
Epic's 5.8 release moves MegaLights, Movie Render Graph and Iris replication to production-ready, adds a cheaper Lumen Lite global illumination mode in beta, and introduces experimental Mesh Terrain.
dev.epicgames.com139d ago5 min read
