This is big: Epic Games just announced the release of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), a free edition of the Unreal Engine 3. It's available to anyone interested in using 3D game engine technology, ...

There are many ways to develop games for Android, and one of the best ways for 3D development is to use an engine. An engine provides the essentials to make 3D meshes from 2D images, physics, ...

The Linux Foundation (LF), Amazon, and more than 20 other gaming companies hope to make open-source game playing more of a win-win technology for both developers and players. LF on Tuesday announced ...

Software developer e frontier has announced that their long-running 3D modeling, animation and design tool, Shade 3D, will be available for Unity Technology's Unity 3D game engine starting this ...

GarageGames has lowered the barrier to entry for 3D game designers looking to put together a quality game without setting out a huge amount of money. They’ve announced the release of a new exporter ...

Over the Edge has released Unity v1.5, a new version of their 3D gaming engine for Mac OS X. Unity is available in “Indie” and “Pro” versions for $249 and $1,499 respectively. It’s a free upgrade for ...

Hoping to close the graphics quality gap with game tool makers that focus on console-quality graphics, Unity Technologies is launching a new version of its game engine that powers online games and ...

Recently Amazon announced that they would be open sourcing the 3D engine and related behind their Amazon Lumberyard game tooling effort. As Lumberyard is based on CryEngine 3.8 (~2015 vintage), this ...

Update: Lumberyard is no longer offered by Amazon following the announcement of Open 3D Engine in July 2021. For developers just starting in the industry, the task of choosing the best game engine can ...

Snapchat’s parent company bought a web-based 3D game engine startup out of the UK this past May, Business Insider (paywalled) reports. PlayCanvas is a development tool focused on letting people easily ...