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Ghost of Yotei developers cut around 10% of the studio
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Ghost of Yotei developers cut around 10% of the studio

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Sucker Punch attributes the layoff of 24 people to market conditions and the needs of its next project. The team is promised details about the studio's future as early as next week.
Unity opens its engine to Google Antigravity agents
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Unity opens its engine to Google Antigravity agents

Soft Unity
An official Unity plugin has arrived in the Antigravity marketplace: the agent makes builds, runs scenes and edits assets right from the IDE. One-click setup, no manual MCP configuration.
Runway swaps actors in already-shot video without a reshoot
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Runway swaps actors in already-shot video without a reshoot

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The Character Swap app in Runway App Studio drops a different character or location into a finished clip while keeping the original motion. Audio can be kept, transferred or replaced.
Arnold now renders straight in the 3ds Max viewport
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Arnold now renders straight in the 3ds Max viewport

Soft Arnold
Arnold 7.5.4 renders straight in the 3ds Max viewport — ActiveShade is no longer needed; the same is available in Cinema 4D. The accelerated viewport now works on CPU too, but imagers don't apply.
Roblox AI Agent Downloaded 145 GB of Other People's 3D Models
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Roblox AI Agent Downloaded 145 GB of Other People's 3D Models

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Roblox confirmed its AI agent downloaded 145.5 GB of 3D assets from Open3DLab, SFMLab and SmutBase, ignoring robots.txt and a scraping ban. The bot was shut down; the data went unused.
Valve will not protect games from AI clones on Steam
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Valve will not protect games from AI clones on Steam

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The platform will not filter copies assembled by neural networks: authors are advised to make games more complex and grow a loyal community. For indies this changes the price of a public demo.
Nuke 18.0 runs AI workflows right in the node graph
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Nuke 18.0 runs AI workflows right in the node graph

Soft NUKE
The Nuke 18.0 open beta adds a bridge to the Griptape platform: AI workflows run inside the node graph. Also included — viewport acceleration for Gaussian splats and H.265 reading.
Blender 5.3 frees Grease Pencil from mode switching
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Blender 5.3 frees Grease Pencil from mode switching

Soft Blender
Strokes can now be selected and edited right in Draw Mode, and the in-camera view can be rolled and mirrored. New: the Carver tool and filling several regions in one pass.
Epic will allow AI training on Unreal Engine content
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Epic will allow AI training on Unreal Engine content

Interesting From The Web Unreal Engine
The ban on training neural networks on output from Unreal Engine and MetaHuman will be removed from the EULA. Developers themselves will decide whether AI may train on a given game.
Godot gets its own ProBuilder — blockout without Blender
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Godot gets its own ProBuilder — blockout without Blender

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The Unibuilder addon brings level modeling into the Godot editor: primitives, extrude, UV, boolean operations, baking to MeshInstance3D. There's a free version; the full one sells on itch.io.
ActionForge — a free browser-based alternative to Mixamo
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ActionForge — a free browser-based alternative to Mixamo

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CGstuff Interactive has released ActionForge, a free browser-based character animation tool with editing and compositing. Exports to FBX and GLB for Unreal, Unity, Godot and Blender.
Runway builds an AI app from a description, no code
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Runway builds an AI app from a description, no code

Interesting From The Web
Describe the tool you need in words — Runway writes, tests and deploys the app. It runs on the account's models and Brand Kits, spends shared credits and is included in every paid plan.
A 3ds Max clone built on Blender launches about four times faster
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A 3ds Max clone built on Blender launches about four times faster

Soft Autodesk 3ds Max
A British artist used AI to build a 3ds Max copy on top of Blender: hotkeys, quad menu and modifier stack. The build opens .max files, but it won't go on sale.
GameMaker drops the fee for releasing games on its new runtime
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GameMaker drops the fee for releasing games on its new runtime

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From January 1, 2027, GMRT games can be sold without the $99.99 Professional license, and the runtime source code opens up on every tier. Console export stays paid.
Getty Images Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Goes Private
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Getty Images Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Goes Private

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The stock photo agency with a library of over 477 million files filed in a Delaware court: the company is delisting and moving under the full control of the Getty family's entities and Koch Equity Dev
Arnold 7.5.4 learns to composite right during the render
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Arnold 7.5.4 learns to composite right during the render

Soft Arnold
Lookdev artists can build simple comps and frame stylization right inside the renderer. Also in the release: render pause and a viewport that got faster and now works on CPU.
Epic promises up to $50,000 for games made with AI
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Epic promises up to $50,000 for games made with AI

Interesting From The Web Unreal Engine
The 2026 Epic AI MegaJam runs November 12–15: up to five humans and an unlimited number of AI agents per team, $65,000 in prizes and continuation grants of up to $50,000.
Artists' assets will become the foundation of AI games in Unity Spark
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Artists' assets will become the foundation of AI games in Unity Spark

Soft Unity
Unity Spark pulls 3D models, environments and audio from the Asset Store right in the browser. The visuals rest on artists' work, but Unity hasn't published payout terms for them.
NVIDIA books supplier capacity years in advance
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NVIDIA books supplier capacity years in advance

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“Demand is extraordinary. Capacity is the constraint,” said NVIDIA chief Jensen Huang. The industry is “in the midst of the largest infrastructure buildout in human history.”
In Substance 3D Painter 12.2, the bake cage is painted with a brush
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In Substance 3D Painter 12.2, the bake cage is painted with a brush

Soft Substance Painter
Adobe has released Substance 3D Painter 12.2: cage distance can now be painted directly on the model, and Polygon Fill gained three selection modes.