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Impressively Realistic 3D Render Made with Blender

It looks mind-blowing next to the WIP. Have you been tricked by this image? If it weren't posted in the Blender subreddit, we would probably scroll past without a single thought that it wasn't captured on camera. But it's actually a high-quality, realistic 3D render by an artist known online as…

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Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Will Soon Leave Early Access

This Cozy Supernatural Painterly-Style RPG Reminiscent of Tunic Will Leav Early Access Soon Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault nears a 1.0 release. ▶ YouTube Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault, an action RPG with roguelike elements in which you run a shop, from developer Digital Sun and publisher 11…

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EA May Carry Out Mass Layoffs After Its Acquisition, Report Suggests

EA reportedly took on $18 billion in debt from the buyout and may turn to layoffs to help cover it. Electronic Arts has been acquired by a consortium of three private investors – Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners, closing the deal that has been discussed for…

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Larian Just Revealed Some Very Telling Baldur's Gate 3 Player Stats

You might think some of them are kind of concerning. Larian Studios shared player-behavior stats for Baldur's Gate 3's third anniversary on Bluesky, and they range from the mundane to the absurd. These are some of them: 500 million mod downloads. 13,000 mods uploaded. The NPC who died most often is…

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Henry Cavill Will Star in the Warhammer 40K Live-Action Series

The director behind The Haunting of Hill House will write the adaptation. Last week, it was reported that horror writer and director Mike Flanagan would be writing the Warhammer 40,000 live-action series. This week, Henry Cavill, alongside his partner Natalie Viscuso, confirmed the news with an…

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Baldur's Gate 3 Third-Person Mod Makes It Feel Like a Different Game

It's an enhanced version of the mod Native Camera Tweaks by Ersh. ▶ YouTube Baldur's Gate 3 was released in 2023, and shortly after, modders started adding camera options, including a third-person view. Now, in July 2026, the Nexus Mods user Relysia created the True Third-Person Camera mod. Relysia…

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Top-10 Games to Check Out During Steam Cyberpunk Fest

From detailed RPGs to diorama-building to cozy life sims – dive into the rainy neon aesthetic of cyberpunk worlds. ▶ YouTube Steam Cyberpunk Fest is here, and from August 3 to 10, you can get hold of cyberpunk games of all kinds at a discount. Dive into dystopian megacities with neon-lit mist,…

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Share What 3D Tools You Use & Win $100 Gift Card

80 Level Research: Tell Us What 3D Tools You Use & Win $100 Gift Card Maya or ZBrush? Unity or Unreal? Share yours and get a chance to win a useful prize. What is your go-to 3D software for personal and professional projects? Is it Blender, ZBrush, or Unreal Engine? Or perhaps Substance 3D Painter…

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Meet Sculptools: Palette, a Free Blender Add-On for Organizing Tools

Check Out This Free Blender Add-On for Organizing Your Tools in a Radial Menu Access your go-to brushes and tools in a few clicks. Sculptools: Palette by ProjectArgo is a useful tool for Blender artists that puts your favorite sculpt brushes and tools in one radial menu and ensures instant access…

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UV Flex Brings Interactive UV Editing Tools to Blender

Split, Merge, & Reshape UV Islands with This Blender Toolset UV Flex from AlbertoFX features tools for interactive editing of UV islands within Blender. Check out UV Flex from AlbertoFX, a Blender add-on for easy editing of UVs with a wide range of interactive tools for splitting, merging,…

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Zen BBQ 2.0, a Bevel Add-On for Blender, Gets a New Map Baking System

This Blender Add-On for Customizable Bevels Gets a New Map Baking System Meet Zen BBQ 2.0 with a new baking system that allows for a non-disruptive workflow. ▶ YouTube Zen BBQ, a Blender tool for easy visualization of bevels by Sergey Tyapkin, received a major update. The new version, Zen BBQ 2.0,…

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EA Is Acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, & Affinity Partners

The deal has been closed. On August 4, Electronic Arts, the gaming giant behind projects such as The Sims, EA FC, and Madden NFL, among others, announced that its acquisition by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners has been completed. The agreement was announced…

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3D Artist Accidentally Creates a Text Effect System

It's a happy accident. 3D Artist Deepak Kushwaha shared on Reddit a text effect system he made by mistake. At first, he was aiming to create a font that AI couldn't read, inspired by some ghost font. While building the font and tweaking the values, the artist noticed that he accidentally created…

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Go on Big Walk in New Co-Op Puzzle Game by Untitled Goose Game Devs

Embark on Big Walk in New Co-Op Puzzle Game by Developers of Untitled Goose Game Walk, talk, and try not to throw each other off the cliff (or don't). I dislike the term 'friendslop' and so does House House, a team of developers behind Untitled Goose Game and now also Big Walk. There is nothing…

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Asset Collection Helps You Build Dungeon-Style Environments in Unity

It has 291 unique meshes and 478 prefabs. ▶ YouTube You can create stylized underground or dungeon-style scenes with ToonScapes: Underworld, a Unity pack made by SICS Games. It includes 291 unique meshes and 478 prefabs that include cliffs, stones, vegetation, and industrial and mining assets,…

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Game Freak's Big AAA Action RPG Step Beyond Pokémon Has Mixed Results

Game Freak's first major AAA action RPG outside Pokémon has solid and addictive combat, but Beast of Reincarnation seems to struggle to establish an identity beyond its inspirations. ▶ YouTube For nearly three decades, Game Freak has been almost synonymous with Pokémon, making Beast of…

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Gaku Tada Shares Beautiful Animated Scene Made with Deep Paint

I would love to learn the creature's story. Gaku Tada is a very talented 3D Artist who creates watercolor scenes with his Deep Paint add-on. This time, he shared a scene that looks like it came straight out of a children's story. The video shows a creature that looks like a blue monster among…

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Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 2 is Better Than Anyone Expected

Final Fantasy XIV on Switch 2 Might Be the Handheld MMO We've Been Waiting For Final Fantasy XIV is shaping up to be one of the Switch 2's most technically ambitious ports, with Square Enix targeting stable performance while bringing the full MMORPG experience to Nintendo's latest hybrid console. ▶…

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Here's Why Game Studios Are Moving Beyond Legacy Version Control

Diversion is positioning itself as a scalable, modern alternative to legacy version control options like Perforce and Git for teams working with Unreal, Unity, large files, and creative pipelines For years, version control was something many game teams only thought about when it broke. A designer…

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Stunning 3D Recreation of Zazu from The Lion King

Juan Carlos CR is back with a new artwork. Juan Carlos CR, a talented 3D artist known for his creative takes on beloved characters, showcased his new WIP render – a recreation of Zazu from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King. The artist shared a time-lapse of modeling the character in…

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Artist Shows Cool RCA Cable Hydra Brought to 3D with Blender

Have a Look at This Cool RCA Cable Hydra Brought to 3D with Blender A tech-fantasy creature was modeled and animated from scratch, based on a 2D concept. 3D Artist known under the name of ImOfflineMode unveiled this eye-catching 3D render of an RCA cable hydra. The original concept, combining a…

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How Stylized Animated Short Film NOXIOUS Was Made in Blender

Check Out How This Stylized Animated Short Film Was Created in Blender Kay Hilman showed the production process of the animated film NOXIOUS in a detailed breakdown video. Digital Artist and Motion Designer Kay Hilman recently shared a breakdown of the creation of his animated film NOXIOUS using…

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This Robot Is Supposed to Be a Rescuer but It Looks More like a Demon

Can you imagine this saving you? Threehalves is a seven-foot machine wielding a chainsaw that is being developed by Satyress Robotics, and it's planned to enter disaster zones that could be very dangerous for humans to access, but its appearance sparked a lot of comments on social media. The robot…

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This Pixelated Water Shader Looks Weirdly Fascinating

I want to swim there. Tanner, or Taaaaanner1 on Twitter/X, is a 3D Artist and Game Developer who specializes in environment design and 3D characters and props. He shared a pixelated water shader that is very eye-catching but, at the same time, slightly disorienting to look at. In the replies, the…