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ReleaseElevenLabsSep 28
ElevenLabs v4 promises more emotive voices and a fast Turbo for live NPCs
A more expressive voice model, plus a fast Turbo version for real-time agents.
VoiceCharacters
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Week of Sep 28· 2 updates
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AnnouncementMarbleSep 28
AMD agrees to buy World Labs, the company behind Marble
The maker of Marble agreed to be bought by AMD for about $8.2B in stock.
FundingEnvironment
Week of Sep 21· 1 update
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ReleaseTripo AISep 21
Tripo P2.0 launches with native quad meshes you can rig and edit
Tripo's new model outputs native quad meshes, plus region-level Mesh Edit.
Text to 3DTopology
Week of Sep 7· 4 updates
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ReleaseMeshy AISep 10
Meshy 7.1 pushes AI 3D to 80 million triangles of real geometry
An image-to-3D update with an Ultra 4K mode for much denser geometry.
Text to 3DAI 3D
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ReleaseSummer EngineSep 10
Summer Engine can now build and edit whole scenes from chat
Summer Engine's assistant can now create and edit whole scenes from chat.
EngineEnvironment
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ReleaseRodinSep 9
Hyper3D WorldGen turns one image into a rearrangeable 3D room
One image in, a scene of separate, movable meshes out.
EnvironmentText to 3D
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ReleaseSunoSep 9
Suno v6 lets you edit one section of a song instead of rerolling it
Three new music models, section-level edits, and a free v6-mini tier.
MusicAudio
Week of Aug 31· 2 updates
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ReleaseInworld AIAug 31
Inworld's TTS-2 lets you direct NPC voices in plain English
Inworld's directable text-to-speech model is now generally available.
VoiceCharacters
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ReleaseUnityAug 31
Unity 6.6 makes fast Play Mode the default and WebGPU production-ready
Faster Play Mode by default, WebGPU out of experimental, and a new GPU light baker.
EngineRendering
Week of Aug 24· 1 update
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ReleasePhaser Game AgentAug 26
Phaser Game Agent now lets you take your game's full source code home
Games made in Phaser Game Agent can now leave the browser as TypeScript source.
CodeAgentic tooling
Week of Aug 17· 2 updates
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ReleaseUnreal Engine 5Aug 20
Fortnite creators can now point Claude Code or Cursor at UEFN
Epic's MCP bridge for AI agents now runs inside Unreal Editor for Fortnite, as a beta.
MCPAgentic tooling
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AnnouncementTripo AIAug 18
Tripo previews P2.0, which it says outputs clean quad meshes
A preview model that Tripo says generates native quad meshes for games.
TopologyText to 3D
Week of Aug 10· 3 updates
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ReleaseConvaiAug 13
Convai's Unity MCP lets Claude Code or Cursor build a talking NPC
Coding agents can now set up talking AI characters in Unity 6 from plain prompts.
MCPCharacters
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ReleaseSunoAug 13
Suno Studio 2.0 turns AI songs into stems you can edit for your game
Suno's browser music editor adds MIDI, automation, effects and a beta chat bar.
MusicAudio
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ReleaseMeshy AIAug 10
Meshy 7 aims to make AI meshes match your reference image
A new image-to-3D model that Meshy says follows your reference image more closely.
Text to 3DAI 3D
Week of Aug 3· 1 update
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ReleaseCascadeurAug 6
Cascadeur 2026.2 adds animation layers and lets AI agents drive the app
Animation layers in alpha, easing controls, BVH import and a basic MCP server.
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