Blender
Free, open-source 3D suite for modeling, sculpting, rigging, animation, and rendering — the backbone of most indie art pipelines.
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Blender
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- 6 days agoJul 18, 2026Newsletter6 days ago · Jul 18, 2026From the weekly newsletter
Blender 5.2 LTS, visible agents, and Roblox's prompt-to-play bet
Blender lands a two-year stable base, Summer Engine makes agent-building directable, and Roblox bets the platform on prompt-to-playable.
Read the full newsletter - Last weekJul 14, 2026ReleaseLast week · Jul 14, 2026
Blender 5.2 LTS
Experimental hair/cloth physics in Geometry Nodes, online asset libraries, and a Cycles texture cache.
Read full postBlenderRelease - Jun 11Jun 11, 2026NewsletterJun 11 · Jun 11, 2026From the weekly newsletter
Blender 5.2 LTS, Houdini 22, and cheaper NPCs
The calm before the mid-June engine storm: two important DCC roadmap moments and a runtime price cut worth noting.
Read the full newsletter - Jun 8Jun 8, 2026AnnouncementJun 8 · Jun 8, 2026
Blender 5.2 LTS enters beta
The next two-year LTS is feature-frozen, targeting July 2026.
Read full postBlenderLTS - Apr 29Apr 29, 2026NewsletterApr 29 · Apr 29, 2026From the weekly newsletter
AI lands in every tool
From CAD to character creation to the browser, AI quietly showed up inside the tools you already use.
Read the full newsletter - Apr 24Apr 24, 2026AnnouncementApr 24 · Apr 24, 2026
Blender Lab: an MCP server for the Python API
A natural-language layer over Blender's scripting, aimed at AI-assisted tooling.
Read full postBlenderAI Tools - Mar 18Mar 18, 2026NewsletterMar 18 · Mar 18, 2026From the weekly newsletter
GDC 2026, Blender 5.1, and Unity 6.4
Two major engines shipped on the same day, and GDC 2026 put the fast-moving AI 3D pipeline on full display.
Read the full newsletter - Mar 17Mar 17, 2026ReleaseMar 17 · Mar 17, 2026
Blender 5.1
350+ fixes plus new Geometry Nodes and Grease Pencil tools.
Read full postBlenderGeometry Nodes - Nov 23Nov 23, 2025NewsletterNov 23 · Nov 23, 2025From the weekly newsletter
Blender 5.0 RC, Sam 3D, Houdini AI Assistant, and World Labs Continues to Impress
Build worlds faster with Meta's SAM 3D, Houdini's new AI assistant, World Labs' latest tools, and a few must-know Blender 5.0 upgrades for game artists.
Read the full newsletter - Nov 18Nov 18, 2025ReleaseNov 18 · Nov 18, 2025
Blender 5.0
The 5.x line opens with an overhauled color pipeline.
Read full postBlenderColor Management - Nov 16Nov 16, 2025NewsletterNov 16 · Nov 16, 2025From the weekly newsletter
Unreal Engine 5.7 Official Release, Blender Labs Eyes AI, and World Labs Launches Marble
Powerful new tools for 3D artists, worldbuilders, and game devs: UE5.7's production-ready PCG, Blender's AI-focused Lab, and World Labs' Marble platform reshaping how virtual worlds are built.
Read the full newsletter - Nov 9Nov 9, 2025NewsletterNov 9 · Nov 9, 2025From the weekly newsletter
The Future of 3D-AI from an Adobe Technical Artist
Adobe Firefly, SwitchLight 3.0, Volinga's UE5 plugin, plus how Cino Lai built a full AI-3D pipeline in 6 days.
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