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  1. Unreal Engine 5.8 is out: MegaLights goes production-ready and Lumen Lite arrives

    Unreal Engine 5.8 makes MegaLights, Movie Render Graph and Iris replication production-ready.

  2. Godot 4.7 brings HDR output, a rectangular AreaLight3D and a new Asset Store

    Godot 4.7 adds AreaLight3D, a new node for rectangular light sources in 3D scenes.

  3. Blender 5.2 LTS adds node-based physics and online asset libraries

    Blender 5.2 LTS adds cloth and hair simulation built on a new XPBD Solver node.

  4. Houdini 22 adds a full Gaussian splatting toolset

    Houdini 22 adds a complete new 3D Gaussian splatting toolset.

  5. Unity 6.6 is out, with Content Directories as the headline change

    Unity 6.6 shipped at the end of August 2026, led by a new Content Directories feature.