Game Development


  • GDC 2024: Five trends driving growth in the world of game development

    Image courtesy of The Unioverse and Swame Studio Attracting 28,000 attendees from more than 68 countries, the Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings together a truly diverse and global audience from across the games industry community each year.  Autodesk was at GDC 2024 to reveal innovative tools and workflows that help game developers tackle growing complexity…


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    Autodesk M&E Rewind: Top 10 Highlights of 2023

    The entertainment scene never slows down, and Autodesk Media & Entertainment is committed to fuelling your creative fire, streamlining operations, and driving business growth amidst the whirlwind. Reflecting on the past year, you’ve created awesome films, shows, and games with new tools and workflows. Let’s rewind and explore the tech highlights that emerged in 2023. …


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    Maya Creative Helps Artifice Studio Immerse Players in the 13th Century for Legends of the Round Table

    Indie game studio, Artifice, is challenging conventions with its unique concepts. The Montreal-based company struck a chord with its debut title, Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves, set in a fantasy French Canadian 19th universe. The game, which was released in 2012 and went on to sell over 600,000 copies, was created by “five guys working in…


  • Harnessing the power of analysis, augmentation, and automation: Autodesk AI helps artists focus on their art  

    Media consumption habits have changed forever. The era of streaming, the pandemic and a new generation that considers on-demand, multi-screen, and immersive content as standard have brought about demands to the media and entertainment industry that are increasingly difficult to fulfill with traditional business and production methods. More content, more visual effects, with no more…


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    Navigating AU 2023 Digital: What to Watch

    Autodesk University is just around the corner and the likes of Artists Equity, The Mill, Mikros Animation, ShadowMachine, and more are getting ready to inspire you. What’s even better? You can snag a free digital pass to be part of all the fun from home. In the midst of a wild array of 600+ learning…


  • The Media & Entertainment Guide to AU 2023

    We’re thrilled to expand AU 2023 to offer a wealth of content for media and entertainment professionals to connect, interact, and discover how top studios around the world use Autodesk's Design & Make Platform to create compelling stories in animation, VFX, games, and design visualization.


  • 3ds Max 2023.3 Update Sword in the Stone image courtesy of Lucas Maxfield

    Produce your best work with 3ds Max.

    Create stunning visuals in 3ds Max with enhanced rendering tools, increased import/export synchronization, speed improvements and more. The new Organic Noise OSL map paired with the new 2D & 3D Randomizer OSL maps enhances the look of your scenes – bridging the divide between fiction and reality. Additionally, speed improvements to polygon mesh to triangle…


  • Maya 2023.3 Update - Baby Stingray image courtesy of Olga Dannik

    Supercharge your workflow with Maya

    Maya brings enhanced tools so you can focus on your most important tasks and devote time on being creative. New options for controlling Proximity Wrap driver behaviour enable you to stay productive, while new settings for manipulating left-drag behaviour help reduce friction points in your workflow. Maya also comes with latest version of the USD…


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    Power your creative vision with Maya

    Maya brings new ways for you to channel your creativity with enhanced tools and integrations. New Boolean operations increase workflow productivity, and Vertex Color enhancements give you better visual feedback for objects. Maya also continues to build on its USD integration for a more seamless experience across teams. Solutions in the Maya 2023.2 Update Animation…


  • 3ds Max 2023.2 Refraction Image courtesy of Vadim Sadovski

    Realize your creative ambitions with 3ds Max

    3ds Max brings modern solutions so you can realize your creative ambitions. The new Array modifier allows for easy customization of assets, and Editable Poly retriangulation updates give you better topology results. 3ds Max also continues to build on its animation capabilities so you can iterate faster.  Solutions in the 3ds Max 2023.2 Update New Array…