Substance Painter and Unreal Engine Get Updates and More This Week: News Digest

Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 4 have been improved with newest updates, while gamers around the world fell in love with

Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 4 have been improved with newest updates, while gamers around the world fell in love with Blood and Wine. Huh? What else has happened? Check out our weekly column to find the answer!

SUBSTANCE PAINTER 2.1 RELEASED

Substance Painter 2 has a major big update: Linux availability, 8K map exports, support for 4K monitors, UDIM workflow management. Read more here.

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UNREAL ENGINE 4.12 RELEASED

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The newest version of Unreal Engine features a whole bunch of new cool features, including Sequencer, VR Editor, Daydream VR-support, planar reflections and OSVR support. More here.

Kickstarter: $500 Million Pledged to Games

Kickstarter reached a huge milestone: $500 million pledged to games. That’s half a billion dollars pledged to mobile games, party games, artsy games, silly games, FPSes, and MMORPGs. It also stated that the total number of projects backed equals 4,474 titles!

STARBREEZE ACQUIRES THE FULL RIGHTS TO THE PAYDAY CONFIRMING THE THIRD INSTALLMENT

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Starbreeze AB announced its agreement with 505 Games to acquire the full rights to the PAYDAY-franchise. The company also confirmed that the third installment is in the works. More details on the agreement here.

New Game from the developers of The Order 1886 revealed

This above is brand new game from Ready at Dawn, the developers of The Order 1886. Surprising, huh?

Blood and Wine Released

The last part of Geralt’s adventures for the Witcher 3 has been released. It is the perfect conclusion to the beloved series. So, what are you waiting for? Check this launch trailer and go play the materpiece!