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Alan Wake II + Gaea

Alan Wake II + Gaea

More than a decade ago, a writer named Alan Wake went on a vacation that was meant to rid him of his writer's block only to be trapped in a nightmare world. 13 years later, Remedy Entertainment took us back to Cauldron Lake and chose Gaea as their primary tool to bring this place to life.

Gaea 2.0.4: Delivering Stability, Quality of Life updates, and more

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Gaea 2.0.4: Delivering Stability, Quality of Life updates, and more

We just shipped Gaea 2.0.4, our largest update since the initial public beta of 2.0, if you count the number of items in it. While this release has quite a few new features - some big crowd-pleasers that will save LOTS of time and reduce frustration - the big hero is stability.

Artist Spotlight: Jenny McElligott

Artist Spotlight: Jenny McElligott

NASA's Conceptual Image Lab Environment Artist and Animator talks terrains for NASA missions, her top tools, and more.

Gaea 2.0 now available!

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Gaea 2.0 now available!

We're very pleased to announce that Gaea 2.0 is now available for everyone and is considered production-ready. The FREE Community Edition is also available for download.

Video: XPU Erosion, Surface Nodes, and ColorErosion

Video: XPU Erosion, Surface Nodes, and ColorErosion

QuadSpinner lead developer Dax Pandhi takes you through some of the new features of Gaea 2.0 including XPU enabled Erosion, Surface nodes, and ColorErosion, while creating some gorgeous terrains with minimal nodes in just a few minutes.

Gaea 2.0 New Release Date

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Gaea 2.0 New Release Date

We are releasing a Release Candidate build on July 24, and moving the final release date to July 31. Here's a list of new tools and improvements coming to Gaea.

Gaea 2.0 - Release Date Announcement

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Gaea 2.0 - Release Date Announcement

Gaea 2.0 will be released on July 24, preceded by a public beta starting on late June.

Artist Spotlight: Eric Yi Lin

Artist Spotlight: Eric Yi Lin

Respawn's Senior Skybox Artist talks Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, working in this industry, and more.

Gaea 1.3.2

Gaea 1.3.2 brings new rock tools, object to heightfield capture, and supersampled screenshots.

Gaea 1.3.1.3 Bleeding Edge

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Gaea 1.3.1.3 Bleeding Edge

This penultimate release for the 1.3.1 series brings highly requested changes, including an overhauled undo system, new undo-related tooling, auto-recovery options, and more.

New Undo and Recovery Tools

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New Undo and Recovery Tools

The new Undo and Recovery tools help you experiment, revert changes, explore different opportunities, and flex your creative muscles without facing unexpected crashes or loss of data.

Gaea 1.3.1.2 Bleeding Edge

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Gaea 1.3.1.2 Bleeding Edge

A minor but important update for the new Crumble and Arboreal nodes, along with a few bug fixes.

Gaea 1.3.1.1 Bleeding Edge

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Gaea 1.3.1.1 Bleeding Edge

Arboreal, Crumble, and Performance Boosts in the new Bleeding Edge build!

Gaea 1.3.1.0 Bleeding Edge

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Gaea 1.3.1.0 Bleeding Edge

The first Bleeding Edge build for the 1.3.1 version is now available, bringing expanded support for tiled builds, improved rivers, new LookDev nodes, and several stability improvements. As usual, keep in mind that this is a Bleeding Edge build and may be rough around the edges. Download Gaea

Gaea 1.3 now available

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Gaea 1.3 now available

One of our longest development cycles is finally over. We're happy to announce that Gaea 1.3 - our biggest and most powerful update yet - is ready for production!

Gaea 1.3 - What's Coming

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Gaea 1.3 - What's Coming

Gaea 1.3 is our largest shipping version to date and also the most performant. Here's an overview of what to expect from this build, and the road to 1.3.1 which will add the remaining powerful tools of the 1.3 development cycle.

Gaea 1.3 Bleeding Edge

Gaea 1.3 Bleeding Edge

It has been a long road, but we're very pleased to report that the Gaea 1.3 development is in its final stages. We will release a few Bleeding Edge builds between now and the final release (late October to early November). The first of these builds is

Spotlight: Hanhee Lee

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Spotlight: Hanhee Lee

Respawn Studios' Senior Skybox Artist Hanhee Lee talks Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and more.

Gaea 1.2.1

Gaea 1.2.1.1 is now production ready. Featuring a new Fx node, graph UX improvements, and more.

What's new in Gaea 1.2?

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What's new in Gaea 1.2?

Gaea 1.2 is the largest feature update to Gaea since the original release. It features an improved user interface, a new 2.5D heightfield renderer for the viewport, LookDev nodes, several new primitives, and major performance improvements. This release has been in development for 6 months and features over