We are refreshing the timeline for Gaea 3 based on your feedback and world events. Gaea 3.0 Early Access will start in July 2026. While the lead time has increased, we believe we will get to final form very quickly after EA begins. We estimate official release to be
Gaea 2.3 is a major step forward in the Gaea 2.0 lifecycle. We are introducing Macros and advanced automation for power users, new artistic tools for Erosion and other simulations, improved support for Regions and large scale worlds. This version also includes a large number of stability improvements
Gaea 2.2.7 is a small version bump in numbers, but a MAJOR increment in Gaea's stability and usefulness.
Einar Martinsen is a VFX Art Director with a distinct and unmistakable style to his art. He chose Gaea to create The Foundry's Nuke 16 Splash Screens.
How We Ship 2.0 While R&D Moves to 3.0: Parallel Development, Roadmap Delivery, and more.
Gaea 3.0 is now in active development!
QuadSpinner Chief Architect Dax Pandhi showcased our integration of .Net and unique workarounds in Gaea at Microsoft’s dotNET Conference 2025.
A technical deep dive behind the scenes of Gaea 2.0. In this article, we cover the design of a modular terrain processing engine, SIMD+SPMD powered processing, and custom memory management in .NET using SpawningPool.
The Gaea2Houdini plugin enables you to access select Gaea simulations and tools natively inside Houdini as standard Houdini nodes. Infuse your Houdini worlds with Gaea's 180+ nodes. Gaea2Houdini ships in SideFX Labs and can be installed directly from the Houdini Launcher. Use the Daily Build option until it
Gaea is built around a very powerful, flexible, and extensible core. With Gaea 2.1.1 we introduced a range of new advanced power-user features that can help you transform a Gaea project into a parametric powerhouse.
Gaea 2.2 features a major upgrade for Erosion_2, Ice nodes, several new nodes, 20+ improvements to existing nodes, many key workflow enhancements, and over 150 bug fixes and stability updates.
We're pleased to announce that the Gaea2Unreal plugin is now open source.
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Announcements and details of new Gaea versions, including changelogs, fixes, and improvements.
Gaea 2.3 is a major step forward in the Gaea 2.0 lifecycle. We are introducing Macros and advanced automation for power users, new artistic tools for Erosion and other simulations, improved support for Regions and large scale worlds. This version also includes a large number of stability improvements
Gaea 2.2.7 is a small version bump in numbers, but a MAJOR increment in Gaea's stability and usefulness.
The Gaea2Houdini plugin enables you to access select Gaea simulations and tools natively inside Houdini as standard Houdini nodes. Infuse your Houdini worlds with Gaea's 180+ nodes. Gaea2Houdini ships in SideFX Labs and can be installed directly from the Houdini Launcher. Use the Daily Build option until it
Gaea 2.2 features a major upgrade for Erosion_2, Ice nodes, several new nodes, 20+ improvements to existing nodes, many key workflow enhancements, and over 150 bug fixes and stability updates.
We're pleased to announce that the Gaea2Unreal plugin is now open source.
Gaea 2.1 is now available in Public Early Access Preview, bringing major workflow improvements, expanded mesh support, and increased stability. This update enhances your terrain-building experience with powerful new features and over 100 fixes addressing key user-reported issues.
We have backported several features from the upcoming Gaea 2.1 to Gaea 2.0.6 as a New Year's Gift for our wonderful community! See what's new in this build.
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.
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.
Gaea 1.3.2 brings new rock tools, object to heightfield capture, and supersampled screenshots.
Behind-the-scenes insights into ongoing development, future plans, and progress reports from the core team.
We are refreshing the timeline for Gaea 3 based on your feedback and world events. Gaea 3.0 Early Access will start in July 2026. While the lead time has increased, we believe we will get to final form very quickly after EA begins. We estimate official release to be
How We Ship 2.0 While R&D Moves to 3.0: Parallel Development, Roadmap Delivery, and more.
Gaea 3.0 is now in active development!
QuadSpinner Chief Architect Dax Pandhi showcased our integration of .Net and unique workarounds in Gaea at Microsoft’s dotNET Conference 2025.
A technical deep dive behind the scenes of Gaea 2.0. In this article, we cover the design of a modular terrain processing engine, SIMD+SPMD powered processing, and custom memory management in .NET using SpawningPool.
We're pleased to announce that the Gaea2Unreal plugin is now open source.
Gaea 2.1 is now available in Public Early Access Preview, bringing major workflow improvements, expanded mesh support, and increased stability. This update enhances your terrain-building experience with powerful new features and over 100 fixes addressing key user-reported issues.
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 will be released on July 24, preceded by a public beta starting on late June.
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.
Showcases of outstanding work by major studios and other organizations, highlighting creative or technical achievements using Gaea.
Einar Martinsen is a VFX Art Director with a distinct and unmistakable style to his art. He chose Gaea to create The Foundry's Nuke 16 Splash Screens.
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.
NASA's Conceptual Image Lab Environment Artist and Animator talks terrains for NASA missions, her top tools, and more.
Respawn Studios' Senior Skybox Artist Hanhee Lee talks Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and more.
Tutorials, walkthroughs, and feature highlights in video format to help users master Gaea.
QuadSpinner Chief Architect Dax Pandhi showcased our integration of .Net and unique workarounds in Gaea at Microsoft’s dotNET Conference 2025.
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.
