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Emi Emi  - 17 March 2023

Godot Arrives in the Epic Games Store

We are honored to announce that Epic Games is offering Godot Engine a place on Epic Games' own digital distribution platform, the Epic Games Store.

Yuri Sizov Yuri Sizov  - 17 March 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0.1 RC 2

Adding finishing touches to the first patch release of Godot 4, here comes 4.0.1 Release Candidate 2. It brings even more urgent fixes, and documentation improvements.

Yuri Sizov Yuri Sizov  - 15 March 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0.1 RC 1

Following the biggest Godot release ever we've collected several critical fixes and smaller usability improvements to make your experience with 4.0 more pleasant. This is the first release candidate for early adopters to test the changes, with the stable 4.0.1 release coming soon after.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  8 March 2023

Maintenance release: Godot 3.5.2

We've just released Godot 4.0 after 3+ years of intense development, but we also still support the existing 3.5 stable branch. This maintenance release fixes a handful of issues which have been solved in the past few months, and could be backported to the 3.5 branch.

Emi Emi  -  7 March 2023

Godot & Friends at GDC 2023

We are going to be at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2023, which will take place in San Francisco from March 20th to March 24th.

2000+ Godot contributors 2000+ Godot contributors  -  1 March 2023

Godot 4.0 sets sail: All aboard for new horizons

It's official. Today marks the beginning of a new era for Godot. After 3+ years of breaking and rebuilding from the ground up, we're thrilled to say: Welcome to the start of Godot 4!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 27 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 6

One more time! We've now fixed all critical regressions we are aware of, so things are looking great for the stable release!

Raul Santos Raul Santos  - 25 February 2023

What's new in C# for Godot 4.0

All about changes and improvements that Godot 4.0 offers to C# developers.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 24 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 5

Three RCs in a row! Yesterday's build introduced a GDScript regression, so here's a new release candidate to fix that.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 23 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 4

As the stable release is imminent, release candidates become more frequent to validate the last minutes fixes we had to make.

Fabio Alessandrelli Fabio Alessandrelli  - 23 February 2023

Multiplayer in Godot 4.0: Scene Replication

Create multiplayer games in an instance (pun intended) with the new MultiplayerSpawner and MultiplayerSynchronizer nodes. Check out the key concepts, and get started with a quick tutorial on how to make a simple game using Godot multiplayer features!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 21 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 3

We're almost ready to release Godot 4.0! Barring any last minute critical regression, this RC should reflect what the 4.0-stable release will be.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 14 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 2

Tightening a few bolts here and there, Godot 4.0 RC 2 brings us one step closer to the stable release. We're now counting in days!

Yuri Sizov Yuri Sizov  -  8 February 2023

Release candidate: Godot 4.0 RC 1

The wait is almost over! With Godot 4.0 coming close to stable, we finalize our efforts to fix the remaining critical issues and add the last coat of polish with the first Release Candidate.

Fredia Huya-Kouadio Fredia Huya-Kouadio  -  7 February 2023

Godot Editor (Beta) arrives to the Play Store

Godot Engine arrives to the Google Play Store with an official beta release of the Godot Editor for Android! With the UI adjusted to work better on a tiny screen, you can try your hand at making games on the go.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  1 February 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 17

We're now just days away from the Release Candidate, working at full capacity on finalizing as many of the remaining high priority issues as we can. This beta adds audio blending in AnimationTree, fixes GDScript typed arrays, and refactors high quality texture import to enable ASTC support.

Bastiaan Olij Bastiaan Olij  - 31 January 2023

Godot XR update - January 2023

Updates on various things XR in Godot as per January 2023. New Godot XR Tools, new documentation for Godot 4, new supported renderers and devices.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 27 January 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

We're now just days away from the Release Candidate, working at full capacity on finalizing as many of the remaining high priority issues as we can. This beta includes .NET 7 support, better RichTextLabel minimum size calculation, and a lot of general quality of life improvements.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 25 January 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 15

We're getting dangerously close to Release Candidate, finalizing many of the remaining high priority issues. This beta adds support Unicode identifiers in GDScript, custom resources in the Quick Open menu, multiple active plugins in parallel, and more!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 20 January 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 14

Beta snapshots are getting out quicker to ensure stability and quickly spot regressions! This time around there are improvements to CanvasItem draw methods, TileMap, AnimationStateMachine, and more!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 17 January 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 13

Beta snapshots are getting out quicker to ensure stability and quickly spot regressions! This week major important changes come to animation, with an unfortunate but necessary feature rollback. We also deliver a new tool for cross-platform development.

Juan Linietsky Juan Linietsky  - 16 January 2023

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Godot 4.0 is coming out soon. It includes major improvements all across the board in both features, performance and usability. Still, one of the biggest questions the community has is: How does it compare with mainstream commercial offerings?

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 13 January 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

We released a massive 4.0 beta 11 on Tuesday, and users found a lot of regressions – as we expected! Contributors fixed many of the new regressions quickly, and we merged another big batch of changes. As the pace intensifies in the lead-up to the first Release Candidate, we decided to make more frequent beta snapshots for testing.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 12 January 2023

Release candidate: Godot 3.5.2 RC 2

While all contributors are on the deck working to finalize the Godot 4.0 release, some of us are still backporting important bugfixes to the current stable branch, Godot 3.5. We're getting ready to release 3.5.2, now with a second Release Candidate available for testing.