GMAX is being discontinued!

[DCoder]

"Recently we communicated a plan to cease new development on Gmax and ramp down support on the current offering; this decision was based on multiple factors and data points, including diminished interest from games publishers. Since the announcement, more partners provided feedback that we are investigating ? for this reason we are happy to announce that we will extend the previously communicated November 1, 2005 deadline and continue to make Gmax available to the active community.

Our plans still include a ramp down of support on this version of Gmax ? the technology does not reflect the capabilities of the current 3ds max release, nor is it ready in its current form to take advantage of pending changes to the windows operation system that will be exposed with the Vista release.

We have heard your feedback and are formulating a revised transitional plan ? in the interim we are again pleased to announce that we will continue to availability of Gmax for current active users.


Annie Normandin
Product Manager - Animation
Autodesk Media & Entertainment"

I'm a bit late with this post, but still good news