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O3DE Newsletter – October 2025

29 Oct, 2025 | 4 min read

👋 Hello, O3DE Community!

🎃 October is here. As we step into a new month, take a moment to catch up on recent news 📰, community updates 🤝, and development highlights.

👀 Scroll down to see what’s new! 👇

🦾 O3DE Release 25.10

The O3DE 25.10 release is a huge milestone  for the Open 3D Engine community. It has more than 100 bug fixes, performance enhancements, and some of the systems were overhauled  to improve usability and user experience. This release is another example of how our developers – from China to India to the United States and Europe – collaborate to advance open source 3D development.

👉 Blog here >>
👉 Technical release notes >>
👉 Download here >>

GameFromScratch Review on O3DE 25.10 Release

Check out GameFromScratch’s review of the latest O3DE release 25.10, covering everything from the improving onboarding experience to various quality-of-life enhancements.

🌟  October Open 3D Connect

Porcupine Factory also joined us in our October Open 3D Connect to conduct a live demo on adding realism in O3DE!

✅ Update: On pace to deliver 190% growth YOY in 2025

O3DE is built on transparency, and that extends to how we share our progress.
Here’s an update from September on where we stand in O3DE’s growth. In September 2025, downloads reached 5,246, more than two times the 1,855 downloads recorded in September 2024.

Overall, from January through September, O3DE was downloaded over 78,792 times.

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🌎 Top 3 Countries Leading in Downloads

China, the US, and India are the top three in total downloads.

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📆 Upcoming Events

ROSCon '25

ROSCon 2025

Join O3DE at ROSCon, October 27-29 in Singapore! Steve Pham, creator of Odie, will be there in person, and Isaac Sim will host an exciting workshop called, “Scalable Multi-Robot Scene workflows using ROS Simulation Interfaces standard.”

Register here >>>

John Bryant, Executive Director of Open 3D Foundation, will also be onsite. Book a meeting with him here>>>

Want to help?

Support O3DE by contributing or donating to the project. You can help expand capabilities and ensure the continued development of a high-performance, Open 3D engine for gaming, robotics, simulation, and beyond. Learn more.

Have comments or questions?

Feel free to email Joe Bryant. Or, share your thoughts, suggestions, or any issues you encounter on our Discord feedback Channel.

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