⚡Quixel Megascans library is now permanently free to use.

What it means

Quixel, Epic Games' in-house 3D-scanning studio, has made its entire Megascans asset catalogue — thousands of photogrammetry-scanned objects, materials, and textures — permanently free on Epic's Fab marketplace, and updated the license so the assets can also be used to train AI models. The "again" is because Megascans has had temporary free periods since Epic acquired Quixel; the new development is the permanent status and the explicit AI-training permission.

Accuracy & sourcesGrounded

Quixel's own site confirms the free-on-Fab move and the AI-training license change, and multiple outlets (80 Level, GameFromScratch, daily.dev) are reporting the same details, so the core claim is well supported even though this particular item is an aggregated write-up. The one caveat is that "permanently" is a company promise about future availability, not something that can be fully evidenced at announcement time.

How new

Genuinely new: the announcement is dated Nov 5–6, 2026, and the current coverage wave is fresh; no recirculation year was supplied.

Past coverage

Our Nov 6, 2026 digest already noted the Megascans asset library 'going free again'; this item is the same announcement, with additional detail on the permanent status and AI-training permission.

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