Unreal Engine Latest news

Kamil Kleszyk, 06 October 2023, 15:27

A week after laying off more than 800 employees, Epic Games has announced a plan to raise the price of Unreal Engine for users not working in professional gamedev.

Adrian Werner, 20 June 2023, 15:54

An interesting article appeared online, in which developers explained the reasons for the poor quality of many PC ports released this year and the methods that can be used to avoid such situations.

Michael Zegar, 05 April 2022, 21:16

The full version of Unreal Engine 5 is now available for game developers to download for free. Along with it, two sample projects have debuted, enabling us to get acquainted with the tools offered by the engine.

Adrian Werner, 18 December 2021, 23:07

A producer from BioWare has confirmed that Mass Effect 5 devs have ditched the Frostbite engine in favor of the Unreal Engine.

Michael Kulakowski, 26 May 2021, 20:45

Epic Games has released a video showing off the capabilities of the Unreal Engine 5 technology. At the same time, its developers have confirmed that an early and trial version of the technology is now available to game, animation, and film makers worldwide.

Hubert Sledziewski, 09 March 2021, 20:16

Platige Image has announced Defect, the first production based on Virtual Production - the studio's proprietary technology using the Unreal Engine.

Paul Musiolik, 13 February 2021, 17:58

Nvidia decided to make DLSS 2.0 technology available to a wider range of developers. The official plugin for Unreal Engine 4 is available for free.

Filip Wegrzyn, 04 January 2021, 21:16

The latest acquisition of Epic Games, Cary Towne Center, a shopping mall in the city of Cary, North Carolina, will be transformed into the developer's new HQ.

Aleksandra Dziwinska, 25 August 2020, 17:38

There's been a verdict on the Epic Games vs Apple case. Fortnite will not return to the App Store, but developers will not lose access to development tools.

Damian Gacek, 18 August 2020, 17:31

Epic Games' battle against Apple continues. The court has received an application from Tim Sweeney's company to issue an injunction against the cellphone giant. We can read in it that Epic may soon lose access to development tools on Apple's devices.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 August 2020, 21:53

Cloud Chamber has posted a bunch of job advertisements. The creators of the fourth BioShock revealed that their first game will take us to a new world and is being created on Unreal Engine.

Bart Swiatek, 11 August 2020, 12:30

One youtuber decided to prove that a week's work is enough to create a fully functional diablo clone. It turns out that this is possible provided that we use Unreal Engine and ready tools, models and maps.

Karol Laska, 06 August 2020, 20:56

Epic Games, the devs of Fortnite and creators of Unreal Engine, has already reached a value of $17 billion, which is a significant increase compared to last years.

Karol Laska, 17 June 2020, 14:33

Ewan McGregor will play the lead role in Disney+'s series about Obi-Wan. The actor revealed in an interview that the same special effects will be used on the set as in The Mandalorian.

Adrian Werner, 17 May 2020, 19:40

Epic Games' Chinese branch revealed that the impressive tech demo of Unreal Engine 5 can run at 40 frames per second and 1440p resolution on a decent laptop.

Bart Woldanski, 14 May 2020, 12:27

Phil Spencer announced that Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Ninja Theory's upcoming game, is being powered by Unreal Engine 5. By the way, we learned that more titles created under the Xbox Game Studios label will benefit from the new version of Epic Games' technology.

Jacob Blazewicz, 14 May 2020, 12:19

Epic Games has amended Unreal Engine's license terms. From now on, developers may use this engine for commercial purposes free of charge until they earn a million dollars in gross revenue from games created using the technology.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 May 2020, 20:39

Epic Games has announced the release of Fortnite on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. The title will be released on both platforms shortly after their release. In addition, the company intends to move the game to Unreal Engine 5.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 May 2020, 20:37

Epic Games has presented an impressive tech demo of UE5. The console used for the presentation was PlayStation 5.

Paul Wozniak, 18 April 2020, 23:20

Toni Dorotic, an environmental designer, ported one of the locations from Diablo II to Unreal Engine 4.

Bart Swiatek, 27 January 2020, 11:06

FX Guide featured a material presenting the new features of Unreal Engine 4. Jonathan Cooper, an animator who worked on Assassin's Creed and The Last of Us, among others, published some of its fragments on Twitter, adding that he would like next-gen platforms to allow him to use similar features.

Christian Pieniazek, 02 January 2020, 22:49

GSC Game World announced that S.T.A.L.K.E.R.2 will we be powered by Unreal Engine technology. Although developers aren't ready to talk about target platforms yet, it's safe to assume that the PC version will be temporarily (or permanently) exclusive to Epic Games Store.

Adrian Werner, 18 December 2019, 11:54

The creators of The Wolf Among Us 2 resigned from the old technologies used by Telltale Games and opted for the Unreal Engine. In addition, we learned that the dev team includes the most important staff from the first part of the project.

Bart Swiatek, 28 October 2019, 13:30

Victor Ohman of Quixel has recreated the Orgrimmar Gateway from World of Warcraft on Unreal Engine 4. The result of his work is completely different from the original and quite breathtaking.

Paul Wozniak, 04 July 2019, 17:50

Cold Iron, currently working on an online shooter set in the Alien universe, has announced that it is looking for people to work on its production. We also found out which graphic engine the game will use.

Frozen, 25 June 2019, 13:42

In an interview for Game Informer magazine, Respawn Entertainment explained why Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order was created on Unreal Engine 4.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 June 2019, 00:32

A playable tech demo of Unreal Engine 4 has appeared on the web. It enables you to check out the potential of ray tracing for free while demolishing a town as a Martian robot.

Milosz Szubert, 29 April 2019, 14:34

A demo of another fan project related to Half-Life 3 appeared on the web. It was created on Unreal Engine 4 by one person - Dominican Denys Almaral.

Adrian Werner, 12 April 2019, 14:57

We've learned that Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will be powered by Unreal engine, and not Frostbite, which was used by the majority of new projects owned by Electronic Arts. What's more, a first artwork from the game has surfaced on the web.

Michael Kulakowski, 29 March 2019, 22:47

Developers of the Unreal Engine 4 have published the full version of the tech demo showcased on GDC 2019, which presents the improved destruction and physics model.

Adrian Werner, 07 March 2019, 14:08

NetherRealm Studios has released a fresh trailer for Mortal Kombat 11, this time focusing on the game's plot. We've also learned that the game will run on Unreal Engine 3, and not its newer, fourth generation.

luckie, 02 March 2017, 13:11

Hungry for Borderlands 3 news? Well, not much of that yet, but there is a tech demo that shows how the game may look like.

luckie, 02 March 2017, 12:11

The upcoming System Shock reboot from Nightdive Studios is going to feature Unreal Engine 4 instead of Unity. There is a new video that presents the results of the shift.

Meehow, 05 June 2015, 12:41

A video was published online showing off the capabilities of the engine utilized in The Bard’s Tale IV, the sequel to the legendary cRPG parody series for which a Kickstarter campaign was launched several days ago.