I’UnrealEngine is the most popular game engine of our time, so inevitably, each of its improvements is an event for the industry. Epic Games unveiled all the possibilities and novelties of theUnreal Engine 5 with the demo Lumen in the Land of Naniteagain shown via the sequence Valley of the Ancient on the occasion of the launch of 5.0 in beta.
Since, Fortnite has officially adopted the technologies Lumen and Nanite passing toUnreal Engine 5And today, version 5.0 is officially available for all developers ! This means that all studios that so wish will now be able to make full use of the new graphic features designed by Epic Games, which will give more depth to the productions of tomorrow. A visual also shows a list of dozens of teams that are planning games using this improved engine.
One changelog and a summary of new features are available in English at this address. This is where you can also download 2 demos playable on PC. The first is called The City Sampleand allows you to appreciate behind the scenes of the creation of The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience. The other is called Lyra Starter Gameand is a shoot multiplayer with a sketchy artistic direction exploiting the technical innovations of 5.0 : it will be updated with future improvements of theUnreal Engine 5 in the future.
At last, The Coalitionmember of Xbox Game Studios who had already delivered the short technical demo Alpha Pointgave the cover with the cinematic sequence The Cavernshowing sets and characters unrelated to a current project, on the track Walls of Rival Consoles. For the curious, Kate Rayner, technical director of the studio, explained her creation process on the website of Xbox.
One thing’s for sure, we’re not about to hear no more of theUnreal Engine 5.
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