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Stunning demo shows Unreal Engine 6 should be a game changer for rendering cinematics

A new Lumen mode could take artists closer to using emissive sources instead of fake lights.

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After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine

Sjoerd De Jong aims to combat game development "stagnation" he says has emerged from Epic and Unity market dominance.

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For the first time, Unity demonstrates 'an Unreal character running through a Unity world'

"Connect ALL the engines!" exclaims Epic CEO Tim Sweeney.

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Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'pivotal' moment that he must 'come to terms with'

"After 27 years of Unreal Engine, and 12 years at Epic Games and Unreal Engine I have decided to move on."

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The remarkable story of Unreal 2, the sequel rescued from development hell by dooming it to failure: 'There was just no way we could succeed'

"It made it possible for us to ship something, but what we shipped was not what people wanted."

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Bungie vet says OG Halo beats Campaign Evolved and its "modern, AAA, fancy Unreal graphics" because "the constraints actually make it a stronger game"

"I'm not the biggest fan of modern, AAA, fancy Unreal graphics"

GamesRadar

Will: Follow the Light review – stunning Unreal Engine 5 visuals can hide the rough edges

This indie nails lighting in the harsh north, but left me lost at sea.

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Final Fantasy 14's Unreal trials are such a brilliant way to reintroduce old fights for new players and I wish we saw more of this reinvigoration

Old new ideas.

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Starfield devs faced "a lot of pressure" to use Unreal Engine 5, former Bethesda artist says, but the Creation Engine won because of its modding capability

The modders kept the devs in line

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How BAFTA-winning Dispatch was made using Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine helped the superhero game's indie developer create and iterate faster.

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“The opposite of AI slop”: how Mixtape’s handmade animation builds real emotion

The art direction and rendering tricks behind Mixtape's nostalgic feel are explained.

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What will it mean if Disney buys Unreal Engine?

Developers are divided over rumours of a potential bid for Epic Games.

Creative Bloq

It's brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he's submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year

AI's impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

PC Gamer

Cara Ellison, senior narrative designer on Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 before Paradox switched developers, discusses her love of Troika's original RPG: 'Everyone on the team helped really make that maximum goth'

The narrative designer of Void Bastards and Ghost Town walks us through what's on her PC.

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'There's no telescope this large ever built. It's not like we have a precedent for how to do these things,' Giant Magellan Telescope engineers on why they used the Unreal Engine to build an unprecedented telescope simulator

The Giant Magellan Telescope under construction in Chile will help us find exoplanets — but before that, there's a complete, operating replica built in Unreal Engine.

GamesRadar

Mirror's Edge originally looked like "every other Unreal game" in 2008, but it literally made people sick: "Moving very fast through the world, you got simulation sickness"

The Gears of War treatment didn't really work for Mirror's Edge

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Fortnite takes aim at Roblox as Unity and Unreal engines join forces inside Epic’s creator economy

Epic is bringing Unity games into Fortnite, potentially setting up a major showdown with Roblox as creators gain more freedom and higher payouts, but will it be enough?

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Unreal Engine 5.7 makes building vast game worlds faster than ever

AI and generative tools mean Epic's game development software just got smarter.

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Halo: Campaign Evolved is already reigniting Unreal Engine 5 controversies

Stunning remake or “generic, plastic slop”?

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Unreal mastermind Cliff Bleszinski really likes this fan-made Redux remaster: 'Time for a new generation to learn that Unreal isn't just an engine'

It's a certified CliffyB thumbs-up.

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How to get started in game design: 10 tips for success

From the right mindset to skills to software, here's how to start designing a game.

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The Rogue Trooper movie could make or break Unreal Engine as a tool for filmmaking

Who knew just 4 images could be so controversial?

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Does Ciri Look Different? Here's What's New With The Witcher 4

A new look at The Witcher 4 (and Ciri) stuns netizens with their Unreal Engine 5 open-world tools.

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How The Witcher 4's "infinite forest" is being built one branch at a time using Unreal Engine 5.6

I speak to Epic Games and CD Projekt Red to discover if this is more than a demo.

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The Witcher 4 dev says the tools behind its PS5 tech demo "unlock me as an artist," and that CDPR will use them "to create much bigger things" in future

"You can be more expressive, you can be more playful, you can try to dream a little bit more"

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