It's been almost two years since Epic Games unveiled the next edition of Unreal Engine (Unreal Engine 5) with a stunning tech demo running on a PS5 devkit, and now the engine is officially available to all developers as of today.
It's been in early access for the past year, but this is the official launch — we already know that The Coalition, GSC Game World, Quantum Error, InXile Entertainment and others have been working with the engine for some time.
And of course, arguably the most high-profile use of Unreal Engine 5 to date was for The Matrix Awakens demo on Xbox Series X and S, which was an attempt to show what was possible with the new engine on next-generation consoles.
It's still probably going to be some time before we see the true potential of Unreal Engine 5 realised in blockbuster Xbox games, but interestingly Epic has confirmed that Fortnite switched to UE5 at the start of Chapter 3 late last year.
"Unreal Engine 5 will empower creators across all industries to deliver stunning next-generation games, experiences, and other real-time content."
Excited to see what Unreal Engine 5 can do for Xbox games in the future? Give us your thoughts below.
Comments 4
So that means Everwild will now use UE5? Interesting.
Nice! UE 5 is really a BIG step up in possibilities for sure!
The future look bright with unreal engine 5 well optimised to look polish on consoles, i'm not gonna lie a new action-rpg the lord of the rings by warner bros with unreal engine 5 , i will stop expecting that but this franchise is dear to my heart of player.
Tap here to load 4 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...