Unreal Engine 5 Release
Emailed on May 15th 2020 in The Friday Forward
Epic Games, maker of Fortnite, released fresh details about its latest game engine, Unreal Engine 5, this week.
The screenshot below was taken from a demo game showcasing the engine on a PlayStation 5.
Unreal Engine 5 is Epic’s most powerful engine yet, allowing video game developers and filmmakers to create hyperrealistic representations of real-life surfaces, at a fraction of the time and money.
“The hardest problem in game development right now is building high quality games...so we want to make developers’ lives easier and more productive,” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney told The Verge.
Related: Sony said the PS5 should be ready to ship for the 2020 holiday season.