News and Community Spotlight | April 12, 2024 | Unreal Engine Unreal Engine 2024-04-12 | Friday is here! Coincidentally, so is the latest News and Community Spotlight 🔦GDC VODs & Talks 🎞️Free Content on the Unreal Engine Marketplace 📦Spring Creator Sale 🏷️NewsGDC Wrapup - unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/all-the-big-news-from-the-state-of-unreal-at-gdc-24April Free Marketplace - unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/featured-free-unreal-engine-marketplace-content-april-2024Stylized Clay Forest Village Pack by Studio Kobo - unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stylized-clay-forest-village-packClouds Lighting System by Lukerrr - unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/clouds-lighting-systemGothic Cathederal Asset Pack by Michal Sornat - unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/gothic-cathedral-asset-packAncient Golem by StanislavGeivah - unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ancient-golemwatermill environment by Leartes Studio - unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/watermills-nature-environment?sessionInvalidated=true2024 Spring Creator Sale - unrealengine.com/en-US/springcreatorsaleSpotlightsThe Raider by I.S. Pavel - artstation.com/artwork/Ev6nyKDanish Mak's 3D environment project - artstation.com/artwork/m8G9RaHouse on Liteiny by Valeriia Popova - artstation.com/artwork/PX3Vr1End of Earth by Sergey Sobin - artstation.com/artwork/KeGyWr
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 6 Unreal Engine 2024-05-10 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-today
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 5 Unreal Engine 2024-05-03 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-today
An Inside Look at Hogwarts Legacy Unreal Engine Extensions | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-05-03 | Get an inside look at how Avalanche Software extended Unreal Engine to deliver an open world, cinematic storytelling game experience in Hogwarts Legacy. From developer experience tools, to mission editor workflows, character technologies, and cinematics storytelling editor extensions, you will get a glimpse of how the Hogwarts Legacy team embraced the Unreal Engine and extended it to achieve its game design goals and end-user gamer experience.
Unreal Engine 5.4 Feature Overview | Inside Unreal Unreal Engine 2024-05-02 | We'll be sitting down with some of the team this week to discuss & breakdown some of the key features in the latest 5.4 update. From rigging, to rendering, to motion matching & more - we've got you covered! Come learn about the latest & greatest while also getting the opportunity to ask questions to the team directly.
Nanite for Artists | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-05-02 | Much has changed with Nanite since it was first released in Early Access. During that time, artists have been exploring what is possible with technology. In this session, we will demonstrate the best way to build with Nanite, explore the tough edge cases, and create assets that work well across all platforms.
Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘We Love You’ FFA | Unreal Editor for Fortnite Unreal Engine 2024-05-01 | Learn why heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold created an immersive fan experience in UEFN.Heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold released an interactive exploration of their art and music in Fortnite in just two months using UEFN. The design of the map was inspired by the video for the Avenged Sevenfold song ‘We Love You’ and includes exclusive experiences for their fanbase. Releasing the map enables them to engage with their community in new and exciting ways outside traditional music platforms.Check out the islands here: fortnite.com/creative/island-codes/8766-6365-6885 #AvengedSevenfold, #UnrealEditorforFortnite, #UEFN, #Fortnite, #HeavyMetal
Unreal Engine 5.4 Nanite Tessellation Unreal Engine 2024-04-30 | Nanite—UE5’s virtualized micropolygon geometry system—continues to receive enhancements in UE 5.4, starting with an Experimental new Tessellation feature that enables fine details such as cracks and bumps to be added at render time, without altering the original mesh.Read more: unrealengine.com/whats-new#UnrealEngine5 #UE5 #unrealengine
Persona 3 Reload | Game Profile | Unreal Engine Unreal Engine 2024-04-30 | Made with Unreal Engine, Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.Learn more about Unreal Engine: unrealengine.com/games#UnrealEngine #UE #persona3reload
Stormgate and SnowPlay: Modernizing RTS on UE5 | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-30 | Join Tim from Frost Giant Studios for an exclusive preview of their upcoming game, Stormgate, set to launch this summer. Tim will unveil the innovative SnowPlay engine, built atop Unreal Engine 5, showcasing its transformative capabilities in game development. Gain insights into the intricacies of their real-time strategy (RTS) editor as Tim highlights its necessity and the streamlined workflow it offers to developers. Don't miss this opportunity to discover the future of gaming technology and the creative solutions driving Frost Giant Studios' visionary approach to RTS game design.
Simple Stylization Techniques in Unreal Engine | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-29 | Visuals feeling a little too close to default? Join Chris as he steps through a bunch of easy stylization techniques to help your project stand out!Find graphs from the presentation and more information on making the final effect at dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/XayP/fortnite-simple-stylization-techniques-in-unreal-engine-5
Beyond Fortnite - Taking Your UEFN Experience to the Next Level | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-28 | Want to radically expand your UEFN experience? Join Sam as he combines content and assets with the latest and greatest UEFN features—custom camera and controls, AI driven NPCs, Patchwork audio, prefabs, and more—to build a new game in a new genre.
Dragons & Robots - Adding Life to Giant Creatures | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-27 | Using some of our latest and greatest engine features, we will demo how to fully rig and animate giant creatures without leaving the editor.
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 4 Unreal Engine 2024-04-26 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-today
Accelerating Your In-Editor Workflows with Editor Utilities | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-26 | No one likes to do the same thing twice. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get the computer to do the work for you? With Unreal Engine’s Editor Utilities, you can! Expedite your production, improve your iterations, and accelerate your workflows so you can get back to doing what’s most important.
Unreal Engine 5.4 Modular Control Rig Unreal Engine 2024-04-25 | Unreal Engine 5.4 sees substantial updates to Unreal Engine’s built-in animation toolset, enabling you to quickly and easily rig characters and author animation directly in engine.The Experimental new Modular Control Rig feature allows you to build animation rigs from understandable modular parts instead of complex granular graphs. Read more at unrealengine.com/whats-newTutorial: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/Dd31/unreal-engine-modular-control-rig-rigging-with-modules#unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealengine
Manor Lords | Game Profile | Unreal Engine Unreal Engine 2024-04-25 | Discover Manor Lords, an upcoming strategy game for PC that combines deep, organic and realistic city building with large scale, tactical battles.Hand crafted by a solo developer, it utilizes the power of Unreal Engine to give the RTS/Builder genre a fresh spin.Learn more about Manor Lords in our full developer interview: https://epic.gm/developer-interviews-manor-lords #manorlords #unrealengine
Creating new islands using LEGO® Elements in UEFN and Creative | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-25 | Introducing the new ability to make LEGO Islands using LEGO Elements fn.gg/Creating-with-LEGO Now available to Fortnite Creators in Unreal Editor for Fortnite and Creative, creators can now make an island using one of several LEGO Elements and other LEGO brand assets. Build your islands using LEGO Templates, props, consumables, items, and more.The new templates support the standard features of UEFN, Verse, and Creative Devices.
Making Friends and Building Networks with Epic Account Services | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-24 | Playerbase is the lifeblood of any multiplayer game. Learn how integrating Epic Account Services can enable you to tap into an existing network of over 750 million players to help both build community and have a platform-agnostic, centralized identity service to make it easier to play your game across all platforms.
Unreal Engine 5.4 Feature Highlights Unreal Engine 2024-04-23 | Unreal Engine 5.4 is packed with new features and improvements to performance, visual fidelity, and productivity that will benefit game developers and creators across industries. Find out more at unrealengine.com/whats-new.With this release, we’re delivering the toolsets we’ve been using internally to build and ship ‘Fortnite Chapter 5,’ ‘Rocket Racing,’ ‘Fortnite Festival,’ and ‘LEGO Fortnite.’Highlights include substantial updates to both in-editor and gameplay animation features, significant rendering enhancements, an extended virtual production toolset, improved developer iteration, and much more.#unrealengine #ue5 #ue #unrealengine5
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 3 Unreal Engine 2024-04-19 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-today
Supercharge Your Game with the Epic Games Store and Services | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-19 | Learn more about global, self-service PC distribution with the Epic Games Store and Epic's Developer Services group. We'll cover the store's 2023 business review, updates on product features, and programs built to support developers. We'll also share how Kids Web Services (KWS) and Epic Online Services (EOS) help developers create safe and secure social environments, connecting players across storefronts and platforms.
End of Earth by Sergey Sobin Unreal Engine 2024-04-18 | Want to see more from the Unreal Engine community? Check our latest News & Community Spotlight, here!: youtu.be/PVsFwu911Dw
Unreal Engine 5.4 Sneak Peek | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-17 | Get a first look at the innovative new functionality of Unreal Engine 5.4! Join us for a presentation highlighting the top new features coming to game developers.
House on Liteiny by Valeriia Popova Unreal Engine 2024-04-16 | Want to see more from the Unreal Engine community? Check our latest News & Community Spotlight, here!: youtu.be/PVsFwu911Dw
Army of Ants: The Art and the Craft | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-16 | Join Renaud Charpentier, Creative Director of Tower Five, as he unveils the innovative journey of crafting 'Empire of Ants,' a captivating cinematic experience from an artisan game studio. Delve into the intersection of creativity and technology as Charpentier discusses the transformative power of Unreal Engine 5 in shaping immersive storytelling. Discover how game technology paves the way for interactive cinema and redefines the boundaries of creative expression in this exciting talk.
Chrono Odyssey | Game Profile | Unreal Engine Unreal Engine 2024-04-16 | Chrono Odyssey is a next-generation Action MMORPG featuring awe-inspiring visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5. Developer Chrono Studios is using UE5 features like World Partition and Data Layers to create a vast and intricately designed seamless open world and dynamic action-based combat mechanics based on time manipulation and extensive customization.Learn more about Unreal Engine: unrealengine.com/gamesChrono Odyssey on EGS: store.epicgames.com/p/chrono-odyssey-366af5
Inside UEFN Scene Graph | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-15 | A look inside the new advanced UEFN features workflows and Verse APIs, which dramatically expand the power users have to construct content in UEFN.
The Raider by I.S.Pavel Unreal Engine 2024-04-14 | Want to see more from the Unreal Engine community? Check our latest News & Community Spotlight, here!: youtu.be/PVsFwu911Dw
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 2 Unreal Engine 2024-04-12 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-today
Chaos Physics in LEGO® Fortnite: Building A Fully Interactive Sandbox Experience | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-12 | Epic will present a deep dive into the technology used to make LEGO® Fortnite fully interactive where nearly everything can be physically simulated and destroyed. This includes an in-depth look at updates to the Chaos Rigid Body Engine, Destruction, and Networked Physics systems as well as gameplay technology that enables nearly every construct to work with every other construct.
Tackling Flight Movement & Mechanics with EV2 | Inside Unreal Unreal Engine 2024-04-11 | This week we'll have on some of the team behind EV2 & chat about what the creation process was like to build an experience with blood-pumping flight movement that seamlessly combines with combat mechanics.ANNOUNCEMENT POST:forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unreal-tackling-flight-movement-mechanics-with-ev2/1796046
The Making of Lunar Horizons with UEFN Unreal Engine 2024-04-11 | Lunar Horizons is an immersive, 3D reimagination of a future international lunar mission to the Moon’s South Pole. As a player, you must collect resources to build up the Hassell Lunar Habitat as you learn more about the wonders of space exploration. Work side by side with RASSOR, an advanced robot to collect resources throughout the lunar landscape. Lunar Horizons isn’t all about winning, take a moment to talk to the astronauts and interact with Info Points around the lunar landscape to learn more about this real-life planned mission and space!Created by Epic Games, the European Space Agency and Hassell. Made in collaboration with Buendea and Team PWR.With special thanks to the European Space Agency (ESA). The information and views expressed in this production are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of ESA.Island Code: 3207-0960-6428#CreatedInFortnite #UEFN #ESA #SpaceMission #LunarHorizons #MoonLanding
Building New Rocket Racing Experiences with UEFN | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-10 | The team at Psyonix has built a way to allow creators the ability to craft their own tracks for Rocket Racing. In this learning demonstration we’ll show you how to do just that - from the moment you open UEFN, to when you’re ready to publish.
Verse Update | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-08 | A look at the latest Verse features and what's coming soon to the language and framework.
Project Titan Collaborative Art Jam | Week 1 Unreal Engine 2024-04-05 | Join us as we look over the latest updates to the Project Titan map & provide some helpful tips and tricks as progress continues underway! What is Project Titan? Learn more here: unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-todayThumbnail image credit: GaraKhachadour, emilyporterfield
Creating and Leveraging IP in the Fortnite Ecosystem | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-05 | Learn how to bring unique content and existing IP into the Fortnite Ecosystem by building experiences and integrating your brand and partners. We’ll dive deep into case studies and take a tour of the UEFN features that will best support branded experiences in Fortnite.
Powering 2D Animation in Unreal Engine with Odyssey | Inside Unreal Unreal Engine 2024-04-04 | 2D animators, this weeks show is a love letter to you from the team at Praxinos https://praxinos.coop/, creators of Odyssey https://praxinos.coop/odyssey.php ! This powerful 2D animation software is designed to feel familiar from start up with an effective and straightforward canvas, a timeline and a wide variety of brushes. These same 2D features can also be transferred over directly into 3D space for editing with a simple drag and drop mechanic. There's so much to explore - come enjoy the live demo & the opportunity to ask questions directly to the team!ANNOUNCEMENT POST: forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unreal-powering-2d-animation-in-unreal-engine-with-odyssey/1786306
A Cultural Heritage Digital Experience Powered by Unreal Engine and the Epic Ecosystem Unreal Engine 2024-04-04 | Watch this video and discover how South Korea is bringing home cultural assets stored in foreign museums with an innovative project to digitize them for use in real-time 3D environments.In South Korea, around 230,000 cultural assets were either legally or controversially exported, but various efforts to repatriate them back to the country are underway.Among these efforts is the idea of digital sharing, a South Korean government-led initiative that leverages digital technology and equipment to replace the complicated and difficult physical repatriation process.With digital sharing, Korean artwork stored in museums abroad can be exhibited in its home country as a precise digital replica of the original artifact. Interactive 3D content is developed based on the digital replica, providing a realistic and engaging experience for viewers.In this video, we explore the Digital Homecoming Project for the Korean Cultural Assets at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA).To find out more, read the blog post: unrealengine.com/en-US/developer-interviews/a-cultural-heritage-digital-experience-powered-by-unreal-engine-and-the-epic-ecosystem#DigitalHomecomingProject, #DigitalSharing, #TechnologyResearchInstituteforCultureandHeritage, #TRIC, #ClevelandMuseumofArt, #SevenJeweledMountain, #SouthKorea, #UnrealEngine
Publish, Attract & Earn: Maximizing Your Success in the Fortnite Ecosystem | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-04 | Join us to learn how to leverage the tools in the Fortnite Ecosystem to maximize the success of your games. Explore the Creator Portal, your destination for managing, optimizing, and publishing your games. Learn how to get started with engagement payouts, understand your earnings and unlock the potential of the Fortnite economy. Learn how to analyze game performance to attract players. This talk is an essential guide for anyone looking to get started or excel in the evolving Fortnite Ecosystem.
Using UEFN to Build New Genres | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-03 | Join us as we discuss building new genres in Fortnite by leveraging UEFN features to expand the Fortnite Ecosystem. Explore new and upcoming tools through sample projects and community highlights. Leave feeling inspired to build games that look and feel unique.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra by Skydance New Media | State of Unreal | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-04-02 | Award-winning writer and director Amy Hennig and her team from Skydance New Media gave an exclusive look at their new ensemble adventure Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra at the State of Unreal. Skydance wowed the audience with a real-time cinematic and tools demonstration to showcase 5.4 features, including new Nanite and volumetric rendering.#StateofUnreal, #GDC2024 #skydancenewmedia #Marvel1943 #MarvelGames
Empire of the Ants | Game Profile | Unreal Engine Unreal Engine 2024-04-02 | Based on Bernard Werber’s best-seller and built with Unreal Engine 5, Empire of the Ants will offer a strategic experience close to the iconic book series. Experience immersive adventures and defend your lands through tactical and strategic battles in a microscopic world of epic proportions.Want to know more? Join Renaud Charpentier, Creative Director of Tower Five, as he unveils the innovative journey of crafting 'Empire of Ants' in this Learning Theater talk from the Unreal Engine booth at GDC 2024. youtube.com/watch?v=rP78mZV5JCcLearn more about Unreal Engine: unrealengine.com/gamesEmpire of the Ants on EGS: store.epicgames.com/p/empire-of-the-ants-ffcba5
Bringing LEGO® Elements to Fortnite Creators | State of Unreal | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-03-30 | LEGO® Elements are now available in Fortnite Creative and UEFN. All creators who are members of the Island Creator Program and sign the additional terms and conditions can build their own LEGO Islands using LEGO brand templates, props, consumables, items, and more. Additionally, players in your LEGO Island will be in the Minifigure LEGO Style of Fortnite Outfits.fn.gg/Creating-with-LEGOWatch the full 2024 State of Unreal, here: youtu.be/0H63U0V11HI
Star Wars: Hunters by Natural Motion | State of Unreal | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-03-30 | Natural Motion provided an all-new look at Star Wars: Hunters, their arena-based online multiplayer game coming to Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. Zynga showed how they are using Unreal Engine to craft a high quality mobile experience both in gameplay and visual fidelity, and to deliver a game that is an authentic addition of the Star Wars universe.Watch the full 2024 State of Unreal, here: youtu.be/0H63U0V11HI
Chrono Odyssey by Chrono Studios | State of Unreal | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-03-30 | Chrono Studio revealed a new trailer from Chrono Odyssey, their MMORPG set in the vast open world of Setera, where players will fight various opponents and have a distinct sense of control over battles and progression through a unique time travel mechanic. Chrono Odyssey, published globally by Kakao Games, will be released for PC and consoles, and the team announced that it is coming to the Epic Games Store: store.epicgames.comWatch the full 2024 State of Unreal, here: youtu.be/0H63U0V11HICheck out the Chrono Odyssey trailer, here: youtube.com/watch?v=uA3dDC4d7bg
Project Titan Kickoff & Q&A | Inside Unreal Unreal Engine 2024-03-28 | Join us as we sit and chat with some of our wonderful team who are spearheading Project Titan, a collaborative art jam! For this project, we've created a base open world landscape that will be filled with assets, characters, vfx and more from those participating - you! We'll be going over some of the basics of the what to expect, what you should know & answering your questions as we gear up to get this thing going! Interested in learning more about Project Titan? Check it out here! unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/introducing-the-project-titan-collaborative-art-jam-register-todayANNOUNCEMENT POST: forums.unrealengine.com/t/inside-unreal-project-titan-kickoff-q-a/1775091
Achieving Realistic Visual Styles in UEFN with MetaHumans and Marvelous Designer | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-03-28 | Join the experts on a walkthrough of the new technology that enables creators to bring realistic visual styles—including MetaHumans, clothing, and environments—into UEFN.
Unreal Engine 5.4: Animation Deep Dive | GDC 2024 Unreal Engine 2024-03-28 | Get an in-depth look into how we rigged and animated LEGO® Fortnite in Unreal Engine, and how we reinvented Fortnite Battle Royale’s locomotion with Motion Matching. This talk will show the tools we’ve developed and share details on the content we’ve built, including the transition to Motion Matching on a live title, how we landed on the animation style within LEGO® Fortnite, demos of our minifig rigs and highlights of the benefits to animating in Unreal Engine to allow for no ‘round tripping’ for quicker iteration and testing.
