Mar 19 - Mar 23, 2018
San Francisco

GDC 2018

Experience everything Unreal Engine at the 2018 Game Developers Conference.

"State of Unreal" Opening Session

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
March 21, 9:30am - 10:30am PT (WATCH NOW)
Join Epic Games for an up close look at new technologies that will be revealed during the annual “State of Unreal” opening session. Please note our new location.

GAMES. JOBS. BEER.

March 21 - March 23 | All Show Floor Hours
Moscone Center South


We celebrate Unreal Engine developers throughout the world with a showcase of amazing games, exclusive reveals, career opportunities and...BEER!

Cinematic Lighting in Unreal Engine

March 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm PT
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater


Get an in-depth view of next-gen experimental lighting and rendering techniques in Unreal Engine, developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and a ‘soon-to-be-announced’ secret partner.

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Creating Believable Characters in Unreal Engine

March 21, 12:45pm - 1:45pm PT
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater


Learn the processes and techniques used by the artists and engineers at Epic Games and its partners to create realistic and detailed digital characters running in real time in Unreal Engine.

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GDC 2018 Unreal Engine Education Summit

March 20, 8:30am - 11:30am PT
Four Seasons Hotel & Residences
Yerba Buena A


You are invited to attend Epic Games’ annual GDC Unreal Engine Education Summit, which is returning to the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco, and is free for educators.

Optimizing Unreal Engine for Fortnite: Battle Royale

March 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm PT (Part I)
March 21, 3:30pm - 4:30pm PT (Part II)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater


(Part 1) - Taking FNBR from 30fps to 60fps on Consoles.
(Part 2) - Shipping the same game on Mobile, PC, and Console

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Programmable VFX with Unreal Engine’s Niagara

March 21, 5:00pm - 6:00pm PT
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater


Join us for a first look at Epic Games' new Unreal Engine VFX editor, Niagara. This new suite of tools is built from the ground up to provide unprecedented power to content creators looking for total control over particle simulation, rendering, and performance.

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Unreal Engine GDC 2018 Livestream

March 22, 11:00am - 1:00pm PT
Moscone South | Booth 423


Hosted by Community Manager Amanda Bott, the Unreal Engine livestream broadcasts straight from our booth at GDC with special guests, exciting reveals, in-depth coverage of the show and more!

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Volumetric Fog and Lighting in Unreal Engine 4

Mar 21 - Mar 23 | Moscone South | Booth 423

This session by Epic's Sjoerd De Jong covers the latest improvements to Unreal Engine volumetric fog and lighting features.

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Showcasing Unreal's New Material Layering System

Mar 21 - Mar 23 | Moscone South | Booth 423

This session by Epic's Alan Willard demonstrates UE4’s new experimental system for creating layered materials. 

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Building High-End Gameplay Effects with Blueprint

Mar 21 - Mar 23 | Moscone South | Booth 423

Epic's Chris Murphy explores how Unreal Engine's Blueprint allows developers to create high-end effects that impact many areas of the game environment without necessarily requiring in-depth knowledge in each discipline. 

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Connecting Maya to Unreal with LiveLink

Mar 21 - Mar 23 | Moscone South | Booth 423

In this session by Epic's Wes Bunn, you will learn how to speed up your animation workflow and spend more time iterating with Unreal Engine 4's new Live Link feature. 

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Fortnite’s Real-Time Lighting Techniques and Tools

Mar 21 - Mar 23 | Moscone South | Booth 423

In this session presented by Epic's Zak Parrish, you will learn about some of the dynamic lighting features we use in Fortnite with Unreal Engine 4. 

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