September 1, 2017

Unreal Engine at Gamescom 2017

By Jess Hider

Wow. Another Gamescom has been and gone and they just keep getting bigger and better! We started our week on a high with our very own Tim Sweeney keynoting at Devcom.

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And the epicness didn't stop there. From gorgeous graphics to impressive booths, beautiful artwork to happy faces, Unreal Engine developers were everywhere this Gamescom and we were on a mission to find them all - check out our Gamescom experience in pictures!

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From top left: JCB Pioneer: Mars – Gamesco & Atomicom, QUBE 2 – Toxic Games, New Title - Black CellDeep Rock Galactic – Ghost Ship Games, Bannermen – Pathos Interactive, Little Nightmares – Tarsier, Dragonball Fighter Z – Bandai Namco, Hidden Agenda – Supermassive Games & Marvel vs Capcom Infinite – Bandai Namco.

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From top left: Sea of Thieves – Rare, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds – Bluehole, Tropico 6 - Kalypso, Biomutant – Experiment 101, Terramars – Untold Games, Batallion 1944 – Bulkhead Interactive, Ark Survival Evolved – Studio Wildcard, Bullet Sorrow VR – Viking VR Studio & Marble Land – Devious Technologies.

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From top left: Goblins of Elderstone – Lost Goblin, Die Young – IndieGala, Absolver - Sloclap, Skye – Puny Astronaut, Past Cure – phantom8, Nocturnal Hunt – Games Academy, Everspace – Rockfish Games, Mothergunship – Grip Digital & Terrible Posture Games & Skara: The Blade Remains – 8-Bit studio.

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From top left: The InnerFriend - Playmind, Moons of Madness – Rock Pocket Games, All Star Fruit Racing – 3DClouds.IT, Rite of Ilk – Turtleneck Studios, Shift Quantum – Fishing Cactus, A Hat in Time – Gears for Breakfast, Firefighting Simulator - Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware, Fishing Barents Sea – Misc Games & Police Simulator 18 – Bigmoon Entertainment.

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From top left: Don’t make love – Maggesse, Unbox: Newbie’s Adventure – Prospect Games, Detached: Enter the Space – Anshar Studios, Rage Disco – Suicide Penguin, Weakless – Weakless Game, Grey Skies – BeeFlame Studios, Theseus VR – Forge Reply, Witness: Auschwitz – 101% & Gravel – Milestone.

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From top left: The Lesser Evil – Untold GamesClose to the Sun – Storm in a Teacup, The Flame in the Flood – Molasses Flood, Paused – Thought Bread, Moss – Polyarc, Ruiner – Reikon Games, Solstice Chronicles: MIA – Ironward, Hoverloop – Not a Company, Spellsworn – Frogsong Studios, Unbound – Alien Pixel, Inmates – Davit Andreasyan & Fortnite – Epic Games.

Speaking of Fortnite... Did you get to #RideTheLlama?
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Safe to say this year's Gamescom was an Epic one - here's to the next!