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Unreal Developer Roundtable: Taking AAA to indie -- how small teams are making big gamesIn our first Unreal Developer Roundtable, we invited three former devs who worked in the AAA space (David Gaider, James Tinsdale, and Alex Dracott) and talked about how they branched out to form their own indie studios.
Volumetric Capture in Solo Development: Real-Time Rendering DemoHello. This is my first time posting in this forum.
My name is Kuwabara, and I am a Project Lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan. I use UE5 as a tool for creating and researching art works.I am constant…
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Creating the Unreal dystopian surrealism and biomechanical horrors of ScornEbb Software discusses how the dystopian surrealism of artist Zdzisław Beksiński and biomechanical horrors of H.R. Giger became a natural fit for Scorn.
Evil Dead: The Game leverages its film and TV roots to great successDeveloper Saber Interactive pulled everything from characters and enemies to lighting and visual tone from the famed films and TV shows.
Environment artist explains how he created near photo-realistic train station using UE53D Artist Lorenzo Drago walks us through how he created the viral digital recreation of Etchū-Daimon Station and shares how he handled creating the day/night scene, camera motion, and animation.
Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds pushes the boundaries of what a mobile MMORPG can beNetmarble, the team behind Lineage 2: Revolution, share how they used Unreal Engine tools like Sequencer, Significance Manager, and source code access to deliver one of the most beautiful mobile MMORPGs made to date.
Unreal Engine 5 goes all-in on dynamic global illumination with LumenLumen is Unreal Engine 5’s new fully dynamic global illumination and reflections system. Lumen is enabled out of the box, ushering in a new era of dynamic lighting in games where artists can forget about multi-hour lighting builds and designers can create more dynamic worlds.
How Unreal Engine’s robust support helped give life to Endling’s skulk of foxesEndling’s skulk of foxes are set to deliver powerful environmental lessons using Unreal Engine.
How Moss: Book II improves upon its predecessor in nearly every wayStudio Polyarc details how it used Blueprints and State Machines to experiment and collaborate with Moss: Book II's development.
How developers used Unreal Engine to showcase The Wolf Among Us 2 from inside the gameThe folks at The AV Society used Unreal Engine to build a virtual set inside of The Wolf Among Us 2 to stage a dramatic, in-game reveal.
The real engine driving Redout 2’s liquid-fast graphicsHow Unreal Engine helped Redout 2’s devs deliver on their promise of speed.
Why SNK shifted to Unreal Engine for its latest fighting gamesSamurai Shodown, The King of Fighters XV, and an unnamed new title all use Unreal Engine.
Gameloft talks successfully modernizing The Oregon Trail for a new eraGameloft Brisbane shares how it revamped the classic game’s art style, implemented more accurate history, and better represented indigenous people.
Yuki 7 switches to a real-time pipeline for 2D/3D hybrid animationAward-winning artist and CEO Kevin Dart explains how Chromosphere switched from a time-consuming traditional pipeline to an Unreal Engine workflow for animated micro-series Yuki 7, unlocking real-time collaboration, fast iterations, and automated VFX—all while retaining the show’s signature 2D look.
The Market of Light is a gorgeous, playable UE5 experienceDeveloped by Japanese studio historia Inc., The Market of Light is one of the first playable UE5 tech demos that leverages next-generation tools like Lumen, Nanite, Niagara, and more.
How The Artful Escape became one of the most beautiful indie games of the yearThe Artful Escape was nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Music, and Best Debut Indie at The Game Awards. Read about how new studio Beethoven & Dinosaur achieved these impressive feats.
How Psychonauts 2 revamped its rootsDeveloper Double Fine Productions shares how it created its critically-acclaimed mind-bending ride.
Dread Hunger combines survival horror with asymmetrical multiplayerDread Hunger developers looked to fiction and one piece of dark reality when creating this survival horror.
SteamWorld series developer leveraged Unreal to craft its first 3D game, The GunkImage & Form Games talks about how conservationism and the desire to try something new shaped The Gunk.
Inside Icarus’ persistent survival world, and how it will evolveDeveloper RocketWerkz explains how it brought its new take on survival to life.
F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch is a critically-praised anthropomorphic dieselpunk Metroidvania gameHow Shanghai, Porco Rosso, and a love of Metroidvania gave birth to F.I.S.T. Forged in Shadow Torch.