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Apply for a speaker slot at Unreal Fest Orlando 2025Want to present a session at Unreal Fest Orlando 2025? Call for Proposals is now open. If you have a project built using Epic tools to showcase, or technical insights you think the community would benefit from, we want to hear from you.
Unreal Engine 5.4 is now availableThis release is packed with new features and improvements that will benefit game developers and creators across industries, including the toolsets we’ve been using internally to build and ship Fortnite Chapter 5, Rocket Racing, Fortnite Festival, and LEGO Fortnite.
Spring Creator Sale 2024: Up to 70% off over 25,000 productsSpring has sprung, and that means it’s time for the Spring Creator Sale 2024. Get up to 70% off thousands of products from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, ArtStation, and Sketchfab until April 18.
A cultural heritage digital experience powered by Unreal Engine and the Epic ecosystemWhen South Korea wanted to provide its citizens with access to the country’s exported cultural artifacts, it conceived the Digital Homecoming Project—a plan to digitize cultural assets and bring them into interactive scenes powered by Unreal Engine.
Welcome to the new Unreal Engine websiteIt’s a new design, and a lot more. Learn about the changes we’ve made to put our community’s needs at the center of our web experience.
We are updating Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, and RealityCapture pricing in late AprilWe are introducing a new seat-based Unreal Subscription when we release Unreal Engine 5.4. This new pricing of $1,850 per seat will apply to companies generating over $1 million USD in annual gross revenue who are not creating games.
Epic MegaGrants: 2023 recapAs Epic MegaGrants enters its fifth year, the community continues to be as innovative as ever. Here, we take a look back at the last 12 months’ highlights—which included opening up the program to UEFN alongside Unreal Engine—and share some projects that stood out.
Unreal Fest 2023 livestream recordings now available!That's a wrap! This year's Unreal Fest was bigger and better than ever, featuring 200 new sessions over three packed days. We'll be making recordings of all the sessions available in the coming weeks and months; meanwhile, you can view the 40 we livestreamed here.
Unreal Engine 5.3 is now available!This release brings numerous wide-ranging improvements, together with some exciting new Experimental features, as we continue to expand UE5’s functionality and potential for game developers and creators across industries. Find out what’s new.
Step into Nike’s virtual sneaker hunt Airphoria built using UEFNWhen Nike set out to reach the next generation of gamers, the brand dreamed up a virtual sneaker hunt inspired by the iconic Nike Air Max shoe. Find out how Unreal Editor for Fortnite helped the team turn its vision into reality.
RealityScan is now available for Android devices!We’re pleased to announce that RealityScan is now available for Android as well as iOS devices, putting this powerful, free-to-download photogrammetry application into the hands of almost anyone with a modern smartphone or tablet.
Delivering high-quality facial animation in minutes, MetaHuman Animator is now available!Capture a facial performance for your digital human using just an iPhone and a PC and turn it into facial animation for your MetaHuman in minutes. Fast, easy, and cost-effective, MetaHuman Animator unlocks facial performance capture for all creators.
Education and business join forces to create the Augmented Reality CenterFind out how a partnership between Oakland University, the College for Creative Studies, and a coalition of industry players led to the creation of a new initiative that introduces students to cutting-edge AR technology.
Unreal Engine 5.2 brings native support for Apple Silicon and other developments for macOSStarting with Unreal Engine 5.2, the Unreal Editor for macOS is built and distributed as a universal binary, providing native support for past-generation Intel-based and current-generation Apple Silicon-based Macs in a single package. This tech blog will explain what that means for you.
Chart-topping sensation Jackson Wang embraces virtual production for superpowered music videoFrom a cinematic post-apocalyptic cityscape to complex levitation effects and fire-breathing dance routines, virtual production and old-fashioned filmmaking techniques took the music video for Jackson Wang’s single Cruel to new heights.
Unreal Engine 5.2 is now available!This release further expands UE5's groundbreaking toolset as it continues to deliver on the promise of making Unreal Engine the most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool in the world. Find out what’s new.
Unreal Fest 2023 announced—speaker submissions now open!Unreal Fest returns to New Orleans from October 3 to 5, 2023! We’re looking for speakers to showcase the inspirational work they’re doing using Unreal Engine or other Epic tools. If you’ve got something to share with the community, we want to hear from you.
Unreal Editor for Fortnite is now available in Public Beta!Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) combines the power of Unreal Engine with the scale of Fortnite. Use development tools to build games and experiences that can be unlike anything seen in Fortnite so far and publish for millions of players to enjoy.
New MetaHuman Animator feature set to bring easy high-fidelity performance capture to MetaHumansDo you love the visual fidelity of MetaHumans but find it hard to make their facial animation equally believable? A new MetaHuman feature set will soon change all that. And you may already have the hardware you need in your pocket.
Preserving European royal heritage with RealityCapture and Unreal EngineTo conserve the legacy of Sisi, 19th-century Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, digital art service Artzenal has recreated sections of the Empress’s private collection—along with her palace chambers in Vienna as they would have looked during her lifetime—in breathtaking detail.
Real-time round-up: the state of interactive 3DLast year saw some key milestones on our journey toward a future filled with virtual worlds and interactive 3D experiences. In this post, we dive into the stats and stories that told the tale of real-time technology in 2022.