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UE 5.6 Preview is now available! You can check out the latest updates on the Public Roadmap.
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As part of Accessibility Week, we’re excited to welcome Camille Kay, Technical Artist on the Developer Relations team at Epic Games, to discuss how tech artists can make meaningful changes focused on accessibility. Camille brings a wealth of experience from across the game dev spectrum — from indie to AAA — and a passion for empowering developers through art, technology, and inclusive design. Come join the fun!
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In Absence - Love When It No Longer Speaks

After weeks of sculpting silence and shadows, I’m proud to share my new short film: “In Absence.” A 3D animated piece that began as a simple monologue but evolved into something more abstract and intimate. …

Haruki (陽輝) - Unreal Engine 5 Cinematic Short (4K)

This Short film was made entirely with Unreal Engine 5 :fire: And the whole thing was rendered with Lumen in under 30 minutes, which is mind-blowing! We harnessed all of Unreal’s latest tools & features to bring this t…

Experimenting with satire in Chump Squad’s Lab Rat

Find out how Unreal Engine 5 enabled a small indie team to design and deliver a uniquely themed puzzle experience that satirizes the use of AI to create machine-generated game content.

Introducing the new 2.5D Game Course on Unreal Academy

The 2.5D Game Course is a training module that guides you through building a game in Unreal Engine 5 using 2D assets and industry-backed community plugins. 

From streets to screens: pioneering virtual production for vehicle scenes

With PXO AKIRA, it’s now possible to bring ultra-realistic movement to vehicle scenes shot with virtual production. Find out how Pixomondo’s cutting-edge system combines Unreal Engine, robotics, and a whole lot of ingenuity.

SHURA 修羅 - The Endless Duel of the Cursed Samurai | Short Cinematic | MetaHuman | Unreal 5.5

This short cinematic is crafted using MetaHuman and Unreal Engine 5.5, featuring dynamic lighting, detailed combat choreography, and a haunting atmosphere. I aimed to push the quality beyond a typical previ…

Unreal Engine 5 powers Game of Thrones: Kingsroad on PC and mobile

We connect with developer Netmarble to find out about its use of UE5 features including World Partition, UMG, and more on open world action-adventure RPG Game of Thrones: Kingsroad.

Inside the ‘Unreal Tournament’ episode of Secret Level with Blur Studio

Find out how Blur Studio created a real-time animation pipeline from scratch for the ‘Unreal Tournament’ episode of the Amazon Prime series Secret Level, and generated movie-quality results complete with MetaHumans and special effects.

SpaceForm creates an immersive digital twin for EDGE Liverpool Street

Take a look at how SpaceForm used UE5 to create an immersive digital twin of the as-yet unbuilt community workspace EDGE Liverpool Street that incorporates Google Earth data to provide real-world context. 
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