Announced in early April, Epic Games' State of Unreal, airing on Twitch and YouTube, kicked things off with a keynote full of important information for the impressive Unreal Engine 5.
Starting with an exit of the famous early access engine already a year ago. The Unreal Engine 5 is therefore now accessible to everyone and took advantage of this event to show itself in its finest guise.
Unreal Engine 5 opens up to everyone
Starting today, any budding developer can download Unreal Engine 5 for free and experiment with this awesome engine. Like the Unreal Engine 4, the use of the standard license will be completely free, provided that the game developed has not earned a million dollars in revenue.
Everyone can therefore try out the intriguing technologies Nanite (geometry), Lumen (lighting), Temporal Super Resolution (image scaling) or MetaSounds (procedural audio). However, the nascent engine still needs to be refined on many points.
This is particularly the case of his skills vis-Ã -vis an open world. CD Projekt RED took advantage of the keynote to highlight its partnership with Epic Games for the development of The Witcher 4 under Unreal Engine 5. Crystal Dynamics for its part announced that the next Tomb Raider would also be developed with the Unreal Engine. 5.
Any download from the Unreal Engine will also come with a free demo game aptly titled Lyra Starter Game. This is a third person shooter that allows you to get your hands on the Unreal Engine 5 in a fun way.
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A stunningly realistic demo to demonstrate the capabilities of Unreal Engine 5
