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In yet another attempt to try and get more titles to launch on the Epic Games Store, the Unreal Engine maker is lowering its UE royalty fees.

The remake of the PS1 JRPG Final Fantasy VII might just be Square Enix’s most ambitious project so far, with the 1997 classic being reborn in the form of a reimagined trilogy. While the first two entries utilised Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 as its core, the concluding part of the trilogy might upgrade to the latest and greatest UE5.

While Epic Games is technically an independent studio, it does have several huge investors. Companies like Tencent and Sony have been quick to buy up shares in the company and now, Disney, perhaps the largest entertainment company in the world, is buying up a piece. 

Back in October last year we reported on a leak which claimed that following the relative failings of Halo: Infinite, the team at 343 Industries dropped future use of their bespoke Slipspace Engine – instead opting to use Unreal Engine 5 for the next title. Though yet to be officially …

Earlier this year, Microsoft announced some restructuring plans, which impacted many parts of the business. On the gaming side, 343 Industries was hit the hardest with a lot of lay-offs, including most of the campaign team that had worked on Halo Infinite. Now, rumours claim that a new small-scale team …

Epic Games has always had a well-maintained position within the games industry thanks to the popularity of the Unreal Engine. However, the company has grown a huge amount over the last six years thanks to Fortnite. This has allowed Epic to rapidly spent large amounts of cash but the expenditures …

Alongside their ongoing work with Destiny 2 and the rebirth of the long-dormant Marathon franchise, Bungie is said to have been quietly working on a brand new IP for a few years now. Known internally as project ‘Gummy Bear’, this unannounced PvP title is reportedly using Epic Games’ latest and …

Irdeto, the company behind Denuvo, has introduced a set of anti-piracy tools for both the PC (Unreal Engine) and the Nintendo Switch. Although beneficial for developers, gamers may not see the inclusion of these tools as a good thing, as they'll deem PC game modding and Switch emulation impossible. The …

Dolby technologies are already supported in quite a few games, but that number should grow even higher over the next few years. Today, Dolby Laboratories is launching its plugins for Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos for Unreal Engine.  The new plugins will enable developers to easily and conveniently integrate both …

EA Motive has impressed us with games like Star Wars: Squadrons and Dead Space Remake. Now, the studio is turning its attention to its big Iron Man game. Announced last year, the project officially entered production earlier this year and recent updates have revealed that the game will be built …

DLSS is now supported in over 300 games and apps - Nvidia is looking to boost that number further with the release of the DLSS plugin for Unreal Engine 5.2.

Back in march, the team at Coffee Stain Studios announced that they would eventually be upgrading their popular first-person open-world factory building game ‘Satisfactory’ to Unreal Engine 5 – including all of the many benefits that would come alongside it. Now, the UE5 update is finally available, massively overhauling the …

Following Fortnite’s upgrade from Unreal Engine 4 to the latest and greatest UE5, we have seen much wider adoption for the new engine, with the likes of Rocket League and others set to make the transition. One other game now confirmed to be getting an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade is the first-person open world factory building title Satisfactory.

Since releasing Gears 5 back in 2019, The Coalition has been pretty quiet. The studio has revealed publicly that it is currently working on projects with Unreal Engine 5, but it would seem that plans for a new IP have now been scrapped following on from recent lay-offs at Microsoft.  …

For many years EA required its development studios to create their games using the publisher’s proprietary game engine known as Frostbite. While an impressive engine in some respects, its cross-genre compatibility left a lot to be desired. Fortunately the publisher has loosened up when it comes to using Frostbite – …

With the success of Sonic Frontiers, all eyes are on the blue blur’s next game and what it might be about. According to a new job listing posted by SEGA, the next Sonic game could in fact feature multiplayer. As discovered and translated by ResetEra user ‘Dooble’, SEGA recently published …

Fortnite represented one of the first games to use Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5, showcasing the many improvements that UE5 held over the previous iteration. Though impressive, UE5 does suffer from some drawbacks, and so with the launch of Fortnite Chapter 4, the game now utilises the new and improved …

Upscaling technologies like Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR have really caught on with game developers, in part thanks to ease of implementation through plugins for popular game engines. Developers working with Unreal Engine will soon be able to quickly implement Intel XeSS too, as a plugin is now rolling out …

Unreal Engine has seemingly taken over the video games industry, with the game creation toolset being used by indie and AAA studios alike across all regions of the industry. One of the latest studios to announce their shift to Unreal Engine is Like a Dragon’s RGG Studio, with the team …

State of Decay 3 was announced all the way back in 2020 with a teaser trailer and little else. While we still have yet to get a proper look at the upcoming open-world zombie survival game, Matt Booty, the Head of Xbox Game Studios, has now offered some insights into …

Ever since Unreal Engine 5 was first announced, we have seen a wide number of different game studios all pledging to use Epic Games’ engine for their future titles. It seems Playdead – the studio known best for the indie hits LIMBO and INSIDE will be using UE5 for their …

The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience shadow-dropped on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S last month, giving console owners a peek into the potential of Unreal Engine 5. Less than a full month after launch however, the demo is getting delisted, meaning you have until this weekend to add …

In recent years, Sony has been steadily investing money into Epic Games. As part of the company's latest round of funding, Sony, and the investors behind LEGO, have invested a further $2 billion into Epic Games.  This time last year, Epic Games was valued at around $29 billion, but that …

Yesterday, CD Projekt Red surprised us all with the announcement of a new Witcher saga, developed on Unreal Engine 5 as part of a new partnership with Epic Games. While many developers partnering with Epic tend to release PC games exclusively on the Epic Games Store, CD Projekt has made …

Thanks to the success of Fortnite, Epic Games has been afforded the opportunity to enter itself into the video game market in a role beyond simply being a video game publisher and engine creator. Epic’s push towards being a platform holder seems to be paying off as they now have …

Until Dawn was a surprise hit when it launched back in 2015. A business collaboration between Sony and developers Supermassive Games, Until Dawn released exclusively for the PS4. Despite its relative recency, new rumours are claiming that a full remake of the game is in the works. This ‘leak’ comes …

Recently across Reddit, one lone developer has been posting clips of a private Pokemon first-person shooter fan game. These short videos showcased a Pokemon game built in Unreal Engine, where the player runs around the map and shoots at Pokemon with various guns. Some of these clips ended up going …

BioWare was in trouble back when Mass Effect Andromeda first launched. While now many look back on that entry to the series a bit more fondly, at launch, it was widely panned for being buggy, having poor animations and other issues. Many of these woes were attributed to the switch …

While Epic Games is now closely associated with the Epic Games Store and Fortnite, the platform holder is in fact responsible for one of the most widely used game engines currently: Unreal Engine. Following the official reveal of UE5 last year, Fortnite is now the first game to officially run …

While EA’s Frostbite engine is an impressive toolset, allowing developers to make good looking titles, the engine isn't as flexible as EA perhaps would like. We have seen the results of troubled engine development with games such as Mass Effect Andromeda. In order to avoid this, the next Mass Effect …