Over the past week, AMD has been particularly focused on its upscaling technology, celebrating the 1-year anniversary of FSR and releasing FSR 2.0's source code. Now, FSR 2.0 is also available as a plugin for both Unreal Engine 4 and Unreal Engine 5, making it easier for developers to implement. …
Read More »AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution plugin now available on Unreal Engine 4
AMD launched FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) earlier this year, with a handful of games supporting the feature. Now, FSR has arrived as a plugin for Unreal Engine 4, making it easier for developers to implement in their games. With FSR now available as a plugin for UE4, we should see …
Read More »Blade & Soul Unreal Engine 4 and Dual Blade class update now live
Back in March, we learned that NCSoft would be upgrading the western version of its MMO, Blade & Soul, to use Unreal Engine 4. The engine swap brings some major graphical upgrades and new features to the game. As of today, the big update is now live, alongside a brand …
Read More »Blade & Soul Unreal Engine 4 update and new class coming next month
Back in March, we learned that NCSoft would be upgrading the western version of its MMO, Blade & Soul, to use Unreal Engine 4. The engine swap brings some major graphical upgrades and new features to the game. Better yet, the upgrade will be available starting next month. Blade & …
Read More »Nvidia DLSS is now available for Unreal Engine 5 as a free plugin, support for Unity Engine 2021.2 coming soon
Nvidia keeps expanding the DLSS environment. With 57 games and counting, DLSS is now also supported on Unreal Engine 5 through a free plugin. Moreover, Nvidia will also introduce support for its upscaling technology on Unity 2021.2, but an exact date hasn't been set yet. As of today, DLSS is …
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Read More »Blade & Soul Unreal Engine 4 upgrade coming to the west
It looks like NCSoft is bringing the Unreal Engine 4 upgrade to Blade & Soul worldwide after all. Initially, the UE4 upgrade was only available on a Korean server, but this summer, the developers will be bringing the new features to the full live game in the west. This summer, …
Read More »Ambitious KOTOR remake project shut down by Lucasfilm
Back in early 2016, we learned that a small indie team was working on remaking BioWare's beloved Star Wars classic, Knights of the Old Republic. The remake was set to be called ‘Apeiron' and would see the game return in Unreal Engine 4 with completely overhauled graphics. Character models, planets …
Read More »Ex-Crytek designer recreates Metal Gear Solid’s opening cutscene using Unreal Engine 4
Despite arguably being a masterpiece, Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid hasn’t aged well since its original 1998 release. Fortunately, ex-Crytek designer has given the world a glimpse at what it might look like with modern day graphics, remaking the opening scene using Unreal Engine 4. Opening with a shot underneath …
Read More »First gameplay video of KOTOR Unreal Engine 4 remake surfaces
It has been close to 13 years since Bioware launched Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the series still remains popular today. So much so that a group of budding enthusiasts have got together to reboot the game in its entirety and bring it to the Unreal Engine …
Read More »A team is remaking Knights of the Old Republic in Unreal Engine 4
It has been close to 13 years since Bioware launched Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and the series still remains popular today. So much so that a group of budding enthusiasts have got together to reboot the game in its entirety and bring it to the Unreal Engine …
Read More »ARK: Survival Evolved now has modding tools
Studio Wildcard, the team behind the most recent early access survival game success story, ARK: Survival Evolved, has just released modding tools for the game. Since ARK runs on Unreal Engine 4, the developer teamed up with Epic Games to create mod support and tools for the community currently playing …
Read More »This is what Mario looks like in Unreal Engine 4
We've seen some pretty cool experiments in the Unreal 4 Engine, we've had a look at what the original Bioshock would look like in the engine, the temple of time from The Legend of Zelda was rebuilt in the engine and now we've got a look at what Super Mario …
Read More »Epic shows off first textured Unreal Tournament map
The free version of Unreal Tournament is coming along nicely and Epic Games has just given us an update on its progress, showing off the game's first high-textured map called ‘Outpost 23'. The latest Unreal Tournament title has been in the works for a while now and is a ‘collaborative …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4 has dropped its subscription, will now be free for all
Last year, Unreal Engine 4 launched a $19 per month subscription model in an effort to try and win indie developers back from Unity. Cryengine followed with a similar business model. However, Epic Games has now decided to just make Unreal Engine 4 free for all developers instead. You can …
Read More »Epic to seed promising UE4 devs with $5 million
Epic Games has always fostered new development in the gaming industry. As well as offering its latest and greatest game engine to everyone and anyone that wants to give it a try, for just $19 a month, it's been giving away huge prizes and funding to developers for years with …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4 can look stunningly real
While Benoît Dereau doesn't need to impress anyone in the gaming industry, having worked on the beautifully realised Dishonoured and developed some custom campaigns for Half Life 2 and Left 4 Dead, he has managed to wow a lot of people in the last 24 hours, by releasing one of the …
Read More »Epic Games distances itself from UE4 game about mass murder
There's often a big problem for games developers when it comes to making a game, especially when it comes to shooters: how do they make it ok to kill hundreds and hundreds of enemies without you being the bad guy? Most of the time the easiest way is to make them …
Read More »Attack on Titan UE4 concept excites fans
Attack on Titan is a snowballing phenomenon of an anime/manga, in the West as much as the East, but if you aren't aware of it, it's often described as Japan's equivalent of the Walking Dead. Only with naked giants without genitals instead of zombies. Despite its popularity though, its only …
Read More »You can now play the Unreal Tournament Pre-Alpha
Earlier this year, Epic Games announced that it was working on a brand new and completely free Unreal Tournament game. One of the highlights of the announcement was the shooter's transparent development scheme and Epic is staying true to its word. You can now download and play Unreal Tournament in …
Read More »The Stomping Land developer breaks silence
It turns out that Early Access title and Kickstarter success, The Stomping Land, is not dead- it's just switching to a new engine. After months of silence, the developer behind the game has finally spoke out to combat recent rumors suggesting that the game had been abandoned. The developer behind …
Read More »Ninja Theory artist pulls UE4 tech demo from site
A new Unreal Engine 4 tech demo from a Ninja Theory developer, called The Beggar's Opera, recently appeared on his personal site, showing some fantastic visuals and a creepy setting, but it now seems to have been pulled. Fortunately, AGB managed to get it up on Youtube so we can …
Read More »Here’s what Bioshock would look like if it were remade today
The very first Bioshock game was released seven years ago running on Unreal Engine 2 and while the game's visuals aren't bad, it certainly looks a lot better running in Unreal Engine 4. An Indie Developer who goes by “noodlespagoodle” on YouTube, has imported some of Bioshock's assets in to …
Read More »Unreal Engine gets Xbox One, PS4 – not Wii U – support
The first major update for the Unreal Engine was rolled out yesterday, giving it official support for both Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PS4, meaning developers can get cracking on making UE4 games for both major consoles. Unfortunately for Nintendo though, there's no sign of Wii U support to be …
Read More »Tim Sweeney: Virtual reality will be bigger than smartphones
Tim Sweeney, a legendary game developer, said in an interview that virtual reality technologies will have higher influence on video games than the smartphones had. At present the VR technology is mostly aimed at game developers, researchers, enthusiasts and early adopters, but eventually it will not only appeal to loads …
Read More »Crytek, Epic make engines available on subscription
If you're an indie developer that always wanted to build a game using the prettiest engines in the world, but could never afford it, then today's your lucky day. Both Epic Games and Crytek have announced that they're making their respective engines available to anyone for a low monthly fee. …
Read More »Epic and Mozilla get Unreal Engine 4 working in Firefox
It's just over a year since Epic and Mozilla unveiled Unreal Engine 3 running in the Firefox web browser and it was impressive to say the least, as it ran at near native speeds, thereby making web deployment of high-definition games a reality. But now, with continued development pushing the …
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