News and Community Spotlight | September 1, 2022

NEWS

Unreal Fest 2022

Unreal Fest is back! Join us in New Orleans for more than 100 sessions across three action-packed days. We’ll have hands-on training, inspirational speakers, innovative projects, Epic devs, and a big Unreal Fest Party at Mardi Gras World.

The best sci-fi shorts from our latest Unreal Fellowship: Storytelling class

Check out the best sci-fi stories from the recent Unreal Fellowship: Storytelling students and learn what it takes to tell a great science fiction story– From undiscovered worlds and neon cityscapes to desolate futures and robotic ecosystems.

Patrick Mahomes’ Fortnite debut hyped with help from virtual production

With limited time to work with Patrick Mahomes, The Robot Company and Los York turned to an Unreal Engine-powered LED stage to create an atmospheric teaser promoting the NFL superstar’s debut in the Fortnite Icon Series. Discover how they delivered an epic teaser in record time!

Psychological thriller Broken Pieces had a big problem, here’s how Epic MegaGrants helped solve it

We recently caught up with Elseware Experience to talk about the birth of the studio, the inspiration behind Borken Pieces and its protagonist Elise, the studio’s background in arch viz and VR, and how Unreal Engine and an Epic MegaGrant helped the studio realize its dreams.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS

Scathe

Take on the role of Scathe, an Enforcer of the Legions of Hell, and prove your worth by navigating a deviously crafted maze, entangled with demonic evil at every twist and turn in this bullet hell FPS from Damage State.

Use Scathe’s brute strength and extreme speed to purge your way through Hell’s most grotesque abominations as you search for the Hellstones and defeat the all-powerful Guardians that protect them.

THE CLOUD RACER

In this sci-fi proof-of-concept short, using virtual production techniques and real-time workflows, a struggling outerling pilots his race-craft over the apocalyptic streets of future Los Angeles in a fierce aerial competition against the much better funded corporate teams, his trusted father and mechanic by his side.

Markiplier and JackSepticEye Compete to Make a Game in 2 hours

Sam and Peter from Corridor Digital have lost the use of their hands in a horrifying hand tools accident. The only way they’ll be able to create a cool video game in Unreal Engine is with the help of two able-fingered YouTube gaming personalities–Markiplier and JackSepticEye and dive into the Unreal Marketplace for fantastic assets to endlessly float towards their game dev goals.

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