Unreal Engine 5 is now available for all developers with two sample projects

During the The State of Unreal event, focused on the novelties of Unreal Engine 5 , Epic Games has been confirmed that the engine is now available for all developers. They have also shown a new demo video of The Cavern , this test performed by The COALITION that they used to present the most recent Epic graphic engine, although with more diversity of environments and some human faces to be able to appreciate the features. It is the trailer you have about these lines, and Xbox warns that "is what players can expect from experiences Next Gen at Xbox Series X | S».

Throughout the presentation, several developers of the industry have been seen, and one of them has been Dallas Dickinson, the General manager of the franchise Tomb Raider at Crystal Dynamics , which has taken advantage to announce They are already working in the next game of the Saga with Unreal Engine 5 as a basis.

The release of Unreal Engine 5 reaches, in addition, accompanied by two new test titles that developers will be able to use as a basis to create their own projects and experiment with it.

One is Lyra Starter Game , a Shooter in third person who serves "as an excellent starting point to create new games, as well as a practical learning resource," according to his page at the Unreal store, which will go Updating progressively to show new engine techniques.

The other is City Sample , a free project that shows how the city of The Matrix Awakens was built, the first playable experience where we saw UE5 underway. «The project demonstrates how we have used the new and improved systems of Unreal Engine 5 -including World Partition, Nanite, Lumen, Chaos, Rule Processor, Mass Ai, Niagara, Metahumans, Metasounds and Temporary Super Resolution- to create the experience», we read In its description.

In the case of the latter they also point out that, in addition to the complete sample, "the content is available in separate packages, so they can only download vehicles, for example," to use specific content.

During the announcement, they have also shown some of the development studios and publishers that are currently working with Unreal Engine 5, with a multitude of examples that include Xbox, Ninja Theory, PlayStation, Haven, Obsidian, Return Digital, Tencent, Summo Digital or CD Projekt, among many others. Top here you have the Tweet of the friend Nibellion where he collects all those mentioned.