For Studio Wildcard's co-founder and development director, Jeremy Stieglitz, there's a "golden trio" of elements that need to come together to lure fans from its ageing but adored Ark Survival Evolved ...

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.7 with new features aimed at building and rendering large-scale, high-fidelity, and real-time worlds. For any studio working on digital twins, simulations, or ...

In a nutshell: Unreal Engine powers some of the world's biggest games, but its reputation has taken a hit as several high-profile releases stumble with performance issues. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney argues ...

Unreal Engine 5 performance issues aren't the fault of Epic, but instead down to developers prioritising "top-tier hardware," says CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney. This misplaced focus ultimately leaves ...

Five years have already passed since the release of Valorant, Riot Games’ answer to Counter-Strike. As a competitive esports title, optimization over raw graphics has always been a priority, but even ...

Picture, if you would, the very first video games that were ever made. We’re talking old-school arcades and early Atari titles. Think about what it was like to not only play them, but what it was like ...

And Riot Games is hoping you won’t even notice, apart from the big download. Today’s update moves Valorant from Unreal Engine 4.27 to Unreal Engine 5.3, and there might even be some small performance ...

Someone has gone to the trouble of showcasing the kind of performance changes Epic’s new engine update can provide for games that utilize it. MxBenchmarkPC runs a benchmark comparing Unreal Engine 5.4 ...

TL;DR: Unreal Engine 5.6 will improve performance and stability for major upcoming games, delivering up to 30% faster speeds and enhanced ray-tracing on consoles and high-end PCs. This update ...

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