Unreal Engine ニュース | 一覧

Watch this session recorded at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 for a deep dive into Mesh Terrain: a new way to build worlds free from the constraints of heightfield based systems in Unreal Engine. This talk introduces a non-destructive workflow that enables artists to craft large complex environments. The mesh based technology allows for non-uniform resolution, overhangs, tunnels, vertical cliffs, and more. Artists can use the suite of interactive modifiers and Unreal Engine’s Procedural Content Generation (PCG) framework to alter the terrain without restrictions. Press play to discover the core principles of the mesh partition technology, learn the basic workflow for creating a new Mesh Terrain, and explore the integration of PCG with this exciting new technology. Find out more about using Mesh Terrain here: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/knowledge-base/nK7J/unreal-engine-introduction-to-mesh-terrain #MeshTerrain, #OpenWorlds, #ProceduralContentGeneration, #UE 5.8, #UnrealEngine, #UnrealFestChicago2026

Watch this session recorded at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 for a walkthrough of the process of creating a large crowd of MetaHumans, using Mass and Nanite to simulate and render them efficiently—while still ensuring they look great up close. You’ll see how to scale your crowd to fit within your frame budget on all platforms, including mobile and non-Nanite. We also cover how to mix and match faces, bodies, hair, and clothing to produce a wide variety of unique appearances within the crowd, either procedurally generated or hand-authored by an artist. This session demonstrates features that are new to 5.8—some of which are Experimental. Experienced Unreal Engine users will be able to follow along and recreate what’s shown here, and engineers will be able to use this information to customize MetaHumans more deeply for their projects. Find out more about MetaHuman here: metahuman.com #MetaHuman, #Mass, #Nanite, #CrowdSimulation, #GameDevelopment, #UnrealEngine, #UE 5.8, #UnrealFestChicago2026

Watch this session recorded at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 and discover how the Unreal Engine team and the Fortnite Tech Art team collaborated to reduce Fortnite’s shader count by 68%. The talk outlines the key sources of shader and material bloat and explains why the problem exists in the first place. As well as diving into the UE 5.8 engine optimizations that will reduce your project’s shader footprint, we provide an overview of Fortnite’s material architecture, analyze how permutation growth became a problem, and explain the guiding principles behind the cleanup effort. You will come away with practical strategies and lessons learned for reducing material and shader permutations in your own projects. Find out more about game development in Unreal Engine here: unrealengine.com/uses/games #Fortnite, #GameDevelopment, #UnrealEngine, #UE 5.8, #UnrealFestChicago2026, #Shaders

Watch this session recorded at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 for an exclusive first look at Lore: Epic’s next-generation version control system tailored to solve the unique needs of games and related industries where efficient collaboration on both code and large-scale content is key. In this technical deep dive, we take you inside the system’s core design, covering why it was built the way it was: how it handles binary content, history, branching, collaboration, data transfer and performance; where it aligns with and diverges from other version control paradigms; and what lessons were learned while designing and evolving the system up to this point. Expect a candid, systems-level walkthrough aimed at engineers who want to understand this version control system from the inside out—not just how to use it, but how to build it with us and contribute to its future. #Lore, #VersionControl, #GameDevelopment, #UnrealEngine, #UE 5.8, #UnrealFestChicago2026

Join us as our guest, Adam Kiraly, discusses Unreal Engine 5’s major rendering features focusing on Nanite, Lumen, VSM and their alternatives to help you make better educated decisions about what to use. Whether you are early into a project or looking at ways to improve performance or visuals in your game, this talk should give you some useful pointers backed by Tanglewood’s experience working on dozens of projects using cutting edge tech.

Mutable: Merging Skeletal Meshes | TutorialTutorial that shows how to merge two Skeletal Meshes using Mutable.dev.epicgames.com

Join DigixArt for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Tides of Tomorrow, the studio’s ambitious narrative adventure where player choices ripple across other players’ stories. Adrien Poncet will share the creative and design challenges behind building the game’s unique Story-Link system, while Raphael Garcia will dive into the art production pipeline and optimization strategies that helped the team deliver the project efficiently. Check out their project on their website here: https://tidesoftomorrow.thqnordic.com

Mutable : Simple Customizable Object | TutorialTutorial that shows how to create a basic Mutable Customizable Object.dev.epicgames.com