Video: layered materials in Unreal Engine 4
Updated with new video: see how Epic's next-gen game engine was used in its Infiltrator tech demo.
Friday, September 27th, 2013
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Eye candy: Epic's Infiltrator Unreal Engine 4 demo
Latest outing for the game engine shows physically based materials and some very nice HDR reflections.
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Epic adds Substance support to Unreal Engine
See Allegorithmic's parametric texture format in action in UE3 in the very Lovecraftian 'Beneath' demo.
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Epic Games ships Carapace
Download this neat little free tool for creating perspective grids, written by environment artist Warren Marshall.
Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Oculus Rift VR headset nets $1 million on Kickstarter
John Carmack-backed $300 VR device smashes its campaign target within one day of crowd funding.
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012
Book review: The Art of Gears of War 3
Ballistic's latest book has some of the best videogame art we've seen, from a truly groundbreaking game.
Thursday, June 14th, 2012
Eye candy: the best of E3 2012
Relive the thrills of last week's CG industry jamboree with our pick of the show's best new game trailers.
Monday, June 11th, 2012
Videos: watch Epic Games demo Unreal Engine 4
See footage of the new engine from E3 2012: viscous fluids, GPU particles and indirect lighting, oh my.
Friday, June 8th, 2012
Wired posts first images of Unreal 4 engine
See the new dynamic GI, GPU-based particles and Kismet 2 scripting in action - if not in motion.
Friday, May 18th, 2012
Nvidia shows new real-time fur simulation system
See 100,000 strands simulated purely on the GPU. PhysX tech to form part of Unreal Engine 4, too.
Monday, March 12th, 2012
Epic posts training videos from Unreal University
Watch 10 one-hour sessions on working with Unreal Engine 3, recorded in Montreal last week.
Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Eye candy: Gears of War 3 'Dust to dust' trailer
Updated with 'making of' info: new GOW3 teaser sets Digital Domain's visuals to a haunting soundtrack.
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Epic releases new Unreal Development Kit beta
Monthly update to the free edition of Unreal Engine 3 adds new in-game movie capture, better material editor.
Thursday, August 25th, 2011