Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.14

Update adds contact shadows, new forward renderer aimed at VR work, built-in automated LOD generation.

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

Download the free Allright Rig for Unreal Engine

Beta of Alexander Shatalov's promising rigging and animation add-on for UE4 now free to all.

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.13

New features in varied update range from Alembic support to the option to paint meshes inside the VR Editor.

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Discover how to create VR games in Unreal Engine

Come to Epic Games' free four-hour masterclass at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Wednesday 15 June.

Friday, June 10th, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.12

Check out the new VR Editor mode and Sequencer cinematic editor. Lots of new mobile options, too.

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

Epic Games ships Daydream plugin for Unreal Engine 4

Support for Google's new mobile VR platform available already. Source code out now, binaries due in June.

Friday, May 20th, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.11

Big update to game engine includes new Sequencer cinematics editor. Source code for the upcoming VR Editor also available.

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016

Eye candy: Epic Games' 2016 Unreal Engine sizzle reel

See the coolest new work created in UE4: from abstract visuals and beautiful indie titles to AAA brawlers.

Tuesday, March 15th, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.10

Update optimises rendering for VR and shading for mobile devices, adds support for Visual Studio 2015.

Friday, November 13th, 2015

Eye candy: Epic's Showdown Unreal Engine 4 VR demo

Watch this epic bullet-time-inspired mech battle demo - then download all of the UE4 assets for free.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.9

Wide-ranging update adds new rendering and animation options, plus experimental support for DirectX 12.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Eye candy: Unreal Engine's Gamescom sizzle reel

Watch the best new work created with the game engine: from triple-As to mobile titles, arch viz and VR.

Saturday, August 8th, 2015

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.8

Updated: Now officially shipping. New downloadable .exe file for the UE4 Kite demo due this week, too.

Thursday, June 11th, 2015