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
UE4
Faceware launches Unreal plugin for Faceware Live
Stream facial motion data from the markerless capture system into UE4 and see it retargeted in real time.
Saturday, August 15th, 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
Download the free Mari Extension Pack 2.1
Updated: Handy set of artist-created add-ons gets new UE4 shader, Color Temperature adjustment layer.
Friday, June 12th, 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
Visual Studio partners Unity, Unreal, Cocos2d engines
Microsoft's free IDE will co-install with all three game engines, along with bonus add-ons.
Monday, April 20th, 2015
Download the assets from Epic Games' UE4 Kite demo
Free Open World Demo Collection asset pack includes 42 rock and tree meshes, 138 hi-res textures.
Friday, April 10th, 2015
Eye candy: Nurulize's amazing Rise UE4 VR demo
Check out this gorgeous sci-fi scene, running in real time in 4K on Unreal Engine 4 and an Oculus Rift.
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Eye candy: the GDC 2015 Unreal Engine sizzle reel
Watch a beautiful two-minute run-down of the work being created in UE4: from AAA titles to arch viz.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Unreal Engine is now free
Epic Games removes $19/month fee for world-conquering engine. Pay only if your game is successful.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Unreal Engine 4.7 ships
Engine now publishes games in HTML5 format to play in a browser; better foliage rendering options.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
Otoy unveils four new versions of OctaneRender
Updated: New video shows the GPU renderer inside Houdini. Nuke, MotionBuilder and UE4 to come.
Monday, January 19th, 2015
Epic makes Unreal Engine 4 free to students
Updated: you can now download it directly from GitHub, rather than waiting for your school to sign up.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014