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
Unreal Engine
Nvidia releases PhysX source code on GitHub
Get the full C++ source of the top game physics system, including the clothing and destruction libraries.
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
Allegorithmic launches Substance Database 2.0
Library of readymade Substances for use in Unity, UE4 and 3D tools now includes 650 PBR materials.
Friday, February 27th, 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
Get The Comprehensive PBR Guide for free
Updated: Master physically based rendering with Allegorithmic's concise PDF guide. Part 2 out now.
Friday, January 30th, 2015
Download 60 free UE4 materials and 220 textures
Get a massive set of free assets used to create Unreal demo scene The Monolith. For commercial use.
Friday, January 23rd, 2015
Review: HP ZBook 15 mobile workstation
Jason Lewis puts HP's 15-inch professional mobile workstation through a battery of real-world tests.
Thursday, January 15th, 2015
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.6
Latest update adds 'experimental' new 3D UI system, better emissive materials and character animation.
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.5
Big update to game engine adds animation retargeting, raytraced soft shadows, improved AO and SSS.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
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
Allegorithmic releases Bitmap2Material 3
Games texture map creation tool gets support for PBR workflow. Neat shadow-removal and tiling options.
Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014