How did the Unreal Engine come about? The Unreal Engine started as Tim Sweeney was building an editor that would enable us to build 3D games.

Epic announced a slate of new features for Unreal Engine 5 during its State of Unreal address, but the most important update flew under the radar.

Unreal Engine 5 is officially released and ready to power your next-gen game. Epic also released several sample projects, including a new playable shooter called Lyra.

What to expect from the first year of games running on Unreal Engine 5's "next-gen" technology.