For Studio Wildcard's co-founder and development director, Jeremy Stieglitz, there's a "golden trio" of elements that need to come together to lure fans from its ageing but adored Ark Survival Evolved ...

Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.7 with new features aimed at building and rendering large-scale, high-fidelity, and real-time worlds. For any studio working on digital twins, simulations, or ...

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Riot Games has officially announced that the popular game Valorant will be skipping patch 11.01 as part of their strategic preparations for a significant upgrade to Unreal Engine 5. This transition to ...

In a nutshell: Unreal Engine powers some of the world's biggest games, but its reputation has taken a hit as several high-profile releases stumble with performance issues. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney argues ...

Unreal Engine 5 performance issues aren't the fault of Epic, but instead down to developers prioritising "top-tier hardware," says CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney. This misplaced focus ultimately leaves ...

Five years have already passed since the release of Valorant, Riot Games’ answer to Counter-Strike. As a competitive esports title, optimization over raw graphics has always been a priority, but even ...

Riot moved Valorant to Unreal Engine 5.3 in patch 11.02 to show progress, but it seems like the wrong move at the wrong time. On paper, the switch is a big deal—faster patching, smaller install size ...

Picture, if you would, the very first video games that were ever made. We’re talking old-school arcades and early Atari titles. Think about what it was like to not only play them, but what it was like ...

Valorant has been powered by Unreal Engine 4 ever since its release in 2020. Riot Games is shifting to Unreal Engine 5, which has a record for giving low performance on new-gen games. The performance ...