Topic: unreal engine
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Google's $800M Secret Deal with Epic Games to Boost Android
An $800 million partnership between Google and Epic Games, revealed during antitrust proceedings, involves a six-year collaboration focused on Android, Unreal Engine, and joint product development, marking a strategic shift from legal adversaries to business partners. The deal includes reciprocal...
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CDPR Plans Three Witcher Sequels in Six Years
CD Projekt Red plans to release a trilogy of new Witcher games within six years, starting after the first title (often called The Witcher 4) launches, which is not scheduled for 2026. This accelerated release schedule is enabled by the studio's transition from its own REDEngine to Unreal Engine, ...
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Arc Raiders & Battlefield 6: Why Performance Reigns in 2025 PC Gaming
Modern multiplayer hits like Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 prioritize performance and accessibility, ensuring they run smoothly on a wide range of hardware to build and sustain large player bases. These games achieve massive player counts by having modest system requirements, with Arc Raiders sup...
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Halo Is Coming to PS5 for the First Time
The Halo franchise is launching on PlayStation 5 for the first time with Halo: Campaign Evolved, a ground-up remake of the original Halo: Combat Evolved campaign, available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S next year with day-one access for Game Pass subscribers. Developed in Unreal Engine 5, the r...
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Halo Combat Evolved Remake Leak Details Unreal Engine 5, Sprint & More
The Halo: Combat Evolved remake will use a hybrid engine combining Unreal Engine 5 for graphics with a modified Blam engine for gameplay, and it will add a sprint mechanic and redesign missions like the repetitive "Library" level. Information comes from a source citing a developer from a co-devel...
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Unveiling Kojima's OD: A First Look at the Xbox Horror Game
Hideo Kojima and Xbox Game Studios are collaborating on **OD**, a unique horror game that promises to defy conventional categories and deliver an immersive, unsettling experience. The game is powered by **Unreal Engine** with significant technical support from Microsoft, aiming for a technologica...
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Halo Studios to Unveil Multiple New Projects at World Championship
The Halo World Championship in October will feature panels revealing upcoming Halo projects, including a deep dive on the Community Stage with voice actors Steve Downes and Jen Taylor. Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries) is transitioning from its proprietary Slipspace engine to Unreal Engine 5...
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Ultra-Realistic FPS Bodycam Gets Major Game-Changing Update
Reissad Studio has released a major update for Bodycam, focusing on performance and stability improvements by upgrading to Unreal Engine 5.5 and addressing numerous bugs based on player feedback. The update introduces new content including the largest Zombie Mode map, Village, along with a new cr...
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Halo Veteran's Ominous Exit Message After 17 Years at Xbox
Glenn Israel, a longtime Halo art director, has left the franchise after nearly two decades, sparking speculation with a cryptic message about his departure. He advised video game professionals to prioritize their health, dignity, and ethics over industry pressures, highlighting the sector's "dir...
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Halo's Future Revealed Very Soon
Microsoft will make a major Halo announcement at the World Championships in October, promising significant reveals about ongoing projects from Halo Studios. The event will feature a deep dive panel and discussions on future Halo games, reflecting a shift in development strategy post-Halo Infinite...
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Halo Voice Actor Teases Major Announcement
Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief, has teased a major Halo announcement, coinciding with Microsoft's plans for a significant reveal at the Halo World Championships in October. Microsoft is developing multiple new Halo projects, including a potential remake for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Swi...
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Oblivion Remastered Receives Mixed Reviews on Steam
The Oblivion Remastered launch was highly anticipated but has been met with widespread technical issues, including crashes and performance problems. A recent update intended to fix bugs has instead worsened them for many players, leading to negative reviews and frustration over slow support. Long...
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Epic and Google's Secret $800 Million Unreal Engine Deal
A federal judge is questioning whether a newly disclosed, multi-year business partnership between Epic Games and Google, involving an $800 million spend, influenced the settlement of their antitrust lawsuit. The judge probed if this lucrative deal, which includes joint marketing and technology ac...
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Xbox Confirms Halo PS5 Remake to Honor Series Legacy
A major Xbox franchise is shifting to PlayStation with the PS5 release of *Halo: Campaign Evolved*, a full Unreal Engine 5 remake of the classic campaign featuring new story content but no traditional multiplayer. Developers emphasize the goal of uniting veteran players with a new generation thro...
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Halo Art Director Exits With Ominous Final Message
Glenn Israel, a key art director for the Halo franchise, has left Halo Studios after 17 years, hinting at a future explanation for his departure and casting uncertainty on the series. His exit coincides with reports of internal leadership issues and follows a period of studio rebranding, layoffs,...
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Witchfire's Creative Director on Small Teams and Clair Obscur's Brilliance
Witchfire, a dark fantasy shooter, is nearing full release after a nine-year development cycle that began following a pivot from a sci-fi concept to a "shooting demons" premise. The game's successful Early Access, selling over 500,000 copies, is attributed to its compelling "Dark Souls with guns"...
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The Ugly Beauty of a Future Classic
Square Enix's HD-2D style breaks from visual homogeneity in blockbuster games by combining nostalgic 16-bit pixel art with modern 3D environments and lighting. The style has evolved from a single-game experiment into a flexible design philosophy, used for both original titles and respectful remak...
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Captain America & Black Panther Game Delayed Indefinitely
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, featuring Captain America and Black Panther, has been postponed indefinitely beyond early 2026 to meet high-quality standards. Set in WWII-era Paris and written by Amy Hennig, the game draws from the comic series *Captain America/Black Panther: Flags of Our Fathers* an...
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Crystal Dynamics Lays Off 30 Staff in Third Round of Tomb Raider Cuts
Crystal Dynamics has laid off nearly 30 employees in its third round of job cuts this year, part of a restructuring to position the company for future growth and optimize development processes. The layoffs aim to streamline operations for the next Tomb Raider game and prepare the studio to develo...
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AI Photo to 3D World: Explore Your Images Like Never Before
Tencent's HunyuanWorld-Voyager is an AI model that generates immersive, navigable 3D-like video sequences from a single still image, eliminating the need for traditional 3D modeling. The system produces 2D video frames with depth information to simulate camera movement, creating up to two-second ...
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