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More from Unreal Fest Seattle 2024: all the news from Epic’s big event

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Cheers for Unreal Engine 5.5.

Makes sense... this is Unreal Fest!

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
“We want to be the engine of choice for mobile developers.”

That’s according to Epic’s Bill Clifford. Seems like a smart move if Epic wants to make its mobile stores successful.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Start your Unreal Engines.

Epic’s Unreal Engine will be integrated into Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Cockpit Platform, meaning that automakers who rely on the platform can use Unreal Engine to make in-car experiences.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Bill Clifford, the VP and GM of Unreal Engine, is on stage now.

Following Steve Allison’s Epic Games Store news, Clifford is setting up what’s coming for the day. He says the state of Unreal is the strongest it’s ever been, with more than 850,000 monthly active users on Unreal Engine.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Epic Games Store hit a record 70 million monthly active users in September.

That’s according to Epic’s Steve Allison, who just took the stage.

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Jay Peters
A new game for the Epic Games Store on iOS.

ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition will come to the store later this year — but only in the EU, which is the only place you can get Epic’s iOS store. The game will come to Epic’s Android store globally, too.

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Jay Peters
“Thank you!”

Somebody in the crowd thanked Tim Sweeney and Epic for fighting against Apple and Google to try make their platforms more open.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Tim Sweeney is on stage, and says Fortnite hit a monthly active user peak last holiday.

110 million monthly active, he says.

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Jay Peters
Show’s starting.

The lights faded, here we go! Starting off with a sizzle real of Unreal Engine games.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
The show is running a bit late.

The big screen on stage is showing lots of games, though. Currently, I’m watching a showcase reel of student-made games built in Unreal Engine. They look really impressive!

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
I’m here at Unreal Fest!

I’m seated in the audience ahead of the Epic Games’ keynote, which kicks off at 12PM ET / 9AM PT. If you want to watch it yourself, you can catch it on YouTube and Twitch.

Photo by Jay Peters / The Verge