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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

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    Epic is demoing “MegaLights.”

    An in-game scene is impressively lit using the new Unreal Engine feature. A character is walking through a scene with beautiful lights and shadows.

    My iPhone photo might not quite capture it, but you can get an idea. There were audible gasps from the crowd as lights flickered on in a later scene.

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    Jay Peters
    Unreal Engine 5.5 preview 1 is available today.

    Epic’s Simon Tourangeau just made the announcement on stage.

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    Cheers for Unreal Engine 5.5.

    Makes sense... this is Unreal Fest!

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    “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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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    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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    “Thank you!”

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