State of Unreal 2024: all the news from Epic’s GDC showcase – The Verge

Fortnite players can now build their own Lego games

2024-03-20T13:41:42-04:00

The worlds of Lego and Fortnite are continuing to intertwine. At its State of Unreal keynote at GDC, Epic announced that, starting today, creators will now be able to use Lego templates and other Lego-branded elements to craft their own games inside of Fortnite. The Lego tools will be available in both Fortnite Creative and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN).

Like all other user-made games in Fortnite, Lego games are eligible for payouts through the game's creative economy, though it sounds like there are more restrictions compared to typical Fortnite Creative islands. In particular, Lego says that "all published Lego Islands must have a …

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Epic is adding its hyperrealistic MetaHumans to Unreal Editor for Fortnite

2024-03-20T13:32:59-04:00

At GDC last year, Epic launched a robust new creative tool called the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). And this year, the company announced some major new features that are on the way for it. To start, the company's MetaHumans - hyperrealistic human characters that can be animated using only an iPhone - will be available in UEFN beginning today. Epic says that users can import any characters made using the MetaHuman Creator tool and the MetaHuman Animator into UEFN, where they can then be used as NPCs in player-made games.

While MetaHumans are the highlight, a couple of other notable features are coming as well. Epic says that UEFN will b …

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Captain America and Black Panther face off in the first trailer for 1943: Rise of Hydra

2024-03-20T12:43:03-04:00

Epic's State of Unreal keynote opened with a surprise: a first look at 1943: Rise of Hydra, the new Marvel game from writer and director Amy Hennig, best known for her work on the Uncharted franchise. It features an "ensemble" of playable characters including Captain America and Black Panther and is described as a "narrative-driven action-adventure game."

Here's how Marvel describes the setup:

As the game's narrative unfolds, players will assume the role of four central characters: a young Steve Rogers, AKA Captain America; Azzuri, T'Challa's grandfather and the WWII-era Black Panther; Gabriel Jones, a US soldier and member of the Howling …

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