Since Epic unveiled Unreal Engine 5, its powerful performance has attracted the attention of countless players and developers. The Lumen Dynamic Global Illumination solution makes it easy to achieve light-chasing-like effects, while the Nanoe virtualized micropolymer geometry system makes it easy to create detailed and clear game models. Many developers are optimistic about Unreal 5 Engine, and even some major players have announced that they will use Unreal 5 to develop new games. Today, Xiaobian will take stock of the 10 most anticipated Unreal 5 new games for everyone.
Black Mythology: Goku
Black Myth: Goku, which game science is developing, originally used the Unreal Engine, and officially said it would be moved to the latest version after the release of Unreal 5. The first video of 2020 Black Myth has impressed many players with the richness of detail and realism of the picture effects, and using Unreal 5 can be said to be a tiger.
Game Science 2021 released a new trailer confirming that the game engine has been upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 and supports NVIDIA DLSS to enhance the game's performance and graphics quality. It is reported that the use of Unreal 5 Engine also saved a lot of manpower and time for the production team, because if you model it yourself, it is difficult to achieve the expected high-precision model, and with the help of Unreal 5 technology, you can directly use physical scanning, and the final effect is also very gratifying.
New wizarding work
CDPR officially announced the new "Wizard" IP game in March this year, which will open a new chapter with an open world setting and the game engine using Unreal Engine 5. And CDPR has also reached a partnership with Unreal Engine's official Epic, which involves not only licensing, but also Unreal Engine technology development, future versions of Unreal Engine, and all other related content.
The previous "Wizard" series of games uses CDPR's own Red engine, the advantage of the self-developed engine is that it can be specially adjusted and customized for its own games, and the disadvantage is that the engine itself also needs to be constantly maintained and updated, which requires special allocation of manpower to be responsible. Now that CDPR and Epic have partnered, they can enjoy both the power of Unreal Engine and the technical support, which can be said to have two different advantages.
New Tomb Raider
In addition to The Witcher, another blockbuster game series recently announced that it will use Unreal Engine 5, the crystal-powered new Tomb Raider. They say the next game will move away from their own Foundation engine and instead use Unreal Engine 5. This new engine means they can create a new generation of story and gaming experiences that help increase fidelity and deliver a high-quality cinematic action-adventure experience that meets player demands.
Like the new "The Witcher", the new "Tomb Raider" has not announced other specific news at present, including the game's setting, background, gameplay, etc. are still unknown; the new "Tomb" new work is not a direct continuation of the reboot trilogy or classic series in terms of plot. It is estimated that it will have to wait a few more years before it can be officially released.
Hellblade 2
Ninja Theory's Hellblade 2 confirmed in June 2020 that it will use Unreal Engine 5, and they will use the power of Xbox Series X to bring the Hellblade series to unprecedented heights. The game is set in Iceland in the 9th century, and the development team also made a special trip to Iceland to collect materials, scan and draw Icelandic terrain data. They also worked closely with Epic to create in-game character models using the next-gen Unreal 5 engine.
Juan Fernández, the battle designer of Hellblade 2, also praised the convenience of Unreal Engine 5, and even if he wasn't good at writing C++ with Visual Studio, he could easily adjust the game elements and system. He believes that hellblade 2 is of very high quality and has made great strides in combat gameplay.
Legendary new work
In January 2022, South Korea's Entertainment Virtue Corporation announced that it was developing a new Legend of Ymir game, featuring Unreal Engine 5, the first time they had developed a next-generation spec MMORPG game. At the time, the authorities also showed a video with some high-definition scenes and character modeling of a blonde female character, and the game is still in its early stages of development.
They plan to use the power of Unreal Engine 5 to create a visually stunning game, with high-definition upgrades to texture maps; the game will still feature PvP gameplay, and the background setting is Norse mythology, and too many details have not been announced.
Dragon Quest 12
SE announced the new game "Dragon Quest 12: Flames of Destiny" at last year's "Dragon Quest" 35th anniversary live event, which will be more mature and more adult-oriented, following the command battle system, and the current story of the game is ready.
Dragon Quest 12 is under development on Unreal Engine 5, and the development team is facing some new challenges. They were still hiring when the game was first announced, and they made a prototype of a combat system that they thought would be fun. At present, the real machine demonstration video has not been released.
Stalker 2
Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl, developed by GSC Game World, announced the use of Unreal Engine 5 in August 2021, and the official has also shown a lot of screenshots of the game, which looks very good. At the same time, the game will also use body and face motion capture technology, photographic mapping technology, ray tracing technology.
In Stalker 2, players take on the role of stalkers who act alone, exploring a lifelike and realistic open world in a 64-square-kilometer radiation area, and the various environments on the map will reflect the devastation of the post-apocalyptic atmosphere from different angles. Choose your development path in the epic chapters with high freedom of branching, travel through the radiation zone, find your own home, and decide the future fate of human society. The game is currently scheduled to go on sale on December 9.
Ark 2
2017's ARK: Survival Evolved is popular with sandbox survival players, and it's been rolling out updates for years. Production team Studio Wildcard is now also working on a sequel, Ark 2, which will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 for the next-generation gaming experience.
ARK 2 will still be a multiplayer sandbox survival game, also with dinosaur elements, and will land on PCs and next-generation consoles. It takes place after the ARK: Survival Evolved Genesis: Part II event, where the player needs to survive on a new planet. The release date of the sequel is currently not public.
Redfall
Redfall is an open-world co-op shooter developed by Arkane Austin Studios, a team that has produced games such as Predator and Humiliation, with handcrafted worlds and creative gameplay mechanics.
In Redfall, an island city is besieged by vampires, the entire island is isolated from the outside world, and several survivors need to hunt vampires in the dark. These vampires are the product of a misinspective and evolving, and in addition to them, players will face some human enemies who have lost their minds in order to join the vampire army.
Layer upon layer of fear for new works
Blueber Team, the developer of the first-person psychological horror game Layers of Fear, has confirmed that the latest game in the series will also use Unreal Engine 5, which will still give players a creepy scene atmosphere, and more realistic scene details and item textures will also be more chilling.
Interestingly, some of the content shown before the new "Layers of Fear" looked more like the 1st generation of "Layers of Fear" than the 2nd generation. This may make players happy, as many players believe that the overall effect of generation 2 is not as good as that of generation 1. The developers say that "layers of fear" mean a lot to their team, helping them to continue to grow and develop and achieve technological breakthroughs. Now with more experience, they will return to the series.
In addition, there are many, many other new games that have confirmed the use of Unreal Engine 5, such as Gears of War developer Coolid, Team Clout's ILL, Myrkur Games' Echoes of the End, TeamKill Media's Quantum Error, ETLOK Studios' Into The Echo, XLGames' ArcheAge 2. SE's Kingdom Hearts 4 will also be migrated to Unreal Engine 5 in the future. Some of the new games that have not yet been officially announced by other major players are said to use Unreal 5. It looks like Unreal Engine 5 could lead the way in a new wave of gaming.