
Fortnite confirmed super-early for next-gen consoles, ‘not a new version of Fortnite’.Epic’s launching a service to give any game Fortnite-style cross-play across seven platforms.Devs can make use of as much or as little of Epic Online Services as they need, as the services are modular and can be mixed and matched.
The tech includes solutions for building “lobbies, matchmaking, peer-to-peer connectivity, player data storage, achievements and stats, leaderboards, game analytics, and player ticketing”, as well as providing account services like “cross-platform accounts, login, friends, and presence”. Epic debuts free Online Services to help devs build cross-platform, cross-play games. Devs using Unreal Engine won’t owe Epic royalties on a game’s first $1 million. Epic’s next-gen bid to knock down the walled garden. Epic reveals next-gen Unreal Engine 5 tech running on PlayStation 5. The demo shows off “hundreds” of objects at once and maintains a smooth framerate on PS5. Epic says that the engine uses 8K textures, and “millions of triangles of source technology in each frame, for roughly 20 million drawn triangles.” Their main goal is “to achieve photorealism on par with movie CG and real life,” but also maintain a high framerate and performance
Epic unveils Unreal Engine 5 and ‘Nanite’ technology with live PlayStation 5 footage.