The update is available now on the Epic Games launcher and GitHub. Check out the official forum thread for more details about the fixes included.

Submit your proposal here before 11:59 PM PDT on May 22, 2024. Speakers will receive free hotel accommodation and a free pass for the event, which is scheduled to take place September 30—October 3, 2024. Venue and other info to be announced.

Get your tickets here. The early bird discount is over, so passes are now $350. Additionally, the full session schedule is now available, so you can see all the topics that will be covered. I think the most compelling talk listed is "The Unfeatured Features of Unreal Engine in 2024" by Chris Murphy. That one is bound to be full of useful tips and tools you didn't know existed!

Early bird tickets for Unreal Fest Prague 2024 will be available until April 23 at a discounted rate of $298. After that, tickets will cost $350. The ticket is valid for the full two-day conference and covers access to all sessions, mixers, meals, and the Unreal Fest Party. Get your tickets here.

The preview build is available to download from the Epic Games launcher and GitHub. You may have to update or restart the launcher for the new build to appear.

⚠️ Preview builds are still under heavy and active development, and are therefore considered unstable. If you want to test an existing project, I highly recommend making a copy first.

• Official forum thread
• Product roadmap
• Issues fixed in 5.4

Epic has announced that the launcher will no longer support Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 32-bit starting in June 2024. Users on these operating systems can continue to use the launcher after this date, but will no longer receive updates.

In order to continue receiving updates, you will need to be running Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 11, or macOS 10.13 or higher.

Epic Games has revealed the details of the new pricing model for non-game industries that was first announced at Unreal Fest 2023. The new pricing will roll out in late April alongside Unreal Engine 5.4.

I highly recommend reading the official blog post for all the details, nuances, and FAQs, but here are the key points you need to know:

• Nothing is changing for game developers
• Starting with Unreal Engine 5.4, eligible companies* who are not creating games will need to pay a new subscription priced at $1,850 per seat annually. This subscription includes Unreal Engine 5.4+, Twinmotion, and RealityCapture.
• The subscription does not include Epic Direct Support via UDN, which will be available to studios purchasing more than ten seats for an additional $1,500 per seat annually.
• If you're not ready to upgrade and pay the subscription, you can continue to use previous versions under the existing licensing terms.
• You will be able to subscribe to Twinmotion or RealityCapture individually at $445 per seat annually and $1,250 per seat annually, respectively.
• Unreal Engine 5.4, Twinmotion, and RealityCapture will remain free to use if you're a student, educator, hobbyist, or if your company earns less than $1 million in annual gross revenue.

*You are required to pay for seats if your company generates over $1 million in annual gross revenue, does not create games, and does not create applications that are licensed to third-party end users and rely on Unreal Engine code at runtime.

It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of March. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

Modular Medieval Town with Interior

Wily Pumpkin

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Ultimate Farming

CropCraft Studios

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DLC In Blueprints V3

Komodobit Games

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Primitive Characters

Bugrimov Maksim

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Renovation Simulator

Manudog

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It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of February. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

Replicated Building System

Atlas Studio

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Stylized Modular Crystal Mine

Scale 3D

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Fantasy Interior Environment

Leartes Studios

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Stats & Achievements Integration

Artur

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Advanced CRT TV - VCR - VHS Effects

CemTezcan

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In response to an X post by UEFN developer Warforge, Tim Sweeney stated that Verse is not coming to Unreal Engine 5 in 2024. Perhaps more intriguing, Tim also offered a rare glimpse into his vision for Unreal Engine 6.

For now, it seems, Tim will be ready to increase the version number when UE5 supports not only Verse, but the ability to more readily contribute to an ecosystem of Fortnite-like experiences, ushered in by new standards and technologies as yet seen.

It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of January. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

Clouds & Skies

Leeyo Atelier

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Gathering Resources - Advanced System

sizzoNNz

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Ithris Cemetery

Rasmus Bagner

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Line of Sight Dynamic Mesh

BarushColi

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Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1

Denys Rutkovskyi

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The announcements were made during an Inside Unreal livestream on November 30 – VOD available here. Since the list was not published elsewhere following the stream, and Epic is on holiday break until January 7, 2024, here is a list of all the winners along with links (or UEFN island codes) to their projects.

Best Overall - UE

• 1st place - Rolling Back
• 2nd place - Neo-Siege
• 3rd place - The Lost Slipper

Best Overall - UEFN

• 1st place - Time Heist (Island Code: 9430-2471-5714)
• 2nd place - The Oregon Trek (Island Code: 7356-5730-2460)
• 3rd place - Rail Riders (Can someone help me find the island code for this one?)

Best Overall - Student

• 1st place - Solaris
• 2nd place - Dawn at Sea: A Tale of Time (Island Code: 9017-6800-0913)
• 3rd place - Galactic Pizza Run

Modifiers

• Army of One - Lamp Lighter
• Edge of Reality - Photochronogrammetry
• Audio Experience - Solaris
• Make Us Go Wow! (Photoreal) - Format Wars
• Make Us Go Wow! (Stylized) - Railroad Roony
• Use It or Lose It - Plasma Lance
• Character Animation (Puppeteer) - Fat Elvis
• Make Your Move - The Yellow Robot
• Double Trouble - Timoria
• Left to Your Own Devices - MegaSenet (Island Code: 1126-7559-9109)
• Speed of Light - Light Signal

Your wallet isn't safe yet: Epic is closing out 2023 with the Marketplace Holiday Sale. Over 24,000 assets are up to 70% off until December 31, 2023 11:59 PM EST.

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Microsoft has reported four vulnerabilities in Perforce Helix Server, a popular version control system in the game industry – and one many of you probably use at work.

It's worth reading the article if you're interested in the nature of the vulnerabilities, their severity, and how they were discovered. Otherwise, just make sure your Perforce admin updates Perforce Server to version 2023.1/2513900 as soon as possible to patch the vulnerabilities. You can download the latest version here.

Hat tip to @mastercoms over on our Discord server.

It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of December. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

LUSH: Stylized Environment Set

PolyPeak 3D

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Modular Victorian Gouse

ZhenyaChistovsky

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Greek Island

Scale 3D

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Easy Combo Buffering

BP Systems

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Procedural NPC Crowds V2

Komodobit Games

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The sale spans three platforms: Unreal Engine Marketplace, ArtStation, and Sketchfab.

Thousands of assets across all three stores are up to 70% off until December 3, 2023 11:59 PM EST. Browse the sale at each store below.

Unreal Marketplace
ArtStation Marketplace
Sketchfab

It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of November. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

Modular Gothic/Fantasy Environment

Stormcrow Studios

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Low Poly Town

PolyArt3D

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Grocery Store Props Collection

JessyStorm's Assets

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Survivors Roguelike - Multiplayer Game Template

Monster Tooth Studios

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Defender: Animated Dialogue System

Game Dev Voyager

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The trial started this morning, and The Verge is liveblogging it right here if you want to follow the proceedings.

In 2020, Epic Games filed civil antitrust lawsuits against Apple and Google, arguing that their respective iOS and Android app stores were unlawful monopolies. Epic v. Apple already had its day in court, and now, more than 3 years later, Epic v. Google has finally gone to trial.

The outcome of this trial may have significant implications for the future of Android. If Epic has their way, Google will make it easier to use third-party app stores, sideload apps, and use non-Google payment processors, which would open the door to many new options for Unreal developers who publish on Android.

The seller spotlight sale lasts until October 21, 2023 at 9:00 AM ET.

My favorite is Medieval Fantasy Ruins - Dark Forest Environment. It's a perfect setting for a horror game, complete with a dark swamp and a ruined crypt.

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Today, Epic Games is launching the Epic First Run program they announced back in August. At the same time, they announced another, similar program – Now On Epic – that incentivizes developers to bring their back catalogs to the Epic Games Store. Both programs are opt-in and offer ways to temporarily boost your revenue share from 88% to 100%. Here's a brief rundown of how they both work.

Epic First Run

• Earn 100% revenue share for 6 months in exchange for Epic Games Store exclusivity
• Open to developers and publishers with eligible products launching on or after October 16, 2023
• Participating developers must launch exclusively on Epic Games Store and remain exclusive for 6 months
• Revenue share returns to 88%/12% when the exclusivity period ends

Now On Epic

• Earn 100% revenue share for 6 months in exchange for bringing your back catalog to Epic Games Store
• Open to developers and publishers with eligible products launched on another third-party PC storefront or subscription service before October 31, 2023
• Eligible products will receive 100% revenue share for their first 6 months on the Epic Games Store
• Revenue share returns to 88%/12% after 6 months
• If you have three or more eligible products, you must bring at least three of them to Epic Games Store
• If you have less than three, you must bring all of them
• You must enroll before December 31, 2024
• All eligible products must be released on the Epic Games Store before June 30, 2025

You can watch the opening session along with livestream recordings from all 3 days of the conference. For now, the livestreams are only grouped by day. So, for example, if you want to watch a session that was streamed on day 1, you have to find which of the 3 livestreams it was part of and seek to the session you want in the video.

Epic will eventually release separate recordings of nearly all the sessions from the event, including the ones that were not livestreamed.

View the opening session and livestream recordings

Narrated by Erik Peterson from the Steam business team, the video walks through all the different ways Steam chooses what games to show to players, including a break down of which sections of the store are curated vs. algorithmic/personalized.

Highly recommended for anyone who has published or wants to publish a game on Steam; especially independent developers who are working on publishing their first game.

It's that time of month again! All of the assets below are free to download from the Unreal Marketplace for the month of October. I recommend grabbing everything, even if you don't need it — you might someday.

Dreamscape Nature : Tower - Stylized Open World Environment

Polyart Studio

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Deep Elder Caves

Alexander Sychov

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Gladiator Arena Environment Kit

Denys Rutkovskyi

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EP Master Materials

A-Mod Studio

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NPC Optimizator - Automatic optimize NPC for your game

Space Raccoon Game Studio

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The tab looks to be a way for them to share tentative plans for features they are working on without committing to a specific version or ship date. The tab features a prominent disclaimer:

This board reflects some of our current Unreal Engine development paths and we intend to update it regularly. This is not a commitment on which release or date any features could ship. All plans are tentative and subject to change without notice.

There's a lot of interesting stuff here, like a next-generation terrain solution, UMG style sheets, and a design overhaul for the conten browser.

Take a look for yourself. Worth bookmarking!

The hotfix comes with dozens of fixes. Check out [their forum thread](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/5-3-1-hotfix-released/1314082) for all the details.

Update: Unfortunately, this event has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. Once we confirm a new date and time, we will let you all know. Apologies for the late notice.

We're collaborating with Epic Games to bring you another Community Q&A! This time our guests will be Snowcastle Games, an independent game studio from Oslo, Norway. They will be talking about their experience in the industry, working in art and design, and how they transitioned to Unreal Engine in their day-to-day workflows.

Bring your questions tomorrow at 9:00 AM Pacific Time in our Discord server.

See you there!

Come join us for a surprise Epic Office Hours on our Discord server!

To help you prepare for the Epic MegaJam, some UE evangelists will be hanging out with us here, talking about how to get started with Unreal, and doing Q&A for you all. All you have to do is join the server and click the green Join Now button at the top of the app. It should take you straight to the event.

Hope to see you there!

Damn. Can you believe it's been around for that long? Anyway, the sale ends September 4, 2023 8:59 PM Pacific Time, so don't miss out on the deals.

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