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Unreal Engine often gets flak for games running poorly or stuttering, but as Avowed demonstrates, it's really about how devs use it and the pressures of time
By Nick Evanson published
Unreal expectations Don't blame the tools. Or the tool makers. Or the tool users.

Epic talks shop about stuttering in games that use its Unreal Engine and offers solutions to the problem
By Nick Evanson last updated
news To precache or to bundle your PSOs, that is the question. Fortunately, Epic has the answer, too.

A Fortnite player wondered why there was 'mold' in their game: turns out it's a texture Tim Sweeney added to Unreal Engine in 1995
By Tyler Wilde published
news "It's still there and shows up when a programmer forgets to specify a texture."

Unreal Engine 5.5’s MegaLights allows devs to use "orders of magnitude more" light sources—even on older hardware
By Jess Kinghorn published
News Even shinier, but perhaps not even more demanding.

The new Unity 6 game engine demo looks spectacular but is it enough to convince developers to return?
By Nick Evanson published
news Professional game makers care very much about how Unity operates as a business these days.

There are increased reports of crashing in Unreal Engine games, etc. and Epic is blaming Intel chips
By Nick Evanson published
news Power-hungry, high-clocked CPUs can be a tad unstable if they're not given the right BIOS settings.

Inkle's scripting language, Ink, has Unreal integration thanks to Bloodlines 2 developers The Chinese Room
By Jody Macgregor published
News One less reason to use Unity.

Epic Games is laying off more than 800 people: 'We've been spending way more money than we earn'
By Andy Chalk published
news The cuts come on the same day that Epic announced a Fortnite V-bucks price increase.
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