Epic Games has released the first preview for its new Unreal Engine 5.6, promising "vast, high-fidelity open worlds with maximum performance. The latest iteration of the popular game engine, used in the likes of Oblivion Remastered, Inzoi, Avowed, Black Myth: Wukong, and Fortnite, promises to deliver "vast, high-fidelity open worlds with maximum performance" at a consistent 60fps along with powerful tools for developers to help in building large environments "faster than ever."
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Epic says that its new Unreal Engine 5.6 brings "vast, high-fidelity open worlds with maximum performance and consistent 60hz frame rates." It also includes the engine's "biggest and most powerful update yet to the animation authoring tool set," and "the ability to build expansive, high-fidelity worlds faster than ever."
Of course, it's important to note that this overhaul will only affect games that switch over to it, or MMORPG Ashes of Creation and automation sandbox Satisfactory have taken advantage of the performance boost from transitioning to newer versions of UE5 in the past, so it's possible they may look to do so again.
It's also worth stressing that this current version is just a preview build, and so any existing games are unlikely to be moved to UE 5.6 until the final release is made available. Nevertheless, if you've been running into any stutters and stumbles in your favorite games of late, this will certainly be good news.
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