Lumen, VSMs—UE5 has ushered in the next wave of lighting tools for game devs. So how can students/educators start taking advantage of them? Find out today in this free overview.

Find out how to start incorporating Unreal Engine into your curriculum with the latest iteration of Epic Games’ Unreal Learning Kit that teaches students about physics animation in a fun way.

Join us February 13-17 for a week dedicated to students, educators, and future masters of the Unreal Engine ecosystem. We’ll have live Q&As, fresh learning materials, new Spotlights, and much more. Have a look!

Learn how to create authentic characters for your game in this new course that focuses on self-expression, storytelling, and understanding character design principles.

We’ve assembled some of the most impressive 2022 MegaGrants projects for you to check out. Social good games, Smart MetaHumans, digital twins—see why MegaGrants recipients are stunning market after market with their fresh takes on real-time tech.

Check out this year’s Student Showcase sizzle to see some of the best Unreal Engine projects from students around the world! 

Prepare your students for the future of real-time rendering with Unreal Engine 5’s new Nanite technology. They’ll never have to worry about subdividing meshes, kitbashing, or counting polygons again!

You don’t need to be technical to teach Unreal Engine! Learn how to bring interactive 3D into your classroom in our new video series, as we explore everything from getting your administration on board to free resources, made just for you.

As pioneering creatives continue to embrace game engine technology, Humber College has given students from different disciplines an opportunity to use Unreal Engine to shed light on important issues in our society.

Fractured memories, cozy cabins, ice monsters—Unreal Engine students left no creative stone unturned during this year’s Rookie Award submissions. See what earned top honors inside. 

The real-time revolution is here and educators will need to teach students with the tools of the future, thankfully we’re coming to ITSE June 26-29 to help you do just that.

Educators around the globe are incorporating Unreal Engine, Twinmotion, and Fortnite Creative into their lesson plans—giving students access to new careers in advertising, architecture, gaming, and more. Want to follow in their footsteps? Sign up for our Unreal Educator Accelerator program today.

Learn how to code and train virtual robots for sumo battles, autonomous decisions, and more all from the comfort of your home, as you get a grasp on the same engineering and physics concepts that make robotics such a powerful teaching tool.

We just talked to three experts from film, TV, and games about what gets people hired in their industries. Get tips on everything from portfolio building to the ways to hone your mental edge inside.

Do you have real-time skills, but find your job search is going in slow motion? Look no further. Watch our new webinar for tips on how to land your dream job with experts from some of the biggest game, TV & film, and animation studios in the world.

We’re thankful to have been able to accelerate the incredible work of over 1,600 teams and creators through Epic MegaGrants. From a VR-ready cycling experience and medical imaging tools to feature films, this group of recipients are shepherding some amazing projects. More inside!

Calling all employers! The next generation of Unreal Engine worldbuilders are firing on all cylinders. See what students have been cooking up in our latest showcase reel.

Interested in creating immersive worlds for films and games? What about helping surgeons learn to operate, or informing the design of new cities? If the answer is ‘Yes,’ then maybe becoming an environment artist is a good choice for you.

Learn how to start incorporating interactive 3D into your classroom today. From navigating the UI to understanding Blueprints, this course offers a great primer for secondary educators who want to prepare students for the real-time job market.

Virtual production is rapidly changing how the film/TV industries tell stories. But where do you begin when designing a curriculum? Experts from Digital Domain, Framestore, SCAD, SIRT, and more weigh in on the tech and techniques needed to train the next generation of VP artists.

Game frameworks, pickup sets, vehicles, dialog systems—each asset was chosen to help educators teach game design in a more interesting way. But act quickly, some of these deals end next week.

We’re throwing an education celebration on October 25-29 and you’re invited. We have career and portfolio tips, project breakdowns, special livestreams, student/educator interviews, and exclusive learning resources coming your way. See the full schedule inside.

Check out the new features and tools that make it easier to work on large open worlds in Unreal Engine 5. With a bird’s-eye overview of World Partition, One File Per Actor, and more, you’ll have everything you need to start creating your own open world games.

We asked 1,000 artists if they wanted to learn Unreal Engine in four weeks, and boy, did they ever! Feast your eyes on some of the incredible projects that came out of Escape’s most ambitious bootcamp to date.

In this feature video, we’ll take a look at Modular Game Features, a system that lets you inject new content and experiences into your game via a plugin architecture. This allows you to add features without having to create new dependencies within the core game. 

The Full Body Inverse Kinematic (FBIK) feature in Unreal Engine 5  allows you to construct IK in Control Rig with a high degree of control and flexibility. In this feature video, we show you how to create a 100% procedural animated character with a highly modular setup.

This explosive 30 minute development demonstration walks newcomers through some of the cool features of MetaSounds and how to go about implementing them in their own projects.

Lumen is the result of years of research at Epic to bring real-time Global Illumination and reflections to Unreal Engine. In this video, we'll show what it is, talk about its features, and walk you through a high-level overview of how it works.

Hold students’ attention using one of the most popular games in the world. With our free Fortnite Creative lesson plans, you can explore science, design, and history concepts using a dynamic game environment.

Nanite allows for millions of poly models to be rendered effortlessly in real time. But how does it work? In this feature video, we show you everything you need to know about working with high-res assets in real-time projects.

Ninja Theory artist by day, animator by night, Tobias Noller explains how he crafted an 11-second short with Unreal Engine 5 Early Access and MetaHuman Creator.

Explore the basics of Unreal Engine and virtual production with two syllabuses already being taught at a university level. Enjoy practical assignments and ideas that will make it easier to roadmap a new class or update one already in motion.

Educators, you have questions. We have answers! Download our new guide today to learn everything you want to know about Unreal Engine 5 Early Access, including when to start incorporating it into your classroom.

Explore seven new lesson plans that show students how to explore what goes into a great design—from initial concept to final visuals—using Twinmotion and interactive 3D.

Join a new animation challenge built entirely around Unreal Engine! Create something special with 11 seconds of audio and our fully rigged MetaHumans, and you might just win a Dell Precision Mobile Workstation.

We tested an idea for a new virtual production course, threw in an ArtStation challenge, and were blown away by what these VFX pros were able to create in just five weeks.

In our new learning pathway, you’ll see how global creative partner MediaMonks teams up with Oreo^TM to innovate and disrupt advertising production. Next, you'll create your own cookie commercial, swapping out product packaging, adjusting lighting and camera animation to create a realistic-looking TV ad.