During today's Unreal Engine 5 Welcome Stream, Chance Ivey and Galen Davis of Epic Games provided an in-depth look at UE5.

According to Epic, UE5 is packed with new features and workflows for game designers, developers, and artists. Some of the new features include:

While I'm here to reminisce about game development and get ready for some Early Access worldbuilding fun, many of you may be wondering what this means for the future of gaming.

This is the birth of a new generation of game engines and the successor to one of the most popular game engines today, Unreal Engine 4. It is likely to make game design workflows more integrated, collaborative, user-friendly, and much faster. When the time comes, we will make them promise it.

For more information, visit the Unreal blog. Also, if you want to learn more, check out our Early Access documentation.