It was lately confirmed that the Nanite and Lumen know-how for Unreal Engine 5 can be supported on each PS5 and Xbox Series X.
This information is par for the course, clearly, but it surely’s nonetheless price formally confirming, particularly provided that Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney himself lately tweeted about Unreal Engine 5’s multi-platform availability and assist. Check out the tweet under.
The Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5 was the end result of years of discussions between Sony and Epic on future graphics and storage architectures.
The Nanite and Lumen tech powering it will likely be totally supported on each PS5 and Xbox Series X and can be superior on each.
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) May 15, 2020
“The Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5 was the culmination of years of discussions between Sony and Epic on future graphics and storage architectures,” Sweeney wrote. “The Nanite and Lumen tech powering it will be fully supported on both PS5 and Xbox Series X and will be awesome on both.”
Sweeney confirmed in a later tweet that high-end PCs would even be supported, and that “features for scaling the content down to run on current generation platforms using traditional rendering and lighting techniques” can be made available.
Unfortunately, Commodore 64 is not going to be supported.
* Commodore 64 is not going to be supported
— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) May 15, 2020
Also, Sweeney has confirmed that the notorious Volumetric Dog is below “super secret NDA.” Braid and The Witness dev Jonathan Blow reckons that with all of the Fortnite cash Epic has, it ought to spend money on hiring a full-time staffer to “make Volumetric Dog a reality.” Instead, Epic continues to work on volumetric fog, which is considerably extra boring and fewer healthful.
Tim, with all that Fortnite cash, you could possibly at the very least arrange one individual full-time to make Volumetric Dog a actuality.
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow) May 15, 2020
Some issues price noting: for those who’re changing into more and more pissed off with Call of Duty’s each day 10-terabyte updates, you’ll be happy to know that Epic is keeping game sizes in mind with Unreal Engine 5’s Nanite tech. Keen to see it in motion? Check out nine minutes of Unreal Engine 5 running on PS5. Although it’s a tech demo, it was confirmed that the footage proven is totally playable.
Speaking of PS5, it appears to be like like a whole lot of PlayStation games could be revealed next month. Meanwhile, Halo Infinite is set to make an appearance during the Xbox reveal in July.
