Unreal Engine 5 real-time demo looks incredible

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New footage of Unreal Engine 5 has been released running real-time on PlayStation 5 in a demo called Lumen in the Land of Nanite. The demo looks incredible and comes ever closer to blockbuster film-level CGI.

Strictly speaking this is not a PC demo, but the next generation of consoles will have a huge impact on cross-platform development and the games that also get released on PC. Just see our list of over 500+ PC games using the Unreal Engine 4 engine.

Check out the demo below:

 

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The first picture reminds me of the beginning of the Luminous Engine tech demo by Square Enix 8 years ago.

 

Unigine is also making some great strides, but they don't have Sony or Microsoft to do the marketing for them.

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The takeaway I get from this is that UE5 can look amazing and perform well in carefully crafted, demoscene-like scenarios, but the glut of developers will make games that look and run no better than previous generation tech.