TL;DR: Unreal Engine 5 revolutionized game development with advanced technologies like Lumen and Nanite, but many UE5-powered games in 2025 face performance and optimization issues across platforms.

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney has blamed developers for issues with games made in Unreal Engine 5, stating the "main cause is the order of development". A number of games developed with UE5 released recently ...

Unreal Engine 5 performance issues aren't the fault of Epic, but instead down to developers prioritising "top-tier hardware," says CEO of Epic, Tim Sweeney. This misplaced focus ultimately leaves ...

Picture, if you would, the very first video games that were ever made. We’re talking old-school arcades and early Atari titles. Think about what it was like to not only play them, but what it was like ...

VALORANT is entering its Unreal Engine 5 Era. / Riot Games; Unreal Engine via Website Since Patch 11.02 applies its effects broadly across the entire Agent pool, it won't result in any particular ...

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CD Projekt RED has released a new cinematic trailer and technical demonstration of The Witcher IV as part of State of Unreal 2025. The demonstration is running on a base PlayStation 5 at 60 frames per ...

Epic Games and CD Projekt have shown off a stunning tech demo of The Witcher 4 running on Unreal Engine 5. Epic’s State of Unreal 2025 event revealed a technical demo showing off "some of the ...

A new Valorant map launches later this month, followed by the Unreal 5 upgrade in July and replays in September. A new Valorant map launches later this month, followed by the Unreal 5 upgrade in July ...

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Puzzle Portal sicko beats the game with 'switched' wall textures so no surface is where it's meant to be, creating a whole new puzzling challenge in the process Third Person Shooter 'Costume designer, ...

Stalker 2 has made me look back and realize that maybe it was a mistake to make Epic Games' Unreal Engine 5 become an industry standard for the next decade. Sure, GSC Game World's big comeback ...