AMANDA: Hey, everyone!
This week, we welcome What Remains of Edith Finch to the
Unreal Marketplace Collection!
Following the content releases for Paragon and Infinity Blade,
we are excited to announce our partnership with Giant Sparrow
and Annapurna Interactive as the first in a series of new, free
content coming to the Marketplace from teams across the community.
This exclusive collection features over 3,000 stylized environment
models, props, materials, and more from the BAFTA Award-winning title!
Download all ten new packs from the Marketplace today!
Are you ready to jam?
The 2020 Epic MegaJam is coming to a computer near you on Friday,
December 4 with a special Iivestream to kick off the festivities.
The week-long game jam features new modifier categories, such as
Genre Bash and Procedural Magicians, and generous prizes from Falcon
Northwest, Intel, Microsoft and more.
Pop over to the official 2020 Epic MegaJam Itch.io page to see
the full list of prizes, contest details, and get signed up!
This week we hosted Unreal Build: Virtual Production, featuring
speakers and industry pioneers from across film and television.
If you missed the live show—or would like to watch the magic over
again—head to the Unreal Engine YouTube channel for panels and
sessions with Academy award-winning director Robert Zemeckis, VFX
supervisor Kevin Baillie, Epic Games’ Connie Kennedy, ‘The Mandalorian”
art director Andrew Jones and more!
And in the middle of all that, we’re celebrating the arrival of next-gen
consoles with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and S and the Sony PlayStation 5!
Hear from Ember Lab’s Mike Grier, Chump Squad’s Gwen Frey, and Epic
Games’ Zak Parrish as they share their perspective on the future
of game development with game journalist Brian Crecente on The
Pulse—now on our YouTube channel.
Discover how GEISTT AB is helping Swedish auto manufacturer Scania
improve performance and safety in everything from AI parking
systems to advanced features for timber truck drivers.
In the spotlight, read more about how real-time simulations are testing
HMI prototypes for new and existing generations of heavy vehicles.
And next week, visit with the Unreal team at our virtual booth
during Autodesk University, a totally free, online event!
Prepare your questions, as you’ll have a chance to pick
an Epic brain at the show.
Head over to the Unreal Engine feed to find out about the
sessions we’ll be participating in and then register to attend!
And now to give a shout-out to this week's top karma earners:
Everynone, LogierJan, Detach789, ClockworkOcean, Shadowriver,
T_Sumisaki, Irakli, mightyenigma, EvilCleric, and BenVlodgi.
The first spotlight this week is a peaceful scene called The
Shrine of the Lost Children, created by Vincent Letang.
Inspired by shrines throughout Japan, this beautiful scene is Letang’s
first environment in Unreal Engine.
Head over to their ArtStation page and share your feedback!
We’d also like to introduce you to the YouTube series “Make
Games with Katie.” Katie is creating easy-to-understand
tutorials for new Unreal creators.
If you’re just getting started or have friends who are, make sure to
check out Katie’s YouTube channel!
Last up, explore a massive open world in Mortal Online
2, the sequel to Star Vault’s first-person sandbox MMORPG.
Follow your own path, but danger lurks around every
corner in this fully PvP world!
Checkout Mortal Online 2 on Steam!
Thanks for watching this week's News and Community Spotlight.