{"id":554563,"date":"2026-03-11T16:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:42:13","slug":"unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Unreal Engine 5 and The Matrix Awakens available to download now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nAfter its game-changing reveal on PlayStation 5 and following a period of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2021-unreal-engine-5-hands-on-with-epics-next-gen-technology\">early access<\/a>, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for general download. In combination with the release, Epic is releasing a cut-down, Keanu-free rendition of the remarkable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2021-inside-the-matrix-awakens-previewing-the-future-of-gaming-graphics\">The Matrix Awakens demo<\/a> alongside a sample game project to experiment with, called Lyra. UE5&#8217;s release takes centre stage in today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/en-US\/events\/state-of-unreal\">State of Unreal virtual event<\/a>, and we&#8217;re told to expect a range of tech deep dives surrounding the technology alongside the launch of the engine itself.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUE5 takes the established Unreal Engine 4.27 and adds full support for a number of key next generation technologies. We&#8217;ve already seen these in action, of course. Lumen is Epic&#8217;s take on a fully real-time global illumination solution, eliminating the need to rely on static, pre-calculated &#8216;baked&#8217; lighting, leaning into hardware accelerated ray tracing where appropriate. Nanite is UE5&#8217;s virtualised micro-polygon technology, delivering incredibly granular detail from assets of motion picture quality and the elimination of geometry &#8216;pop-in&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe demands of these systems are such that native rendering at 4K resolution is not feasible on today&#8217;s game consoles and that ties into another key feature: Temporal Super Resolution. Recently seen for the first time in a non-UE5 title &ndash; Ghostwire: Tokyo &ndash; TSR is the best software-based temporal upscaling solution we&#8217;ve seen to date. In upscaling from a native 1080p to 4K &ndash; a 2x resolution boost on both axes &ndash; the quality is comparable (if not quite as good as) Nvidia&#8217;s DLSS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2022-unreal-engine-5-and-the-matrix-awakens-available-to-download-now\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After its game-changing reveal on PlayStation 5 and following a period of early access, Unreal Engine 5 is finally available for general download. In combination with the release, Epic is releasing a cut-down, Keanu-free rendition of the remarkable The Matrix Awakens demo alongside a sample game project to experiment with, called Lyra. UE5&#8217;s release takes centre stage in today&#8217;s State of Unreal virtual event, and we&#8217;re told to expect a range of tech deep dives surrounding the technology alongside the launch of the engine itself. UE5 takes the established Unreal Engine 4.27 and adds full support for a number of key next generation technologies. We&#8217;ve already seen these in action, of course. 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