UNREAL ENGINE 4.10 RELEASED
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Unreal Engine 4.10 is now available with hundreds of additions, including 53 contributions from the talented community via GitHub! Developers now have improved stability, lots of fixes, and updates to nearly every supported platform. 4.10 ships with new iOS and Android rendering features and scalability improvements, as well as the new VR rendering optimizations Epic made while developing Bullet Train. Read more here.
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EPIC + ChAIR + J.J. ABRAMS + BAD ROBOT = SPYJiNX
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Epic’s studio ChAIR is collaborating with J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Interactive on a new game for PC and mobile, SPYJiNX, which blends action strategy gameplay, dynamic world building and RPG character development – all set in a thrilling, treacherous world of espionage. Sign-ups for the closed beta are open.
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THE MAKING OF UNREAL TOURNAMENT’S TITAN PASS
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Epic has revealed the final episode in the video series diving into the creation of the new Titan Pass Capture the Flag level for Unreal Tournament. In this making-of video, Epic’s developers show how a rough sketch for CTF-Outside became the fully realized and playable Titan Pass level. Find out more here. Be sure to check out first and second episodes if you missed them!
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UNREAL EVENTS
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Epic has posted all of the sessions from last week’s Unreal Engine 4 for Mobile Developers event held at GitHub headquarters in San Francisco on YouTube. Furthermore, Epic has announced its plans for the Montreal International Game Summit (MIGS), which kicks off this Sunday, here.
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TODAY ON TWITCH: PRESENTING UNREAL MATCH 3
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Back in July, Epic held a series of “Match 3” training livestreams, showcasing how to build a Match 3 game using C++ and Blueprints. Good news! The team has extended the sample game into a standalone app, which soon will be shared with the world. Unreal Match 3 is well-documented in order to help developers learn things like making gameplay logic, handling multiple screen sizes, implementing in-app purchases for iOS and Android, and supporting achievements, leaderboards and more. Spoiler alert: Unreal Match 3 is quite addicting.
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In addition to covering Unreal Match 3 today on Twitch, the November Game Jam theme will be announced! Viewers can share questions here and tune in at 11am PT / 2pm ET at twitch.tv/unrealengine.
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