Many major AAA titles this year made the move to Unreal Engine 5, and for a lot of them, perhaps not doing so would've resulted better.

S ince its launch, Epic's Unreal Engine 5 has indeed produced some visually striking games with hyperrealistic graphics, like Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2 and Still Wakes the Deep. However, most triple-A ...

Cox gave a lot of praise to the “advanced systems” that the engine had, and used both their knowledge of Italy and other ...

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 ...

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater is a remake of the classic 2004 game, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5. Early reviews present framerate drops and performance issues on PS5 and PS5 Pro. Fans are upset ...

Five years have already passed since the release of Valorant, Riot Games’ answer to Counter-Strike. As a competitive esports title, optimization over raw graphics has always been a priority, but even ...

Riot moved Valorant to Unreal Engine 5.3 in patch 11.02 to show progress, but it seems like the wrong move at the wrong time. On paper, the switch is a big deal—faster patching, smaller install size ...

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 ...