PlayStation and Xbox are ready to unveil their next generation of consoles later this year, and the promotion has been going slow and steady. Just in, Epic Games has come up with this demo of the Unreal Engine 5 on the PlayStation 5, and it looks amazing.
Check it out:
This is actually the short version of the trailer. If you want a more in-depth look you can check out the full demo here:
Unreal Engine 5 empowers artists to achieve unprecedented levels of detail and interactivity and brings these capabilities within practical reach of teams of all sizes through highly productive tools and content libraries.
Join Technical Director of Graphics Brian Karis and Special Projects Art Director Jerome Platteaux (filmed in March 2020) for an in-depth look at "Lumen in the Land of Nanite" - a real-time demonstration running live on PlayStation 5 showcasing two new core technologies that will debut in UE5: Nanite virtualized micro polygon geometry, which frees artists to create as much geometric detail as the eye can see, and Lumen, a fully dynamic global illumination solution that immediately reacts to scene and light changes.
The system is also said to be taking elements from Unreal Engine 4.5 as well, such as Chaos physics and destruction, enhancements to audio and animation, and Niagra VFX improvements.
If anything, this feels like the first part of a build-up to a bigger reveal. We don’t know exactly when Sony plans to officially unveil the PS5, but they’ll probably do it sometime in June, around the intended date for E3 2020.
No solid release date has been set for the PlayStation 5, but it’s expected to be available sometime later in the holiday season.
You can find more games on our PlayStation 5 Games list.