Epic says more than half of all announced next-gen games are made on Unreal Engine
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Looks Cyberpunk-y. | Image: Epic Games Over half of all announced games for next-gen game consoles are being developed using Epic Games' Unreal Engine suite of developer tools, Epic VP of engineering Nick Penwarden said in an interview with The Verge.
While that's a small improvement from the previous 48 percent figure CEO Tim Sweeney shared in April at the launch of Unreal Engine 5, both numbers demonstrate the growing popularity of Unreal Engine for developing PS5 and Xbox Series X / S games. And it's perhaps not too surprising that the number is trending up given that both the PS5 and Xbox Series X / S are now two years old and much easier to buy.
Penwarden didn't specify how many developers are using which versions of Unreal Engine but noted he's been pleasantly...