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Hellblade 2 looks frighteningly real in new Unreal Engine 5 tech demoPlus, new looks at The Lords Of The Fallen, NCSOFT’s Project M, and a King Arthur RPG
Plus, new looks at The Lords Of The Fallen, NCSOFT’s Project M, and a King Arthur RPG
Epic Games held their State Of Unreal presentation last night, where they talked about the new tech coming to Unreal Engine 5.2, unveiledFortnite’s Creative 2.0mode, and debuted new looks at upcoming UE5-developed games such asSenua’s Saga: Hellblade 2. The first hack-and-slashing adventure already had pretty lifelike faces, but the spooky sequel is taking things a step further with some frighteningly realistic tech.
State of Unreal - Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II | GDC 2023Watch on YouTube
State of Unreal - Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II | GDC 2023
Senua’s actor Melina Juergens came on stage to debut Metahuman Animator - an upgrade to Epic’s digital human-building tech - and in just a few minutes, her expressive acting was transplanted onto a digital character. Some of the characters on-screen looked nothing like Jurgens. A stylized little boy mimicked her expressions to a tee, for instance. You can see it in action inthis video.
Other games on display included the kind-of-rebootThe Lords Of The Fallen, whichboastedits gorgeous dark fantasy environments. NCSOFT introduced a trailer forProject M, a Matrix-style action-adventure, although itsdebut trailerplays like a concept piece. Definitely one of the most tech demo-y trailers I’ve seen in a while. Finally, we haveKing Arthur: Legends Rise, a top-down, squad-based RPG that reimagines Arthurian legends, obviously. It’s “coming soon” toSteam.
