During the State of Unreal 2026 presentation, streamed live from Chicago's Unreal Fest, Epic Games announced the launch of Unreal Engine 5.8 and also talked in depth about the upcoming Unreal Engine 6, first teased last month during the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris. Founder, CEO, and majority shareholder Tim Sweeney took the stage to explain that UE6 is about evolving how games are shipped and operated, not just improving rendering or world-building: The vision is that if you build things once in Unreal Engine 6, then you can have a game you can ship everywhere, including the […]

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Today, Chinese developer Eclipse Glow Games shared a new behind-the-scenes video about their upcoming single player fantasy action/adventure game, Tides of Annihilation. This video has a decidedly technical focus and reveals the studio's "deep technical partnership" with Unreal Engine maker Epic Games and NVIDIA to greatly improve the game's optimization. The previous footage showcased colossal fights, such as against the Giant Knight, where the frame rate clearly dropped significantly. With the help of Epic, the developers of Tides of Annihilation created a new hierarchical mounting solution for the Giant Knight's Nanite mesh. Epic also helped analyze performance issues on both […]

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During the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris, developer Psyonix and parent company Epic Games revealed that the popular free-to-play vehicular soccer game will be the first game to use the new Unreal Engine 6. That's really all we know right now, as neither Psyonix nor Epic provided any details about the update or the engine. Thus, we have no choice but to fall back on Epic's previous comments on the next generation of its game-making suite. In May 2025, Epic president and majority owner Tim Sweeney said UE6 was “a few years away” and that Epic may seed preview versions […]

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Before they were known for developing Dune Awakening, Funcom were perhaps most familiar for their work on Conan Exiles – an open-world multiplayer survival crafter set in the Conan the Barbarian universe. With the title soon set to hit its 8th anniversary on the market, the team at Funcom have announced a surprise free update coming to the game next month, upgrading the title to Unreal Engine 5.

Making the surprise announcement, the team at Funcom officially unveiled Conan Exiles Enhanced, writing: “We’re excited to announce Conan Exiles Enhanced — a free, massive visual overhaul of Conan Exiles launching on the game’s 8th anniversary, May 5th.”

While sentiment surrounding UE5 is far from stellar, Funcom claims that this upgrade will not only boost the game’s visuals, but should allow for smooth performance, adding: “With the advanced capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, Conan Exiles Enhanced targets smooth 60+ FPS gameplay across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra settings on most PCs, while also delivering strong performance on Steam Deck.”

Of course, Funcom at this point do have experience working with Unreal Engine 5 and so hopefully this upgrade does prove to be well optimised.

Beyond visuals, the free update will also introduce a number of welcome additions, including the unification of the Exiled Lands and the Isle of Siptah; the ability to have multiple characters per-account and a “revamped” UI.

Unfortunately, as of right now this Enhanced Edition is only coming to the Steam version of the game, meaning console users and even those who own the title via the likes of the Epic Games Store are being left out.

That said, the team did claim that they “are not ruling out a future release on those platforms” so we will have to wait and see. Full details on the upgrade, including a comprehensive FAQ, can be found HERE.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this upgrade? Why do you think only Steam users are getting the update? Let us know down below.

For years now, Epic Games and Disney have had a close working relationship. Unreal Engine has been used for Disney Park attractions and film productions, while Disney has also leveraged Fortnite to promote its treasure trove of IP. It is now being claimed that Disney executives are waiting for their opportunity to swoop in and buy Epic Games outright. 

At this point, Disney and Epic Games just have a partnership. One that has seen Disney invest $1.5B in Epic Games for future content, including a new Disney experience built inside Fortnite. According to tech journalist Alex Heath, since signing that deal, a number of Disney executives have been mulling over acquiring all of Epic Games.

Speaking in a podcast appearance, Heath said that he knows “for a fact there are senior executives in Disney who want them to buy Epic and are just waiting for the right moment”. The podcast host, Matt Belloni, added that new Disney CEO, Josh D'Amaro, has also been particularly keen on Disney's continued partnership with Epic Games and prefers investments like that over Disney's now cancelled $1 billion deal with OpenAI.

Right now, Epic Games is still primarily controlled by Tim Sweeney, who founded the company decades ago. As the founder, Sweeney also has the controlling vote, so any potential sale of Epic Games would need to be approved by him.

KitGuru Says: Disney has owned some talented game development studios during its time but has rarely known what to do with them once set up, leading to numerous closures and cancellations. I wouldn't expect that to change with the acquisition of Epic Games.