Awesome Unreal

While this static scene of a Paris apartment isn’t exactly the most dynamic of settings, it serves as an impressive demonstration of the detail and photorealism that can be achieved with an off-the-shelf graphics engine.

While the video is a little technical, it’s still worth watching this series to check out the incredible VFX that Unreal Engine 4 is capable of, along with an appreciation for the effort that goes into creating game details we take for granted.

An eye-popping tech demo using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 that was shown off at the 2013 GDC. If next-gen games look this good, we’re definitely upgrading. Be sure to watch it in full screen 1080p if you can.

3D artist Tor Frick managed to create this detailed environment using the Unreal Engine and just a single 256×512 texture to save on memory. Amazing stuff. UDK geeks can grab the files here.

Modder Cr4zyb4st4rd has made a mutator for Unreal Tournament 3 that turns the Redeemer – the most powerful weapon in the series – into a meme launcher. Might as well call it the Humiliator.

Epic shows off more of what UDK can do with DirectX11 – incredible human skin, lighting and reflections, and stunning physics at every turn. We want games to look this good. Now. Watch in HD.

We’ve all played games running on Unreal Engine 3, but from the looks of this new tech demo, we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg of what it can do. Play with this map now in the updated UDK beta.

Originally codenamed “Project Sword“, the first full game running on the iOS version of Epic’s Unreal Engine combines RPG mechanics and action with incredible graphical finesse.

Created with the modern-day Unreal Engine 3 Dev Kit this animation shows what the original Unreal (c.1998) might look like if remade using today’s technology. It’s such a tease. We want more.

Coder Eskil Steenberg used the physics capabilities of the Unreal Engine to render this mesmerizing video, in which a stack of inanimate bricks come to life with incredible choreography.