Unreal Engine 5 gets full release alongside gorgeous screens and a playable demo

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Unreal Engine 5 has fully launched alongside stunning photorealistic sample images, a playable demo, and a breakdown of the engine's new and enhanced features.

Epic announced the big news during the keynote for today's State of Unreal event, where founder and CEO Tim Sweeney explained the key features of the new engine. Epic also unveiled two free sample projects you can download now that demonstrate some of the new features and best practices developers will take advantage of in Unreal Engine 5. 

There's a sample game called Lyra Starter Game, which is essentially the Unreal Engine 5 version of ShooterGame from Unreal Engine 4. Like ShooterGame, Lyra Starter Game serves as a starting point for developers to make new projects, and it's also a nifty learning resource for developers and curious onlookers alike. You can download it here (opens in new tab).

The City Sample is a non-playable sample project that reveals how the city scene from that incredible Matrix Awakens demo was created. The project consists of buildings, vehicles, and crowds of "MetaHuman" NPCs making up a complete city, giving a first-hand look at how Epic utilized new tech and improved systems to build such a photorealistic scene. 

Here's a few screens from Lyra Starter Game and The City Sample to marvel over if you don't feel like downloading anything:

Epic's announcement detailed a bunch of Unreal Engine 5's new and improved tools which developers will be able to utilize to make bigger, better looking games. Some of it's relatively digestible to a general audience; like Nanite, a new micropolygon geometry system that allows for a greater amount of geometric detail and thus a more realistic image; and Lumen, which lets developers build scenes where