Unreal Engine 4 Update Adds Xbox Series X and PS5 Support - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 07 July 2020 / 3,131 Views
Epic Games has announced update 4.25 for Unreal Engine 4 is now available. It adds new and enhanced featured for video game developers.
The biggest new feature for Unreal Engine 4 is added support for the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. The video game engine will continue to get updates with "optimizations, fixes, and certification requirements to support developers launching on the next generation of consoles."
"Features include platform-specific functionality, such as new audio advancements, initial support for online subsystems, and early support for TRC and XR certification requirements," said Epic Games in the blog post.
"No matter how powerful your target platform, you’ll want to squeeze every ounce of performance out of it, which is where profiling comes in. The Unreal Insights standalone profiling application now offers an improved user experience and introduces Networking Insights, which helps you optimize, analyze, and debug network traffic; we’ve also added a separate Animation Insights plugin to the Unreal Editor, enabling the visualization of gameplay state and live animation behavior."
Microsoft and Sony plan to launch the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 in Holiday 2020.
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