Fortnite Development Has Shifted to Unreal Engine 5 - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 December 2021 / 2,958 Views

Epic Games has revealed with the release of Chapter 3 for Fortnite, the development for the battle royale game shifted over to Unreal Engine 5.

"With the arrival of Chapter 3, Fortnite development has flipped to Unreal Engine 5," reads a tweet from the official Unreal Engine Twitter account.

"We're excited to share this journey with you and are working to make this the best experience possible for the entire Fortnite community."

With the arrival of Chapter 3, @FortniteGame development has flipped to Unreal Engine 5.

We're excited to share this journey with you and are working to make this the best experience possible for the entire Fortnite community.
— Unreal Engine (@UnrealEngine) December 7, 2021

Confirmed games to be using Unreal Engine 5 include Senua's Saga: Hellbalde 2, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Payday 3, Dragon Quest 12, as well as the next games from The Coalition and inXile Entertainment.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

10 Comments

G2ThaUNiT (on 08 December 2021)

You would think Epic would have an awe dropping first-party game that their in-house developers would make to showcase the power of Unreal Engine 5.......instead we have Fortnite lol

Paatar G2ThaUNiT (on 08 December 2021)

They could always be working on it. Fortnite is at least quite a damn good port on the Switch now. And if anything it’s a benchmark to how other games can run on the Switch with their engine. (Life is Strange True Colors is another damn good example)

G2ThaUNiT Paatar (on 08 December 2021)

Oh nice! What kind of improvements have happened on the Switch port???

Paatar G2ThaUNiT (on 08 December 2021)

Pretty much every front. Frame rate is so much more stable now, draw distance is significantly improved, physics are back (they were gone for a about a year) it’s a pretty damn clear image quality too. Overall the port is just fantastic. I’ve played 1,200 hours into Fortnite on the Switch and have played every season since launch (C1S4) and it’s in one of the best places it’s been in.

Kakadu18 Paatar (on 08 December 2021)

You make me want to try it out again. But I'm still kinda burned out after 2000 hours in the game.

Dulfite Kakadu18 (on 08 December 2021)

2000 hours in a shooter? Holy cow. Only games I've hit that amount on are MMO's where you have hundreds of different things to do and places to see. That many hours on a shooter would bore the tar out of me lol.