What to expect from the first year of games running on Unreal Engine 5's "next-gen" technology. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Epic Games launched the first early access version of Unreal Engine 5 in 2021, and made it generally available to developers in 2022. However, its only been in the past year that we have started to ...

TL;DR: Unreal Engine 5 revolutionized game development with advanced technologies like Lumen and Nanite, but many UE5-powered games in 2025 face performance and optimization issues across platforms.