Epic Games shows impressive next-gen physics and destruction system in Unreal Engine 4.23

At GDC 2019, Epic Games showcased some really impressive and next-gen physics and destruction systems that will be coming to the latest version of Unreal Engine 4. As Epic Games noted, Chaos is Unreal Engine’s new high-performance physics and destruction system coming in early access to Unreal Engine 4.23.

[Godmars290]

Boy. Be real funny if they pull a MS (CD3).

[ravinash]

How much did MS invest into making this happen with the cloud?
And then just a few years later, it can all be done on the local PC.

[Godmars290]

The point is that MS talked up the tech years before it was ready, then delivered a downgrade. Are *still* talking about potential where Google means to deliver.

And since such is the backbone of what Google is trying to do, even if all they're really talking about now are ports of current games...

Wait. This really doesn't matter, does it? Just so long as they show off tech demos like this, say to 3rd parties they can make such a game while never doing one themselves, never directly commit to do something that could bring their whole platform into question, they could probably get by with ports of AAA console and PC titles. The volume of games they're likely to have, the mobile mass-market quantity, will likely be such that few will question the quality. So something like this tech demo would be the promoted dream that never has to be realized.

We are so f**ked...

[Melankolis]

Can it be done by US$400 console on 2021/2022?

[TK-66]

Probably not. I don't think Epic has actually said what sort of tech this demo is running on so we'll still have to wait and see.

[lellkay]

Why is this not a game.

[Darkborn]

Because Epic gave up on everything when fortnite became better than they could have dreamed of.

[mark_parch]

is any of this the cloudgine tech epic brought?

[BlueBlue]

It does seem so similar to Crackdown 3's 2015 demo.

If the released version of Crackdown 3 represents this technology, it may be limited. Otherwise, it would seem that the contract between Microsoft and Cloudgine was broken.

[mark_parch]

pretty sure crackdown 3 wasn't using cloudgine. I had heard Microsoft had to design their own tech after epic brought it, hence the huge delay and shit destruction in the final game

[bluefox755]

Neat.

[AizenSosuke]

Basically you don't need the cloud for this destruction or I'm wrong?

[masterfox]

Don't be surprised the next Playstation can actually pulled this kind of visuals in realtime. ;)

[PlayableGamez-]

Hey this tech demo looks like it could be a cool game.
Hey Epic Games, I know this is quite foreign to you, but you can make this tech-demo into an actual game exclusive to your store.

[SprigganN4G]

dapowaofdaclaud

[GameStallion]

I love these demos. Fallout 5 should be developed in this.

[badz149]

hahhahahaha good one

[xPaYDaYx]

One thing I've learned over the past decade and a half, these videos mean literally nothing.