Unreal Engine 5 is officially released and ready to power your next-gen game. Epic also released several sample projects, including a new playable shooter called Lyra.

Epic announced a slate of new features for Unreal Engine 5 during its State of Unreal address, but the most important update flew under the radar.

Unreal Engine has helped drive game development for more than two decades. Now Epic Games is showing off what the next generation UE5 can do.