So here’s something really cool. Blur Studio has reimagined the intro of Unreal Tournament ’99 using Unreal Engine 5. This is a short video, but I’m sure it will make a lot of old-school UT fans happy. So, if you’re one of them, you should definitely check it out.
Blur Studio was also the team behind the in-engine trailer for the new Gears of War. So, we can assume that this shares some similarities with it. In other words, we’re looking at a pre-rendered video using in-engine assets.
Honestly, I’d love to see this scene running on an NVIDIA RTX 4090 in real-time. I’m curious how a scene that looks THIS amazing would run on the most powerful GPU.
Epic Games has also unveiled the latest version of Unreal Engine 5, called UE5.5. This new version comes with upgrades for both Nanite and Lumen. There’s also a Preview Build available to download. On top of that, Epic Games showed a new tech demo for it, called MegaLights. This demo features a lot of lights that can move, create dynamic shadows, and can light volumetric fog. The team showed it running on a PS5 at Unreal Fest Seattle 2024.
For what it’s worth, you can’t download either of the aforementioned projects. My guess is that we might get the MegaLights Tech Demo in the future. However, don’t expect to ever get the UT99 Intro Remake. This won’t happen.
Speaking of Unreal Engine 5, you should also check out the following fan projects. For instance, you can find some faithful remasters of Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3, which are super cool. A few months ago, we also shared an amazing remake of Toy Story 2. Then there’s this fantastic fan remake of STALKER that’s worth a look. Then there’s this fantastic fan remake of STALKER that’s worth a look. Oh, and don’t miss the Grand Theft Auto 6 fan concept in UE5; it’s pretty impressive. In February 2024, we also shared fan remakes of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and GTA 3, as well as an Uncharted fan game. We also have a fan remaster of Unreal Gold in UE5. You should also watch the full-on remake video for Final Fantasy 9, and this HD-2D Fan Remake for Xenogears.
Need for Speed Carbon and Tony Hawk’s Underground have also received some cool remakes. Oh, and there is a fan remake of Tomb Raider The Last Revelation, featuring Angelina Jolie and Christoph Walz. And if that’s not enough, there are fan remakes for Star Wars: Republic Commando, Death Stranding, Fallout 4, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s Solitude, Grand Theft Auto 4, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Fallout 4, Resident Evil 1, Skyrim’s Winterhold and Silent Hill 3’s Lakeside Amusement Park. There is also this Studio Ghibli-like teaser for Zelda: Ocarina of Time in Unreal Engine 5. So, lots of UE5 fan remakes, right? Well, since they’re all really cool, we suggest giving them a watch.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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Unreal Engine 5 💩💩💩💩
UE5 sucks balls. All the past UE were not great but it was always well optimized. This is what happens when you sell your company to China. Your products turn to sh*t.
Soulless trash, but at least it got me to back and see the original again.
daily reminder they erased unreal tournament from history for fortnite.
One of the most depressing realities of gaming today!
Yea…I love them for what they did, but, at the same time, hate 'em for what they did, you know? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2b1ba0677b8b7649b9774dbeadd3831ee703dae99bb905f5382422b486df4be6.jpg
The trailer looks too dark at times and at choppy frame rate… Looks half professional.
god fcking dammit though, I so wish UT was coming back… we were kids playing UT99 and now kids are playing Fortnite.
(Old man yells at clouds, shakes fist)
unreal tournament had
better camera, third person shoulder camera sucks
better weapons, nerf guns suck
better music, i dont need to explain this
did not look like a cartoon
more skilled gameplay.
Yes games are not good anymore, old games good new games bad, emil pagirilio who wrote starfield saying its the best game they ever made and yves guillimot ceo of ubisoft saying its not enough to deliver good games anymore are proof of that.
Could this be a hint indicating unreal tournament might be making a comeback soon? I wish epic would get bored of exploiting kiddies in fortnite and try something new or maybe look back to what they had… Oh well a man can dream.
no
That's a pretty stark difference. The old intro was barren of characters, the new one is packed. Only thing I think is better about the old one is the intro score was louder and more pronounced. The new one it takes a back seat to the narrator.
I've long scratched my head why they never remade or added more single player stories the original Unreal or Unreal Gold. I played the tournament ones with bots which were pretty good and local multiplayer with my kid. Good times.
goddamit i miss playing UT99 and UT 2004, the industrial music, fast and skilled gameplay, bunny hopping and rocket jumping.
The music track is barely audible, the lighting is horrible, the presentation lacking, and the performance is cr4p!
UT99/04 was my First gaming obsession, It was the glory days when games came with 52 maps and I had to play(and win) on all of them…Also Unreal 2 was the reason i got deep into graphic card nerdy. I wonder if they could Remake those in UE5 and how theyd hold up?