State of Unreal UE6 Reactions: Hype, Skepticism, and What It Means for Game Devs

19 June 2026 - Developers and industry experts react to Epic’s State of Unreal announcements, from UE 5.8 and UE6 to MCP, AI-assisted workflows, Verse, and the future of Blueprints.

#News#Unreal Engine#Game Development

Learn Unreal Engine 5.8 Animation & Rigging With Free Zebra Character Sample

19 June 2026 - Face rig fully animatable with DMC, example animation sequences created by professional animators at Epic Games, and more.

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Epic's Roadmap For Its Game Store Includes Overhauled Launcher

19 June 2026 - Storefront rearchitecture and redesign, more personalization, patch notes, and more are coming.

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Breakdown: Gentle Girl Surrounded by Flowers in 3D

19 June 2026 - Zephyr Zhou showed us the work done for the Vernal Prayer project, explained how the girl was made delicate and emotionally expressive, and shared a look at the process behind the pearly earrings.

#Character Art#Interviews#Unreal Engine#ZBrush#Substance 3D Painter

Creating Real-Time Persian Female Warrior Character With Modern Design Elements

19 June 2026 - Juhwan Jeon discussed the Persian Female Warrior project, a real-time Unreal Engine 5 character combining ancient Persian costume design with modern ornamentation, and whether AI belongs in the production pipeline.

#Character Art#Interviews#3ds Max#Unreal Engine#Marmoset Toolbag#Marvelous Designer#ZBrush#Substance 3D Painter

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UPD: Unreal Engine 6 Will Combine UEFN and UE Into a "Unified Engine"

18 June 2026 - Epic Games has shared its vision for Unreal Engine 6, outlining plans to unify Unreal Engine and UEFN and eventually deprecate Blueprints.

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Create Stunning VFX in Houdini, EmberGen & LiquiGen with This Course

18 June 2026 - VFX Apprentice invites you to a deep dive into simulations.

#News#Marketplace#Unreal Engine#Houdini#EmberGen

Epic Games Presented Its Open-Sourced Version Control System

18 June 2026 - Lore is optimized for projects that combine code with large binary assets.

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Populate Your UE5.8 Worlds With MetaHuman Crowds

18 June 2026 - New additions also include the MetaHuman Animator Markerless Motion Capture plug-in, open-sourcing of core MetaHuman libraries under MIT, and other improvements.

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