Like the previous tech demo, Lumen in the Land of Nanite, Valley of the Ancient is not a real game that Epic plans to sell or offer down the road instead, it's a showcase of the new engine and its capabilities. Powered by Unreal Engine 5ĭevelopers are free to modify the project and tailor it to their liking. 'Valley of the Ancient is a rich and practical example of how the new features included with Unreal Engine 5 early access can be used, and is the result of our internal stress-testing,' Epic said. The Valley of the Ancient demo is free for developers to download and tinker with as a sample project to help familiarize themselves with the new tools. As for the early access version, it's meant to give studios a first look at the technology, with additional features and further enhancements coming for the full 5.0 release next year. Unreal Engine 5 should be ready in 'early' 2022 for all developers, Epic said, though of course developers may also choose to stay with Unreal Engine 4. 'As always, we're committed to battle-testing the engine in-house, as we prepare to ship Fortnite on UE5 across all platforms down the line,' Epic said. The studio said today that it continues to work on the Unreal Engine 5 transition for the game, but it's not quite ready yet. There are only a handful of games so far that have been announced for Unreal Engine 5, and one of them is Epic's own Fortnite.

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