Entries in Unreal Engine (2)

Sunday
May142023

Unreal Engine 5.2 brings native support for Apple Silicon

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Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 lets anyone create 3D worlds easily for games, virtual sets, and more. But Mac users needed Rosetta technology to run it, until now, that is. Mac users can finally run it natively on Apple Silicon with the new 5.2 update, boosting performance on M1 and M2 Macs.

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Tuesday
Aug252020

Epic Games gets temporary restraining order to protect Unreal Engine, not 'Fortnite'

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Apple initially planned to revoke Epic Games' developer accounts on Friday, August 28, but a judge granted the game developer a temporary restraining order to prevent this from happening. Apple can't restrict the use of Epic's Unreal Engine by developers on Apple platforms, too. In the same ruling, though, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers decided Apple won't need to bring Fortnite back. The tech giant banned the game after Epic added an in-app payment system that violates Apple's rules.

"The Court finds that with respect to Epic Games' motion as to its games, including Fortnite, Epic Games has not yet demonstrated irreparable harm. The current predicament appears of its own making," Rogers wrote, arguing that Epic "strategically chose to breach its agreements with Apple" and disturb the status quo.

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