Epic's Lumen technology in Unreal Engine 5.1.
Epic's Lumen technology in Unreal Engine 5.1.
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Epic Games launches Unreal Engine 5.1

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Epic Games is releasing Unreal Engine 5.1 today as an update to the game engine that it hopes will be used to build the metaverse.

The new update is aimed at making Unreal Engine 5 easier and faster for 3D content creation. The company has added range of stress-tested new features and improvements in 5.1 make Unreal more robust, efficient, and versatile for creators across all industries.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.