Microsoft's Alex Kipman with the new HoloLens 2.
Microsoft's Alex Kipman with the new HoloLens 2.
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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 for developers will get Unreal Engine 4 support in May

Microsoft will launch its HoloLens 2 Development Edition for $3,500 later this year in its latest effort to kick off mixed-reality experiences, and Epic Games will launch Unreal Engine 4 support for the hardware by the end of May.

This support is only possible because Microsoft executives and Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney called a truce in their war over open platforms. Sweeney called out Microsoft two years ago because he saw it making moves to close off the Windows 10 store and hurt the openness of the PC.

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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.