At Unreal Fest in Chicago last week, Epic unveiled its masterplan for Unreal Engine 6. Rather than the usual talk of fancy new rendering features, the company is pitching the next version of its industry-standard game engine as a great unifier that will enable "content, code, and economies to become portable and interoperable across games, ecosystems, and engines" and speed up development with AI integration.
After his closing keynote, in which he outlined his hands-across-the-digital-ocean vision, I spoke with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney to get more clarity and insight into Epic's vision for the future of gaming.
