Is This Our First Glimpse of PS6? Rocket League for Unreal Engine 6 Surprise Teased

An overhauled, up to date model of Rocket League will run on Unreal Engine 6, as introduced at an esports occasion in Paris earlier immediately.

To reiterate: that’s Unreal Engine 6 – the subsequent iteration in Epic’s recreation engine.

We’re nonetheless ready for particulars of what the brand new expertise will entail, however a graphic on the finish of the trailer reveals a metaverse-style splash display screen, additionally that includes Fortnite and LEGO Fortnite. Presumably they’ll be ported to Unreal Engine 6 as effectively.

Epic owns Psyonix, the makers of Rocket League, so it is sensible it’d get early entry to the expertise. This doesn’t appear to be a sequel to the soccer-style recreation; it’s the prevailing model working on Unreal Engine 6.

You’ll be able to see from the footage that the visuals look considerably improved, with enhanced lighting and reflections on the automotive fashions. The grass particulars additionally look higher.

My preliminary response was: is that this a glimpse of PS6? Keep in mind, Epic famously used PS5 {hardware} to debut Unreal Engine 5 earlier than the brand new console launched.

After all, Unreal Engine has at all times been developed with scalability in thoughts, so it’s potential it might additionally run on PS5.

I’ll replace this text as soon as Epic reveals extra in regards to the engine itself, however for now you will get a have a look at the improved model of Rocket League within the trailer above.

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