Epic Games Reveals A First Look At Unreal Engine 6 With A Rocket League Makeover
We still don’t have a release date for the new game engine.
Rocket League is getting a new engine and it’s not for cars. During the Rocket League Paris Major, Epic Games launched a short trailer for a redesigned Rocket League. Most importantly, the gameplay sequences were made using Unreal Engine 6.
Surprisingly, Epic Games didn’t choose Fortnite to show a first look at its next-gen gaming engine, but this is still the first time the company has shown gameplay footage built with Unreal Engine 6. Notably, all gameplay shown was “captured in real-time in-game,” according to the trailer. Epic Games hasn’t specified what improvements Unreal Engine 6 will bring to Rocket League, but we can see some cosmetic improvements like improved reflections on cars, which also look more detailed.
There still isn’t much information about Unreal Engine 6, but the company’s CEO Tim Sweeney previously indicated that the team is working on transitioning to the latest version. For Rocket League, the move to Unreal Engine 6 is a big step forward considering it still runs on the third version of Epic Games’ game engine. But we don’t have a release schedule for Unreal Engine 6 yet, and it’s been over four years since Unreal Engine 5 was released.
