MetaHuman is a framework developed by Epic Games that allows developers to create and animate realistic and expressive digital humans (MetaHumans). MetaHuman has now left early access and is now ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Epic Games has announced a new, browser-based software tool powered by its ...

One of the most difficult tasks in the increasingly high-fidelity world of gaming is making realistic-looking people — especially faces. Epic today showed off a new character creation tool in Unreal ...

Forget “virtual beings”: the future of animation belongs to “metahumans,” at least according to Epic Games. The developer behind Unreal Engine has unveiled Metahuman Creator, a new tool that aims to ...

In February, we reported on Epic Games and Unreal Engine's MetaHuman tool, which was able to create “Eerily Realistic Human Avatars With A Few Mouse Clicks.” Now, Epic is taking early access requests ...

The 2025 State of Unreal gave us some long-awaited updates on the tech powering The Witcher 4, and while I was picking my jaw up from the floor, something new found its way onto my screen—a bizarre ...

Unreal Engine has been pushing the envelope on gaming and programming graphics (not to mention Lil Yachty performances) for years, but its latest offering looks to be one of its most impactful yet.

As part of today's State of Unreal, Epic has confirmed Unreal Engine 5.6 is now available. The company said one of the key goals of this release is to "empower you to build super-high-fidelity, ...

Epic Games, the company that makes Unreal Engine, recently released a substantial update to its MetaHuman character creation tool which for the first time allows developers to import scans of real ...

The MetaHuman creator is now built right into Unreal Engine. The MetaHuman creator is now built right into Unreal Engine. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...