All articles tagged with #tech demo
Game Science released a non-canon, entertainment-only trailer for Black Myth: Zhong Kui, showcasing high-fidelity visuals in-engine and a cooking-scene concept. It hints at a future entry and potential PlayStation release, but no date is given and the footage is explicitly non-canon.
Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is a showcase for the Switch 2's new features, offering expanded content and innovative minigames that highlight the console's capabilities, though some modes feel more like tech demos than fully fleshed-out experiences.
CD Projekt Red showcased a highly ambitious tech demo of The Witcher 4 running on Unreal Engine 5, highlighting advanced features like hardware ray tracing and Lumen at 60fps on PS5, achieved through extensive optimization and collaboration with Epic Games, marking a significant step in console graphics and game development technology.
CD Projekt is adopting a 'console-first' development approach for The Witcher 4 to ensure better optimization and avoid past issues like those experienced with Cyberpunk 2077, focusing on scaling from console to PC, with a goal of delivering high-quality visuals and performance across platforms.
CD Projekt Red clarified that the footage shown at State of Unreal 2025 was a technological showcase of the advanced tools and systems powering The Witcher 4, not actual gameplay, highlighting their collaboration with Epic Games to develop the game using Unreal Engine 5.
The State of Unreal 2025 showcased a tech demo of The Witcher 4 powered by Unreal Engine 5, featuring Ciri exploring Kovir, riding Kelpie, and visiting bustling villages and a port city, hinting at immersive gameplay and detailed environments, with the game expected around 2027.
A tech demo for The Witcher 4 showcased on PS5 demonstrates advanced graphics capabilities like 60 FPS and ray-tracing, highlighting the game's development using Unreal Engine 5, with a focus on open-world design and new animation systems, featuring Ciri as the protagonist in a setting confirmed to be the land of Kovir.
CD PROJEKT RED and Epic Games showcased a tech demo of The Witcher 4 running on Unreal Engine 5 at Unreal Fest 2025, highlighting new features like Nanite Foliage and MetaHuman technology, and demonstrating the game's open-world capabilities in the region of Kovir, with support across multiple platforms.
Epic showcased a stunning tech demo of Unreal Engine 5.6 featuring CD Projekt Red's upcoming Witcher game, highlighting advanced open-world graphics, improved horse mechanics, and real-time ray tracing on PS5, with no official release date for the game yet.
Sony showcased a tech demo at CES 2024 where the Afeela EV was driven on stage using a PlayStation DualSense controller, emphasizing the potential for software to redefine the relationship between people and mobility. The demonstration, while impressive, was clarified as being solely for the purpose of the tech showcase. Additionally, Sony Honda Mobility revealed possible customization options for the Afeela, including themes from Fortnite and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, as well as details of their collaboration with Epic Games for a simulator that will enhance user experiences in mobility. The Afeela Prototype 2024 is set to be featured in Gran Turismo 7 later this year via a patch update, allowing players to virtually drive the car with a DualSense controller.
Mawi United has released a new tech demo showcasing the capabilities of Unreal Engine 5.2, featuring a 2 square kilometers procedural burned and dead forest created using billions of Nanite triangles of custom photogrammetry scanned trees, rocks, plants, and more. The upcoming horror game, Layers of Fear, developed by Bloober Team, will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 and will leverage the engine's power to create a haunting experience with impressive visuals and audio.