Learning

May 31, 2025

May’s free Unreal Engine courses: create games, cinematics, and digital twins

This month’s drop of free Unreal Engine learning content spans everything from creating your first UE game to bringing facial animation to MetaHumans. Dive in and start sharpening your skills today!
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Learning

March 20, 2025

Free Epic learning content for March: Gameplay, materials, and more

There’s plenty to get excited about in this month’s drop of free Unreal Engine learning content. Explore a selection of online courses that cover gameplay development, materials, character animation, and much more.

Learning

February 17, 2025

Free Unreal Engine courses: animating MetaHumans, god rays, PCG tools, and more

Check out this month’s free Unreal Engine learning content and learn skills in everything from MetaHuman animation and procedural content generation to VR game development and visual effects.

News

December 20, 2024

Unreal highlights in the media and entertainment industry this year

This year saw some truly standout Unreal Engine-powered media and entertainment projects. Check out the highlights of 2024 as we look back on Dune: Part Two, Fallout, and much more.

Learning

November 26, 2024

Free learning content: Explore 3D scanning with Quixel, switching to UE & more

Hone your existing Unreal Engine skills and learn new ones in this month’s batch of free online learning content, covering 3D scanning with the experts at Quixel, animation, procedural content generation, and much more.

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October 29, 2024
Free Unreal Engine courses and learning content for film and TVThis month’s free learning content takes you into the exciting world of Unreal Engine for film and TV. Explore courses on virtual production, animation, art direction, and more. 

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September 18, 2024
Dive into these brand new Unreal Engine courses and tutorialsLooking to hone your Unreal Engine skills? This month’s learning content will teach you everything from animating in engine to optimizing skeletal meshes for top performance. Check it out. 

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January 4, 2023
Unreal Fest 2022: Sessions for creators across all industriesThis year’s Unreal Fest featured tracks dedicated to games, media & entertainment, architecture, automotive, and simulation. But some sessions refused to be pigeonholed, having broad appeal for creators across all industries. Check out the highlights of our Cross-Industry track here.

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November 28, 2022
Online course: MetaHuman facial animation with Faceware Analyzer and RetargeterReady to unlock the secrets to animating realistic facial performances? Learn how to create real-time facial animation for your MetaHumans with Faceware Analyzer and Retargeter! Start these two partnered courses today.

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September 8, 2022
Six-week cinematics: watch the Unreal Fellowship 2022 sizzle reelUnreal Fellowship students are always full of ideas and this group was no different. See some of our favorite clips from their final projects, covering everything from anime angels to interdimensional meetings. See if you can spot the MetaHumans!

Event

July 19, 2022
Join Epic Games at SIGGRAPH 2022How do we make the metaverse more open? What goes into a digital identity? We're digging into big topics, and some good old UE5 training, during 15+ talks at the show. Learn more inside!

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June 30, 2022
Real-time character animation training roundup: free resourcesCheck out our 3D animation resources! Since our last post, we’ve added a ton of new animation tutorials, guides, and samples. Dive into the new Animation Field Guide, explore the Slay sample project, and brush up on your animation techniques with our latest online courses.

Learning

May 5, 2022

The tech behind MetaHuman Creator face rigs

When MetaHuman Creator was released, we got to see the world’s first portable real-time facial rig in action. The new white paper Rig Logic: Runtime Evaluation of MetaHuman Face Rigs explains the technical details behind 3Lateral’s Rig Logic, the facial rig solver that comes with every MetaHuman.

Learning

February 17, 2021

Now available: video guide on using the MetaHuman facial rig

In this presentation, Cubic Motion’s Adam Walton takes you through using all of the controls in the facial rig included with MetaHumans in Unreal Engine.