Epic Games will host State of Unreal on April 5 starting at 11:00 a.m. ET. You will be able to watch it on YouTube and Twitch.

Get the full schedule below.

(All times are Eastern Time.)

• 11:00 a.m. – State of Unreal Keynote – Ready for what’s next? Don’t miss our keynote for some very special Unreal Engine news. Featuring Tim Sweeney, Kim Libreri, Dana Cowley, Nick Penwarden, Zak Parrish, Teddy Bergsman Lind, and Sjoerd de Jong.
• 12:30 p.m. – The Matrix Awakens: Creating a World – Discover how Epic’s Special Projects team leveraged UE5 to create the environment in The Matrix Awakens. We’ll cover our modular procedural approach to building creation; Open World workflows (One File Per Actor, Data Layers, HLODs, level instancing); lookdev breakdowns of materials and texturing; and updates on improvements to Lumen, our global illumination and reflections system. Featuring Jerome Platteaux, Votch Levi, and Scott Clifford.
• 1:30 p.m. – The Matrix Awakens: Generating a World – Find out how we procedurally generated the city for The Matrix Awakens demo using a combination of Unreal Engine-native procedural tools and a game-changing new Houdini workflow. We’ll dive into the different construction steps and technical challenges that we faced along the way. Featuring Quentin Marmier, Robert Osbourne, and Julien Marchand.
• 2:30 p.m. – Creating your first game in Unreal Engine – Tune in for a fast-paced and inspirational tech talk on creating a game in Unreal Engine. Featuring Andreas Suika.