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Epic acquires Megascans creator Quixel

All Megascans assets to become free for Unreal Engine users

Epic Games has proclaimed the acquisition of development plus and toolset creator Quixel.

Quixel Megascans, a library of over ten,000 2nd and 3D photogrammetry assets, can become free for all Unreal Engine developers at a yet-to-be-determined date following the completion of the acquisition. Toolsets Bridge and Mixer will become absolve to everybody at a similar time. before this, 10 Megascans plus packs are out there for complimentary starting these days on the Unreal Marketplace.

“Building photorealistic 3D content is an upscale endeavor in game development and film production. By coming back along side Quixel to form Megascans free for all use in Unreal Engine, this level of prowess is currently out there to everybody from triple-A studios to indies.”

Epic Games business executive Tim Sweeney

The UK studio depicts its Touch Video tech as “a blend of in the background advancements, novel cooperation techniques, and the unlimited potential outcomes of an instinctive visual manager [that] enable us to convey playable recorded universes to wide spectators more than ever.”

Additionally, Quixel’s 100+ workers can be a part of Epic Games, with its primary operations center remaining at its current location in a Scandinavian country.

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