Epic reveals first Unreal Engine 6 game, and it's not Fortnite

The Engine’s Evolution Beyond Rocket League

Epic Games has unveiled the first Unreal Engine 6 game, and it’s not Fortnite. This signals a major leap beyond the legacy tech that powers its flagship titles.

• Rocket League still runs on Unreal Engine 3.
• Fortnite upgraded from UE4 to Unreal Engine 5, with no disruption to its economy.
• Major studios like CD Projekt now rely on Unreal Engine for production.

This shift underscores how far Unreal Engine 6 has come, moving away from the dated engine that kept Rocket League alive since 2013.

The announcement is seismic for the industry; Unreal is one of the most widely used middleware engines, adopted by both AAA studios and independent developers as a preferred alternative to Unity. Even film production houses such as Disney have switched to Unreal for CGI visuals.