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The man who helped spread the gospel of Unreal Engine is moving on. We look into Sjoerd De Jong's exit from Epic Games and his foreboding comments on the future of the gaming industry.
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00:00Sure D-Young, Unreal Engine's one-time lead evangelist who has worked at Epic for 14 years
00:06is heading off to new pastures, which wouldn't be big news ordinarily, but D-Young ended his
00:12tenure on a pretty foreboding note. The era has come to a close and it's time to move forward.
00:19The games industry has always been an industry where change is relentless and inevitable,
00:23but it feels like we're reaching a pivotal point now and a potent mix of things, he wrote.
00:29It's an interesting comment in the wake of Unreal Engine 6's reveal, which is big on inter-game
00:34compatibility for content and economies and generative AI integration. D-Young says he has
00:40to come to terms with where the industry is heading and to work out how to adapt and excel
00:46at solving the challenges and opportunities we face. I guess UE6 is down one evangelist unless
00:52you count Tim Sweeney's X account. Check out the full story on pcgamer.com and follow us here for
00:58more gaming news.
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