At least understanding what developer The Coalition is underway currently, it is easy to presume the team is constructing the foundation for the next Gears of War title. According to a previously posted job listing from the Canadian game studio, the developer is in search for candidates that are eager to “forge the future” of the Gears franchise.
Even more, industry-recognized leaker Jeff Grubb noted that a potential reveal for the next game could be on the way to this past E3 showcase in June. However, before the date was revealed for the annual presentation, The Coalition revealed no new announcements will be made for quite a while. The reasoning is for the developer acquiring Unreal Engine 5 prematurely to its release to work on its next project.
But, The Coalition is now told to be featuring a technical presentation for a prototype titled ‘Alpha Point’ which will be running on Xbox Series X. The appearance is said to take place later this month on July 20 during GDC, the listing reads.
The Coalition will debut a UE5 Technical Demo “Alpha Point” on Xbox Series X, created to internally evaluate UE5. The talk will cover the learnings the team had while creating Nanite-resolution assets and incorporating them into a fully real-time lighting scenario with Lumen and Virtual Shadow Maps.
Performance and memory observations will be covered for Xbox Series X and S, as well as VFX, Blueprint, material setup, Temporal Super Resolution, and Virtual Texture findings. The Coalition will also cover some preliminary findings on next-gen character creation and MetaHumans integration, demoing a next-generation character test running on Xbox Series X.
“Attendees will learn more about the inner workings of UE5’s new visual systems. They will learn viable workflows that have been proven in a technical demo for UE5 including Nanite, Lumen, Megascans, and MetaHumans,” additional details on the presentation reads from the listing.
Previously, Epic Games offered a second showcase for Unreal Engine 5 earlier in May. Additionally, the firm also welcomed an early access build of the game is now available as well. However, the release for Unreal Engine 5 was unfortunately ushered to a 2022 launch window now. You can read the full report by heading here.
Are you interested to see what Alpha Point is?
The Alpha Point Unreal Engine 5 Demo is said to be held on July 20, 2021 at 1:20 PM PST / 4:20 PM EST.
Source: GDC
