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Get the Matrix Awakens demo before it’s removed on July 9

The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience is available right now on both PlayStation and Xbox stores for a limited time as the game is about be delisted from both stores.

On July 9th, The Martrix Awakens will be removed from the PlayStation and Xbox stores. After that, you will not be able to re-download it from stores unless it was added to your library and downloaded before its removal.

The game lets you experience the reality of The Matrix and includes characters such as Neo and Trinity. Epic Games did not say why the demo is being removed.

Released in December 2021, The Matrix Awakensi s worth trying, considering it’s running on Unreal Engine 5. This turned out pretty well in terms of realistic city-scape graphics, according to a full review from The Verge.

For the time being, it is still available for download on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S through their respective stores.

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Source: Epic Via: The Verge

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Unreal Engine 5 to serve as the backbone for the next Witcher title

Warsaw, Poland-based CDProjekt RED (CDPR) announced on Monday, March 21st that the next instalment of its Witcher series is currently in development and that it’s being built on Unreal Engine 5.

The franchise is transitioning from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5, marking “a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games.” While that means future games would utilize the Epic Games-developed engine, CDPR Cyberpunk 2077 and its upcoming expansion are and will continue to use the company’s proprietary REDengine technology.

Other titles utilizing Unreal Engine 5 include Fortnite, The Matrix Awakens and the upcoming Redfall.

The developer did not share any other information about the upcoming title, so we don’t have a tentative release schedule, though they made it clear that their relationship with Epic Games will go further than just utilizing its engine for the Witcher title. “We’ll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences,” reads CDPR’s release about the upcoming title.

CDPR’s global PR director Radek Grabowski clarified in a following tweet that the successor to Witcher 3: Wild Hunt won’t necessarily be called Witcher 4, and the strategic partnership with Epic won’t limit the game to one storefront.

That being said, don’t expect to play the game anytime soon. CDPR is likely to take its good time with the development, especially after the bug-filled blunder of a release that was Cyberpunk 2077.

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This clip of Keanu Reeves’ Neo isn’t actually real — it’s from Epic’s Unreal Engine 5

As part of the lead-up to The Matrix Resurrections, Warner Bros. has teased a new The Matrix-themed experience for gaming consoles called The Matrix Awakens.

A full reveal of the experience will be shown at The Game Awards on December 9th, but WB says The Matrix Awakens is entirely made in Fortnite creator Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5. In other words, the brief glimpse we get of Keanu Reeves’ Neo asking “how do we know what is real?” is, in fact, not real — it’s entirely digital.

Reeves, as well as fellow Canadian and The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity), will reprise their respective roles in The Matrix Awakens. The pair will appear at The Game Awards to formally unveil the title.

“Created by members of the original movie team including Lana Wachowski along with Epic Games and partners, ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience’ is a wild ride into the reality-bending universe of ‘The Matrix’ that features performances by Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss,” reads Warner Bros.’ official description of the experience.

Given that this is an “experience,” you shouldn’t expect a full-sized, playable game; it’s definitely just going to be more of a tech demo. Still, it’s an impressive showcase for the ever-growing medium of gaming, in which technology is continuously being pushed to achieve photorealistic visuals.

The Matrix Awakens can be pre-loaded for free on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.

In the meantime, Canadians can enter Warner Bros. Canada’s special QR-themed contest for a chance to win a trip to the Canadian premiere of The Matrix Resurrections, at which Reeves and Moss will appear.

Co-written and directed by Lana Wachowski, The Matrix Resurrections opens exclusively in theatres on December 22nd.