Hello everyone! To celebrate the launch of Unreal Engine 5, we couldn’t be prouder to share a behind-the-scenes look at the artistry and craftsmanship that went into building “The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience”.
Released for free on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in December of last year, The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience is a playable and boundary-pushing showcase for what’s possible in Unreal Engine 5 on consumer hardware, featuring a sprawling and living open-world city playground for players to explore.
Created by a relatively small team at Epic Games, along with our partners, such as SideFX, Evil Eye Pictures, The Coalition, WetaFX (formerly Weta Digital), Aspiring Unicorn Games, Dekogon Studios, Airship Interactive, and many others–the experience offers a vision for what the future of interactive storytelling and entertainment could look like.
We’ve also put this world in your hands with our free City Sample, complete with buildings, vehicles, and crowds of high-quality MetaHuman characters. Downloading the sample, anyone can get a better understanding of how we used new and improved systems in Unreal Engine 5 to create the experience and can even add to it, creating entirely new games or projects. It serves as a tangible demonstration that UE5 offers all of the components you need as a creator to tell new stories and express yourself without limits.
We want to share a heartfelt thanks to all of the talented artists and teams who helped make this one-of-a-kind project a reality. Creating this was a dream come true, we hope you enjoy this very special trip down the rabbit hole.
Enjoy!
Jerome Platteaux, Technical Art Director
Epic Games
Art Direction
Jerome Platteaux – Art Director
Jerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJerome Platteaux – Art Director – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Environment Artists
Bastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist
Bastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensBastian Hoppe – Lead Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Nicole Gorny – Environment Artist
Nicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicole Gorny – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Saga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist
Saga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensSaga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensSaga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensSaga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensSaga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensSaga Alayyoubi – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Nicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist
Nicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensNicholas Boulanger – Environment Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
3D Artists
Jit Chun Khiew (JC) – Senior Modeller
Jit Chun Khiew (JC) – Senior Modeller – WetaFX – The Matrix Awakens
Lisa Hardisty – Modeller
Lisa Hardisty – Modeller – WetaFX – The Matrix AwakensLisa Hardisty – Modeller – WetaFX – The Matrix AwakensLisa Hardisty – Modeller – WetaFX – The Matrix Awakens
Julien Didisheim – 3D Artist
Julien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJulien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJulien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJulien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJulien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensJulien Didisheim – 3D Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Clinton Crumpler – Art Director
Clinton Crumpler – Art Director – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensClinton Crumpler – Art Director – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensClinton Crumpler – Art Director – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensClinton Crumpler – Art Director – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensClinton Crumpler – Art Director – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Mark Normington – Environment Artist
Mark Normington – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Alexander Sheynin – Environment Artist
Alexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensAlexander Sheynin – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Miroslav Baev – Environment Artist
Miroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensMiroslav Baev – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Jose Manuel Guevara – Environment Artist
Jose Manuel Guevara – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensJose Manuel Guevara – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensJose Manuel Guevara – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensJose Manuel Guevara – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Erick Tjoe – Environment Artist
Erick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix AwakensErick Tjoe – Environment Artist – Dekogon Studios – The Matrix Awakens
Texture Artists
Zoe Lord – Texture Artist
Zoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensZoe Lord – Texture Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Character Artists
Lana Lan – Lead Character Artist
Lana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensLana Lan – Lead Character Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
Technical Artists
Quentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist
Quentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix AwakensQuentin Marmier – Lead Technical Artist – Epic Games – The Matrix Awakens
UI/UX Artists
Aspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming
Aspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix AwakensAspiring Unicorn Games – UI/UX Design & Programming – The Matrix Awakens
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