Several official Matrix video games have previously been released including Enter The Matrix (2003), The Matrix: Path of Neo (2005) and The Matrix Online (2005). Directed by Wachowski, The Matrix Resurrections is the sequel to 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions. The fourth instalment in The Matrix movie franchise hits cinemas later this month. The Matrix Awakens was outed last week when it emerged that a promotional image for the product had been published on the PlayStation Network. “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. “Get ready for a glimpse into the future of interactive storytelling and entertainment with UE5 in this free, boundary-pushing cinematic and real-time tech demo,” reads the product description. It’s now available to pre-download on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S ahead of a full reveal at The Game Awards on December 9. Quixel and related names and images are the property of Epic Games, Inc.The Matrix Awakens product leaked last week has been confirmed to be an Unreal Engine 5 tech demo for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It was important to get the right kind of erosion for the mountain slope that had a structure built into it. This ensured that the textures matched the surrounding objects in the shot and the Iceland-inspired terrains in the rest of the sequence.īelow you can see some of the initial experiments from the prototype stage.

We used the Synth node to create terrain textures using Megascans's scanned textures.

In fact, over one weekend, we were able to create a terrain that matched their exact specs.

Gaea was quite young back then, but our in-house team knew we could deliver what was required. Production was already rushing to completion on the rest of the sequence, so achieving that shot was urgent. They were looking for specific shapes that their existing toolset could not create. When Quixel was making Rebirth to showcase Megascans assets in Unreal Engine, they needed an additional shot to show the terrain from above.

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