News and Community Spotlight | August 24, 2023 | Unreal Engine

*Epic Online Services expands free crossplay overlay from PC to consoles* Are you looking to empower your players to play wherever and whoever they want across PC and consoles? We’re expanding the Epic Online Services crossplay overlay for Xbox, Switch, and PlayStation while enhancing its capabilities across all supported platforms. *Women Creators Program 2023: Create your first experience in Fortnite with UEFN* The Women Creators Program is teaching 100 creatives how to build cross-platform experiences in UEFN, opening up the massive reach of Fortnite to women across India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. *Octopath Traveler II builds a bigger, bolder world in its stunning HD-2D style* *The Plucky Squire blends 2D and 3D visuals in aesthetically pleasing and mechanically interesting ways* Learn how Square Enix and Acquire built a bigger, bolder world with stunning HD-2D style graphics and how Unreal Engine and the tools within, such as Sequencer, helped them revisit and expand the world of Octopath Traveler in this sequel. *Ice Cream Truck* Order up some ice cream in this beautifully vibrant scene created by Environment and 3D Artist Chihiro Maeda based on concept art by Maojin Lee. *Music Artist & Kitty* In their recent journey into architectural visualization, Environment Artist Melviso used a myriad of different software and tools to bring their project to life, creating all assets from scratch and rendering in Unreal Engine 5. This small getaway house surrounded by nature is a perfect example of their passion. *TEARS* For their final project, Filmmaker and 3D Motion Designer Mathelot has created an intriguing and mysterious short film depicting a dystopian future where society is between an elite living in gigantic skyscrapers emerging from the clouds and a poor and desperate population trapped in a rainy world, residing in misery and crime.