Epic responds to director Gore Verbinski's claims that Unreal Engine is making movie CGI worse: 'aesthetic and craft comes from artists, not software'

"It’s inaccurate for anyone in the industry to claim that one tool is to blame," said Patrick Tubach, VFX supervisor at Epic Games.

‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Director Has a Theory on Why Visual FX Suck So Much Now

Many moviegoers have been complaining for at least a decade now about the quality of computer graphics in movies. No one has ...

Fortnite maker Epic Games hits back at Pirates of the Caribbean director who blamed Unreal Engine for bad CGI in modern movies

Fortnite maker Epic Games has hit back at a claim by Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski that the company's ...
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Pirates director Gore Verbinski is iffy on Unreal Engine in movies: "I think it doesn’t work from a strictly photo-real standpoint"

The director of Pirates of the Caribbean and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die has spoken at length about the presence of a ...
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Unreal Engine Makes Films Look Too Much Like Games, Pirates Of The Caribbean Director Says

As Verbinski explained, Unreal Engine 5's approach to light and its application in scenes doesn't work with films aiming for ...
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Why Gore Verbinski thinks Unreal Engine is to blame for bad movie CGI

There’s also an aesthetic critique running through his comments. Verbinski argues that Unreal Engine brings with it a ...
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Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer seems to be working on a secret Unreal Engine project

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 may have been the most underrated game to release in 2025. It's difficult to say that about a title that came fourth in our own Game of the Year 2025 list and picked up ...
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Aura AI Assistant for Unreal Engine Launches: VR Studio Ships Game in Half the Time with New Agent Capabilities

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ramen VR today announced that Aura, the AI assistant and agent for Epic's Unreal Engine, is launching on January 2, 2026. Access is invite-only as the team ...
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Aura AI Assistant for Unreal Engine Launches: VR Studio Ships Game in Half the Time with New Agent Capabilities

Sinn Studio uses Aura to halve production time and ship Zombonks in early access in just 5 months while increasing content pipeline 5X; Ramen VR introduces Editor-Use Agent and Coding Agent for ...