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Three Epic veterans are building an AI-powered game engine to break the industry's doom cycle
Industry veterans Arjan Brussee, Sjoerd De Jong, and Michal Valient have founded Immens, a new company aiming to develop an AI-powered game engine to challenge established players like Unity and Unreal Engine. The engine will focus on extensibility and flexibility, allowing developers to customize workflows and integrate AI tools to streamline development and reduce costs. The team believes this approach is necessary to break the current cycle of increasingly expensive game development and foster more creativity and risk-taking in the industry.
After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine
Former Epic Games "Unreal evangelist" Sjoerd De Jong has co-founded a new company, Immens Engine, to develop a game engine intended as an alternative to Unreal Engine and Unity. De Jong believes the dominance of existing engines has led to stagnation and aims to create a modern engine from the ground up, with a particular focus on accommodating AI integration. The team also includes former Epic technical director Arjan Brussee.
Comings and Goings
Sjoerd De Jong, formerly the lead evangelist for Unreal Engine at Epic Games, has departed the company. He stated that the industry is at a pivotal moment that requires his attention.
Unreal Engine senior director Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games after almost 12 years
Sjoerd De Jong, Senior Director of Product for Unreal Engine at Epic Games, has departed after 12 years with the company and 27 years of involvement with the Unreal Engine. De Jong cited the industry being at a 'pivotal point' and the previous 'era has come to a close' as reasons for his resignation. His departure follows recent reveals of generative AI models being adapted into Unreal Engine.
Former Unreal Engine 'evangelist' and level design legend Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games
Sjoerd De Jong, a prominent Unreal Engine expert and former lead evangelist at Epic Games, has departed the company after 12 years. De Jong, who has a history with Unreal Engine dating back to his teenage years modding the original game, cited a desire to move forward in the ever-changing games industry as his reason for leaving.
