The Matrix Awakens is an interactive tech demo for PS5 and Xbox Collection X / S

Epic Video games has created The Matrix Awakens, an interactive tech demo in-built Unreal Engine 5. A teaser for the interactive Matrix expertise appeared as we speak, and the tech demo will probably be accessible on PS5 and Xbox Collection X / S consoles. You may pre-install the demo proper now (29GB) on PS5 or , and it’ll launch throughout The Recreation Awards on December ninth.

Members of the unique film crew, together with Lana Wachowski, have labored with Epic Video games to create The Matrix Awakens. The Xbox retailer itemizing guarantees “a wild experience into the reality-bending universe of The Matrix that options performances by Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss.”

The teaser video seems to point out a digital model of Keanu Reeves and never the Cyberpunk 2077 type. “How do we all know what’s actual?” Reeves asks, mysteriously.

Epic Video games initially introduced its Unreal Engine 5 with a beautiful PlayStation 5 tech demo final yr. It included photo-realistic lighting, extremely visible high quality, and a degree of sport element that Unreal Engine 5 guarantees to ship for next-gen consoles just like the PS5 and Xbox Collection X / S.

This Matrix tech demo may very well be equally spectacular, with the teaser claiming it would supply “a glimpse into the way forward for interactive storytelling and leisure with UE5 on this free, boundary-pushing cinematic and real-time tech demo.” It arrives simply forward of The Matrix Resurrections theater launch on December twenty second.