Wasteland 3 developer InXile Entertainment has confirmed that their next game will be based on Unreal Engine 5.
California-based InXile Entertainment is currently hard at work on Wasteland 3, the sequel to their wildly successful isometric RPG, Wasteland 2. That game is now due out in August after a series of delays, but now we’re being told that InXile is already planning on a brand new RPG that will be made for next-gen consoles.
On top of that, it’ll use Unreal Engine 5.
The news comes via Twitter earlier this week. When asked by a fan if InXile will use Epic’s latest engine upgrade, they responded, “We will indeed be using Unreal Engine 5 for our next project.”
But don’t expect any major announcements from InXile soon. “We’re excited to share more, although it’ll be a while,” the developer cautioned, confirming that their focus is on getting Wasteland 3 out the door on time.
InXile was purchased by Microsoft at the end of 2018 and is now a first-party Xbox studio. This means that whatever InXile has planned for next-gen consoles, it’ll certainly be built for the Xbox Series X. This is our first official confirmation from anyone other than Epic that Unreal 5 will work with Microsoft’s next-gen console.
Source: Twitter
