Video Games · 7 min read
How Unreal Engine 5 Cinematics Took Over the Game Trailer Industry
Nanite, Lumen and MetaHuman have made the line between game trailer and feature animation invisible. Inside the studios shipping the world's most-watched cinematics.
By FUNTASTIK Editorial
When the Black Myth: Wukong reveal trailer crossed 200 million views, it wasn't pre-rendered — it was real-time. We talk to cinematic directors at Axis, Blur Studio and a wave of new Chinese and Indian studios about the workflows that make UE5 the dominant pipeline for game trailers in 2026.
Unreal Engine 5Game TrailersCinematicsMetaHuman