Former Unreal Engine director retires after 15 years at Epic

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Former Unreal Engine director and longtime Epic engineer Nicholas Penwarden is stepping away from the company after 15 years.

"I'm proud of the part I was able to play in Unreal Engine's evolution from UE3 to where it stands today," the Epic veteran wrote in a post yesterday on LinkedIn "It's remarkable to see how far the engine has come, how much the community has grown, and all the incredible games and experiences developers have created with it."

Penwarden has been one of the faces of Unreal Engine for a while, popping up every now and then to give talks and take questions on the technical particulars of its tools and tout just how many complicated triangles devs will be able to insert into, well, whatever they like. In his time at Tim Sweeney's house, he's been an e...

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