I like Unreal Engine 5 showcase movies. Can’t get sufficient of them. To be clear, I don’t even care how playable any of them ever find yourself being. This is an artwork function, not a video games assessment part, and so all I care about is how fairly they give the impression of being, and tonight’s showcase could be very fairly certainly.

That is Airborn, a video made by Airborn Studios, an artwork studio in Berlin we’ve featured a number of occasions beforehand, together with for its unbelievable work on a few of Overwatch’s skins:

After a hibernation section of a few years, we made the decision to revisit the undertaking that our studio is known as after. Questioning what it will be like if we dive again into that world with new concepts, a special method, a mixture of Airborn veterans and new crew members, and the willpower to make use of the most recent know-how to push stylized recreation artwork and keep true to the core pillars of the work that was accomplished manner again. And with out additional ado, we proudly current the end result!

Once they say a “hibernation section”, they aren’t kidding: Airborn as an concept has been kicking round for over 15 years now, with this newest video simply probably the most modern expression of the concept that gave the studio its identify.

It’s vital to notice right here that this isn’t a recreation pitch within the sense that that is one thing that’s actively attempting to be made. They’ve referred to as it a “visible prototype” on this case, and as a substitute it’s a manner for artists to have the ability to work on one thing that appears like a online game, so as to showcase their abilities, all of the whereas creating one thing that’s theirs, not the IP of an employer or a consumer.

To provide you an concept of how a lot work goes into one thing like, right here’s the total credit listing for the undertaking:

Airborn Studios

Alexander Delagrange – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Alexandra Graap – 3D Character Artwork

Artur Rosário – Tech Artwork

Benjamin Sauder – Technical Director

Boris Patschull – Managing Director

Ching Rappsilber-Li – Administration Assistant

Erik Neubauer – 3D Character Artwork

Fatos Tahiraj – 3D Character Artwork

Gabriel Hanna – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Ilka Hesche – Idea artwork

Jan Wyss – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

João Sapiro Josue – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Johannes Figlhuber – Artwork Course & Idea Artwork

Jonas Kunert – 3D Env/Prop Artwork & Idea Artwork

Julian Dasgupta – Challenge Administration & PR

Kevin Skok – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Lennart Berger – 3D Character Artwork

Malwina Czech – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Manuel Sitompul – 3D Character Artwork

Manuel Virks – 3D Stage Lead

Niels Timmerman – 3D Character Artwork

Simon Kopp – Artwork Course & Idea Artwork

Steffen Unger – 3D Character Lead

Svenja Roesner – 3D Env/Prop Artwork

Tim Moreels – 3D Character Artwork

Verena Porcher – Web site Relaunch Coordination

Victor Pancrazi – 3D Character Artwork

Music

Ian Dorsch

Funkeyz Animation Studio

Shuki Gamliel – Animation Supervisor

Sonia Wolfson – Animation

Arthur Kazine – Animation

Michael Fabris – Rigging

SkewSound

Dan Crislip – Audio Director

Christopher Wilson – Sound Design

Nicholas Kallman – Sound Design

Steve Pardo – Sound Design

Manufacturing Infants

Joshua (Yoshi)

Particular Thanks

Adina Krause

Ezgi Bulut

Josh Dina

Matthieu Schneider

In case you’d prefer to study somewhat extra about Airborn and its creation, the crew have written a brief weblog in regards to the course of, however had been additionally form sufficient to share a ton of behind-the-scenes items from the video’s creation, starting from character designs to airship renders: