Entropia moving to UE5
Entropia Universe announced a full migration to Unreal Engine 5 — a ground‑up rebuild of core gameplay systems and a new scalable backend to modernize the MMO’s long‑running virtual world. The port was confirmed alongside its 22nd anniversary update, signaling a major technical rework rather than a simple rendering upgrade. ( )
MindArk published a technical dev‑blog titled "Dev Blog: The Road to Unreal Engine 5" on February 10, 2026 that lays out a dedicated MetaHumans workstream and details like new morph targets, skeleton rigs, garment fitting and facial animation as core engineering tasks. (entropianexus.com)) The same blog explicitly states that every live system present at the switch—items, land areas, deeds, skills and the in‑game economy—will be carried over into the new client to preserve player inventories and progress. (entropianexus.com)) MindArk published its Year‑End Report 2025 on February 27, 2026 showing turnover of 19.7 MSEK, capitalized work of 5.9 MSEK, an operating profit of -540 TSEK and a loss before tax of -794 TSEK for the reporting period. (entropiaplayer.com)) CEO Leif Evander Andersson highlighted the Steam launch and recent AI and product initiatives as part of a "more scalable and commercially powerful phase" for Entropia in the company’s interim commentary. (entropiaplayer.com)) Multiple outlets report that MindArk has already imported existing game worlds into a transitional Unreal Engine client, but the studio has not provided a target release window or rollout schedule. (massivelyop.com)) MindArk posted a short teaser on its official YouTube channel around the anniversary update, with recent uploads including “Dark Origin | Entropia Universe,” signaling visual showcases tied to the technical work. (youtube.com)) The dev blog also documents ongoing engineering work such as cleaning up blueprints, fixing long‑standing system issues and reworking the new‑player onboarding as separate, named workstreams that have begun shipping or are nearing delivery. (entropianexus.com))
