The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience Officially Revealed, Available on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S Now

The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal 5 Experience has officially been revealed and it’s available to experience on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S right now. 

This experience was revealed at The Game Awards 2021 by Keanu Reeves (who plays Neo in Matrix) and Carrie Anne Moss (who plays Trinity). It is an excellent visual representation of Unreal Engine 5. During The Game Awards 2021, Reeves and Moss were found in front of the iconic dodge-a-bullet-by-bending-really-far-backwards-scene from the first Matrix movie. 

Reeves jokes that he can’t pull off moves like that anymore, but he says in Unreal Engine 5, he can. Then, footage from Matrix Resurrections is shown, which strangely enough also includes footage from The Matrix. From there, we returned to Reeves and Moss, who ask, “what is a game and what is a movie?”

The world premiere of The Matrix: An Unreal Engine 5 experience was then presented by the pair. It was impressive, but a little too close to uncanny valley territory.

This experience turns out to be playable. It seems that it takes place in a scene where Neo and Trinity race down a street, dodging enemy obstacles. We haven’t played it yet, but if we had to guess, it plays like a shooter of sorts. This appears to be an interactive tech demo that has playable components. 

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