If you’re a game developer or animator, chances are you frequent sites like the Unreal Engine Marketplace, Quixel, ArtStation Marketplace, and the Sketchfab Store. Since Epic Games just launched, the days of purchasing assets individually from each of these stores are over its new marketplace all sites mentioned above.
While the Fab website is live, Unreal Engine 5 Editor users can access it directly in the app when the update is live. The Unreal Editor for Fortnite also has a Fab integration that is currently down for maintenance.
Fab’s content includes animations, VFX, environments, icons, plugins and more. These assets may have either a Creative Commons license or a Standard License; the latter comes in Personal and Professional tiers. Epic Games says that both levels of the Fab Standard License allow you to use the assets in any game engine you want. However, the Creative Commons license only allows assets to be used in Unreal Engine. 3D assets can also be viewed in real-time before purchase to ensure developers buy only the products they need.
The entire library of Quixel Megascans now until the end of this year and the content is free to use in all engines and creation tools. There are 17,000 assets from the original library, along with 10 packs accompanying Fab’s launch.
Epic Games also outlined some future goals for Fab, including Roblox and Minecraft assets, access to MetaHumans, and more. Next year, some of Fab’s Megascans content will be free in the form of a starter pack.
