Leadwerks Game Engine 5.1 Beta is now available on Steam with new features, improved performance, and support for a wide range of hardware...including integrated graphics. A new deferred renderer provides better performance and easier shader development. Many optimizations have been implemented to provide great visuals and performance across all hardware. Given the inflated costs of PC components today, supporting older hardware is more important than ever. Leadwerks 5.1 introduces optimized support for low-end PCs and older computers, ensuring that even users with modest hardware can enjoy smooth gameplay. This unlocks an underserved market and increases the audience for your game by 50%, while delivering better visuals than ever before. A new terrain-mesh blending feature lets you seamlessly blend rocks, trees, and other items into the landscape with a natural appearance. This feature makes it easy to achieve stunning outdoors scenery with minimal effort. Create breathtaking aquatic environments with the new ocean water system. Realistic waves, reflections, and shoreline effects enable immersive waterfront scenes and coastlines. A custom upscaling solution has been added that boosts framerates by as much as 300%, with minimal loss of quality. This allows an Intel HD 630 (definitely potato-class hardware) to achieve a solid 60 FPS in our first-person shooter sample, running at 1080p! If you want to get an idea of just how bad those chips are, watch this video: • How Bad Are Intel HD 630 Graphics These Days? These are just a few of the headlining enhancements set for the final 5.1 release, and available now on the beta branch on Steam. If you don't have Leadwerks yet, you can grab it on Steam this week with a discount.