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Epic Games has announced that all those who are interested in playing Unreal Tournament 3 Black for free can do so over the coming weekend. The move comes as the company and fans are commemorating the ten-year anniversary since the release of the demo for the original Unreal Tournament. All those who are interested ... |
18 September 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Epic Games has recently confirmed that it has put together and that it plans to launch a new version of its very popular Gears of War 2 over the shoulder shooter and now we finally have a release date for it.The Game of the Year edition of the multi-million seller will be on store shelves on September 1 and will allo... |
27 August 2009
05:41 GMT |
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The centerpiece of the E3 Microsoft press conference was indisputably Project Natal, a new hardware that could be coming in the fall of 2010, promising complete motion tracking and gesture recognition for the Xbox 360 home gaming console.A lot of people, like those from Bungie, described it as the future of gaming bu... |
7 July 2009
11:01 GMT |
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We all know that Gears of War 3 will be released, probably at some point in late 2010. But any new tidbit of information related to the third title in the franchise is still welcome news for the fans that have finished Gears of War 2 and all the extra content that developers Epic Games have put out since release.A pr... |
22 June 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Tim Sweeney is a legend in the videogame world. He is one of the co-founders of Epic Games and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and technical director of the company.People like Cliff Blezisnki and Mark Rein might get more exposure but when it comes to the tech of Epic videogames, Sweeney is the genius... |
27 May 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Midway, as the publisher, and Epic Games, as the developer, are announcing that the PC version of the biggest update for Unreal Tournament 3 yet is now available for all those who have the game on the PC. The aptly named Titan Pack can be obtained through Steam, but be warned that it is possible for servers to be ver... |
10 March 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Microsoft really knows how to peddle its warez. After all, even if Killzone 2 is coming out at the end of February, Sony is pretty quiet on that game, while Gears of War 2 is still being promoted despite the fact that it was launched more than two months ago. The new promotion is called “13 Days of Gears”... |
26 January 2009
18:21 GMT |
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Co-Optimus is announcing that, as part of their cooperative play game night, developers from the team that created Gears of War 2 will be joining regular players all over the world in tackling both the single player campaign and the vicious Horde mode.The event will take place on January 15, today, at 7:30 PM Eastern... |
15 January 2009
02:55 GMT |
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Do you remember the first Gears of War? When it came out, people were impressed by the graphics, the innovative cover mechanics and the over the top macho vibe of the entire gaming experience it offered. Epic Games, led by Cliff Blezisnki, managed to create a title that revolutionized the way shooters looked and felt... |
22 December 2008
18:21 GMT |
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Good Old Games, the digital distribution channel created and maintained by CD Projekt, the guys who developed role playing titles such as The Witcher, announce having signed an agreement with Epic Games for bringing most of the Unreal series to the service.The following titles will be included in the deal: Unreal Gol... |
19 November 2008
11:51 GMT |
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Gamers love autumn and the main reason is the fact that this season, especially the last week of October and the first of November, is the period when most of the blockbuster videogames of the year are launched. And arguably the biggest release for the Xbox 360 gaming console during this time frame is Epic's Gea... |
13 November 2008
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Recently, Microsoft announced that Gears of War 2 had produced more pre-orders than its predecessor and that the game would probably sell more than the original.The Halo series still holds the record for the biggest number of pre-orders on the Xbox 360 but the first Gears of War is at this moment the second best plac... |
16 October 2008
21:31 GMT |
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When Gears of War was launched the Xbox 360 fan base cheered as the title promised to be the flagship of their console, with top notch graphics, incredible action and innovative controls. The idea was that the Epic made game would be so much better than any other shooter on the PC or on the PlayStation 3 that gamers ... |
3 September 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Do you feel you're intellectually challenged when playing Gears of War? Do you ever feel too stupid for today's games? Are you, in fact, tired from pushing all those buttons on the expensive controller that came with the overpriced console and which apparently is targeted at some rather inept individuals on... |
11 July 2008
20:06 GMT |
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It seems that following the long teaser campaign with gradual reveals that Blizzard employed before the announcement of Diablo III, Epic, the creators of Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, are also implementing a viral teaser strategy prior to the big announcement at E3 regarding Gears of War 9.The image that accomp... |
9 July 2008
05:32 GMT |
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If Epic ever stops developing games (even though nobody would wish something like that happened), they will definitely still be able to keep the company running just by licensing their great Unreal Engine 3. As further proof that this statement is correct, we have just received the news that Ignition Entertainment li... |
8 July 2008
03:54 GMT |
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The Unreal Tournament series cemented the dominance of Epic as the main deliverer of adrenaline rushing action in videogames. More than any other multiplayer and singleplayer shooter on the market, Unreal Tournament manages to make the player feel like part of the battle, offering him a myriad of weapons and ways in ... |
8 July 2008
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Epic has offered a few new details regarding the multiplayer maps and the modes of the upcoming Gears of War 2 game, due for exclusive release on the Xbox 360 later in the year, in time for the holiday shopping frenzy.Gears of War 2 is set to ship with 12 multiplayer maps on offer and there will be 4 different multip... |
27 June 2008
15:56 GMT |
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PCs are dying. You'll hear this mantra many times and you might read it even more often on various gaming sites. There are those that love PC gaming and upon hearing such news, try to move their player base away from personal computers and towards consoles. Epic has recently done it and Crytek is also announcing... |
26 June 2008
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Rick Carini, Chief Technology Officer of gaming technologies at Dell, thinks that people "get fed up and don't buy PC games any more". Why are his remarks important to gamers? Well, Carini happens to be the chair of the recently created PC Gaming Alliance, which brings together major players in the PC hardware a... |
25 June 2008
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With much more of Gears of War 2 expected to be shown to eager gamers at E3 in July, Cliff Bleszinski, the main man behind the development of the team, addressed some concerns regarding the multiplayer performance of the title.The first Gears of War game offered a bit of an unfair advantage to the host of a multiplay... |
24 June 2008
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I am sure you already know that Gears of War 2 will be "Bigger, better and more bad a**," as designer Cliff Bleszinski keeps saying, but I am also sure you know that actual details had to arise sooner or later. And so they did, even though they are just in rumor stage at the moment. Only because they haven't bee... |
29 May 2008
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We're always glad when we hear that a new company licenses the Unreal Engine 3 (and we're sure that Epic feels the same) because, in our case, it means that new quality titles might emerge. Not to mention the fact that, by licensing the engine, a developer admits that it is working on a new project - even t... |
28 May 2008
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Time is not exactly on the side of potential RED SCARLET buyers, of which I count myself as one. Finding out details on Jim Jannard's new pocket cam turned out to be an unbearably long wait, and now that NAB 2008 has opened its doors and the news is out, we're subjected to a new and unplanned pause in our u... |
14 April 2008
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The signs were always there that Valve was bend on becoming a superpower. They were always humble. After the huge success of Half Life one, they quickly went back to work. They toiled for seven years to release a sequel and justified it all by saying that they wanted to make a perfect game. And Half Life 2 is pretty ... |
18 March 2008
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After all the conflicting views coming from Epic regarding PC gaming, it's nice to see a piece of actual news regarding Epic developing something for a change. We all know by now that Cliffy B said PC gaming was all but dead and that Mark Rein stepped in, jokingly calling Cliff an "idiot," to reaffirm the commit... |
14 March 2008
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Epic has a bit of schizophrenia when it comes to PC gaming. As a company that has released games for more years that some of their customers have been breathing, Epic has a clear connection to the PC as the first platform on which they released games, back in 1991 when they were founded. Recently, the lead designer w... |
12 March 2008
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News recently broke that Microsoft might acquire Epic Games, the makers of high impact series Unreal Tournament and developers of console macho hit Gears of War. Travis Moses, assistant editor at game magazine GamePro, wrote: "Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer" in the new issue of the magazine.... |
20 February 2008
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Gears of War was a smash hit both on Xbox 360 and PC. The game presented a great story with even better graphics that won over most players. The title has been developed by Epic on the Unreal Engine 3 and as we expected it was quite stable even on lower-end configurations. There were a few problems with the game itse... |
25 January 2008
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"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" - Neil Armstrong said that when he first set foot on the moon, and it's something we should say right now (OK, maybe if we overreact it a little). The thing is that Epic has just announced that the first ever user created content for a gaming console... |
21 December 2007
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Unreal Tournament 3, released on PC last month, has just received its v1.1 patch, containing a huge number of fixes and making this game even more addictive than it currently is. The patch is available for download HERE, but be sure to read the most important changes in the list.The gameplay got quite some improvemen... |
11 December 2007
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In the distant past, the human race was bound to its home world. A violent species, with little regard for their own kind, the Galaxy was blissfully unaware of the carnage that they were capable of. History is replete with examples of the viciousness of the human heart - none more awful or spectacular than the organi... |
10 December 2007
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Well of course it's going to be slower on the PlayStation 3. It's the same with Halo and other titles that see both a PC and a console port. And if you don't want to take our word for it, then take Mark Rein's. He's the Vice President of Epic Games, surely you won't have any trouble beli... |
6 December 2007
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An interview with Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, creators of the Unreal Engine and the Unreal game franchise, reveals that one of the company's engine licensees is thinking of porting the Unreal Engine 3 onto Nintendo's Wii, according to next-gen.biz. Apparently, Epic themselves have no direct con... |
23 November 2007
06:58 GMT |
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Two free exclusive maps for Unreal Tournament 3 have been released today by Ageia Technologies, along with the PhysX Mod-Kid, which will allow the modders to customize the game as they see fit.The two new maps released, "Tornado" and "LightHouse", show us many of the things PhysX can do. The Tornado Mod brings a new ... |
22 November 2007
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Epic Games and GameSpy have recently gone public announcing a deal to incorporate the latter's multiplayer technology into Unreal Tournament 3, one of the most awaited FPSes this year. Another recent agreement between GameSpy and Epic Games includes a licensing deal to incorporate GameSpy's online technolog... |
13 November 2007
03:35 GMT |
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It's probably the piece of news of the day and something we've been expecting for a long time and, yes ladies and gents, Unreal Tournament 3 has finally reached gold status. This means that the game is finished, done with, ready and copies are being made right now in the duplicating facilities of the produ... |
31 October 2007
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Great news everyone! PlanetCOD has recently revealed that a demo for Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, PC version, is due out this Thursday. It will be a single player demo, but what the heck… how long have you been waiting for a hands-on experience with the title, right? Below, we'll be discussing some of the gam... |
8 October 2007
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Well, to gamers' anger/delight, Epic and Midway have finally confirmed what your PC should look like in terms of specs, in order to run their upcoming first-person shooter Unreal Tournament 3. Gamers (mostly those not hardcore) should take into consideration the second batch of specs listed below, as that's... |
4 October 2007
03:24 GMT |
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Epic and Unreal Tournament 3 will keep the headlines for a long time now and it's becoming increasingly difficult to limit ourselves to just one story a day about them. The recent partnership of Epic with Gamespy is such an example as Epic is creating the finishing touches for their hard-core multiplayer game.Th... |
16 August 2007
05:15 GMT |
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If you're not familiar with the name of Unreal Tournament, you have been living on the moon this entire time and you must find out the name is practically synonym with revolution. Every time that some Epic official makes a statement on the forum the world stops and when Mark Rein is the one posting, there are us... |
16 August 2007
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Dear AIBO enthusiast, apparently you have all the reasons to be happy, as a new version of Sony's robotic pet is under development.You are probably aware that Sony announced it would discontinue AIBO and several other products as of March, 2006 and also stop the development of the QRIO robot. However, AIBO will ... |
10 August 2007
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Here's some good news for the PC-and-console gamer in you. We've just received word that Unreal Tournament 3 on the PS3 is going to feature full mouse and keyboard support. Hello console owners and fans of the FPS genre, how are you? Yes, I've got your attention now. According to Epic's Mark Rein ... |
6 August 2007
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1UP has reprinted a recent interview with Mark Rein, vice-president at Epic and among other interesting facts there was a catfight between Crysis engine and Unreal 3 engine, a sort of "mine is prettier than yours" stuff. We'll let you enjoy the conversation below: "1UP: We'll see, because everyone's ta... |
30 July 2007
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Who better to discuss Bungie's Halo 3 if not Epic's Mark Rein, who has the only game on the market able to compete with the popular FPS? In an interview with Computer & Video games, the man behind Gears of War talks about Bungie's show at this year's E3 and how although they could have done so muc... |
30 July 2007
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It's interesting to see how Silicon Knights' lawsuit filed against Epic over the license of use for Unreal Engine 3 has evolved. This week, we have Koei's Sales and Marketing Manager, Jarik R. Sikat saying a few things about the whole issue. Basically, the hard time Silicon Knights is currently experie... |
25 July 2007
06:26 GMT |
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Many next-gen games today use Epic's Unreal Engine 3. It's the case with Silicon Knights and their upcoming action-adventure title, Too Human. Silicon signed a license agreement with the developers of Gears of War to use their UE3 for developing Too Human for the PS3. Under the terms of the agreement, Epic ... |
20 July 2007
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What do you know, before the PS3's price cut announced by Sony spokesperson David Karraker, everyone was running away from the machine. Now that the world knows that both 60GB and 80GB models have seen a $100 price reduction, developers and publishers are throwing exclusives at the PS3. Well, not really (bad ana... |
12 July 2007
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This time around there are plenty of reasons for Xbox 360 gamers to be happy. I'm not going to list them all, but just the most recent and most important ones for Gears of War fans, who are already enjoying the new Hidden Fronts map pack and Annex gametype. Thursday, June 14, at 2 a.m. (Pacific time) Epic will r... |
14 June 2007
03:41 GMT |
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A little while ago, rumor had it that Epic's Gears of War was becoming a multiplatform title. To be exact, it was said to be ported to the PS3. No official word though, so fans of the Xbox 360 "still" exclusive can rest assure that their favorite third-person shooter is staying within Microsoft's "jurisdict... |
4 June 2007
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