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Epic Games has confirmed that its upcoming Unreal Engine 4 technology will be showcased later this year and that it’s already running on systems the studio “can’t name yet,” probably meaning next generation consoles that might arrive soon enough.
Epic Games delighted fans with lots of high qu... |
13 February 2012
06:41 GMT |
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Epic Games believes that it is time for the gaming industry to settle on a smaller number of core platforms rather than spend time and resources creating titles for everything from the new PlayStation Vita to the older Xbox 360 and PC setups.
Talking at the DICE 2012 conference Tim Sweeney, who is the chief executiv... |
11 February 2012
04:07 GMT |
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Epic Games’ technical head, Tim Sweeney, believes that next generation consoles, like the often rumored PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, need to provide a huge and fundamentally new experience before actually appearing on the market.
Current consoles have been around for quite some time now, with both the PlayStatio... |
1 February 2012
03:23 GMT |
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The Entertainment Software Association, the group that lobbies on behalf of the interests of video game developers and publishers, have announced that it is no longer actively supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act but urges representatives and senators to continue looking for ways to battle pir... |
23 January 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Epic Games has just deployed a brand new downloadable content pack for its Gears of War 3 shooter, in the form of the Fenix Rising one.
Gears of War 3 was among the best Xbox 360 exclusive games of last year and Epic Games, its developer, wants to keep players interested in it and its multiplayer mode with plenty of... |
18 January 2012
15:51 GMT |
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Silicon Knights, the developer that is best known for the failure of Too Human, has said that despite the loss of one important witness it will carry on with its legal action against Epic Games, stating that it looks forward to offering proof that it has been negatively affected by the way the Unreal Engine was devel... |
9 January 2012
10:32 GMT |
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Epic Games, the developer behind massively successful franchises like Gears of War or Unreal Tournament, not to mention the ubiquitous Unreal Engine technology, has revealed its stance on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), saying that it doesn’t support the bill in its current form.
SOPA is a bill currently up... |
9 January 2012
03:09 GMT |
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Video game developer Silicon Knights might no longer have a case in the lawsuit that it has brought against Epic Games, the creator of the Unreal Engine tech, because one of its key expert witnesses and his testimony have been excluded from the trial by a judge.Terry Lloyd was both an accountant and a financial analy... |
29 December 2011
20:51 GMT |
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As a special treat for all the Xbox 360 owners who didn’t get a chance to experience the stunning Gears of War 3 title, Epic Games and Microsoft have just deployed a special demo for the game, which is now available for download via the Xbox Live online service.
We named Gears of War 3 the best Xbox 360 exclus... |
29 December 2011
05:37 GMT |
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Microsoft is definitely shifting its strategy from getting as many exclusive games as possible onto its Xbox 360 platform to getting as much content, whether it’s Call of Duty DLC or TV on Demand, onto its console. As such, 2011 was quite slim in terms of full-pledged exclusive games for the device, but, among ... |
23 December 2011
16:11 GMT |
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It’s pretty safe to say that 2011 was dominated by many sequels, each managing to impress by refining on what their predecessors already did, so it was pretty hard to go through the already few all new releases and find a concept that truly stood out but, thankfully, I remembered Bulletstorm, the stylized shoot... |
21 December 2011
15:31 GMT |
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The creator of Gears of War believes that Epic Games will try to shake up the formula if it creates any new sequels but that the studio could also return to first love Unreal for its next big project.Speaking to the press after the unveiling of new intellectual property Fortnite at the VGA Cliff Bleszinski stated, &l... |
14 December 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is already one of the most popular video games of the year but the developers at Epic Games seem to be interested in getting even more players involved with the multiplayer modes via a new event called Twelve Days of Gearsmas.Those who take part will be able to get a number of prizes, like a beta teste... |
14 December 2011
04:19 GMT |
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Just a quick reminder to Gears of War 3 owners, who can look forward to the release of the RAAM’s Shadow DLC for the third person shooter later today, exclusively on the Xbox 360.Gears of War 3 impressed us with its tight mechanics and the last adventures of the Delta Squad led by Marcus Fenix, but this new DLC... |
13 December 2011
09:14 GMT |
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At the VGA show developer Epic Games, best known for their work on the long running Gears of War franchise, has shown off its new intellectual property, called Fortnite, which seems to mix team based action with a more cartoon like art style and with a lot of mechanics taken from tower defense.Speaking about Fortnite... |
12 December 2011
20:51 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is getting ready to receive its third piece of downloadable content next week, in the form of the RAAM’s Shadow expansion, which introduces not just new multiplayer content but also a single-player campaign.
Gears of War 3 was definitely one of the biggest installments in the series made by Ep... |
9 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The leader of Epic Games has confirmed that at the moment his company is not working on any video game for the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld because it’s not clear how big of an install base the device will have in the Western market that Epic traditionally targets.But Mike Capps, who is the president of E... |
8 December 2011
20:11 GMT |
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For the last few months, the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft has managed to top the monthly sales chart for the United States that is offered by tracking firm NPD Group, but it is not exclusive video games like Gears of War 3, from Epic Games, that are driving this good performance.Speaking about Gears of War 3 ... |
8 December 2011
02:32 GMT |
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The 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards will premiere this weekend and already plenty of reveals are scheduled to happen during it, among which being a brand new project from Epic Games, the studio behind hit franchises like Gears of War or Unreal Tournament.
The 2011 VGAs will be the place to be for any large games p... |
7 December 2011
01:51 GMT |
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Epic Games and ChAIR Entertainment have released Infinity Blade II, the sequel to the hugely popular Infinity Blade that showed what was possible with the A4 CPU on the iPad. Infinity Blade II takes action to a whole new level on the A5 dual-core CPU, powered by Epic’s cutting-edge Unreal Engine 3 technology.Ra... |
1 December 2011
06:03 GMT |
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People Can Fly, the Polish developer responsible for classic titles like Painkiller as well as the more recent Bulletstorm, might start working on the Gears of War franchise and deliver a prequel trilogy of titles for its owner, Epic Games, at least according to a new rumor.After delivering Gears of War 3, which conc... |
25 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Video game developer Epic Games have announced that it has signed a deal with publisher Square Enix that will see the Japanese company use the Unreal Engine 3 technology to create a number of new video games.The two companies have not mentioned the names of the new projects and there have been no hints about what gen... |
18 November 2011
22:01 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 and its first piece of DLC, the Horde Command one, caused quite a stir when players found out that the content for which they needed to pay extra was already on the game's disc, but the developer, Epic Games, admits that it's just a basic part of the making a game nowadays.Downloadable conten... |
18 November 2011
04:44 GMT |
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Video game developer Epic Games has announced that Gears of War 3, its third person cover based shooter, is set to get its second major title update today, around 2:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time, with a number of fixes and tweaks that the player community will surely appreciate.The improvements include a new spectator ... |
16 November 2011
03:36 GMT |
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Right after some developers proclaimed that the PlayStation 3 has an edge over the Xbox 360 in terms of power, Gears of War creator and Epic Games creative director Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that the Microsoft console has yet to see all of its resources exploited by games.Epic Games has supported the Xbox 360 rig... |
9 November 2011
15:21 GMT |
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Rumors about the existence of new gaming consoles from both Microsoft and Sony have been popping up with more than the usual frequency in the past few months and game developers must be chomping at the bit to play around with new hardware and deliver new tech.But Mike Capps, who is the president of Epic Games, has sa... |
27 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Epic Games, the studio behind quality franchises like Unreal or Gears of War, as well as of the extremely successful Unreal Engine technology, has once again expressed its views on the next generation of consoles, the so-called PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, and how they don't just need to be powerful, but also deli... |
27 October 2011
14:21 GMT |
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After unveiling the first downloadable content pack for Gears of War 3 earlier this month, Epic Games has now introduced the second add-on that will be launched for the game later this year, called RAAM's Shadow, that will allow players to engage in a prequel single-player campaign and even play as the infamous ... |
24 October 2011
04:27 GMT |
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Few Xbox 360 exclusive franchises can hold a candle to Epic Games' Gears of War, which managed to trump almost all other series except for Halo, and even gives multi-platform franchises like Call of Duty a serious run for their money.
Now, the third chapter in the trilogy of Gears of War titles has been relea... |
21 October 2011
10:31 GMT |
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Epic Games’ Beta release of a new and improved version of its Unreal Development Kit (UDK) that works on Mac OS X was possible thanks to Virtual Programming, Ltd., which calls itself “the key development partner that worked with Epic Games to make it happen.”Epic’s Unreal Engine is known for i... |
11 October 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is already being hailed as the best entry in the trilogy and fans are already asking about the future plans of the Epic Games studio that worked on it while its leader talked about how the constraints of the team development make the best out of his creativity.Speaking to Develop, Cliff Bleszinki, who ... |
5 October 2011
17:31 GMT |
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Epic Games and Chair Entertainment have confirmed that Infinity Blade II will be released on December 1 for the iOS platform, with specific features for the new and improved iOS 5 and the recently announced iPhone 4S.Apple confirmed yesterday that it's going to deploy a more powerful iPhone 4S, alongside the alr... |
5 October 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Epic Games, one of the leading studios in terms of graphics systems, thanks to its massively popular Unreal Engine 3, has presented a fully working version of the technology working inside Adobe's brand new Flash Player 11.Unreal Engine 3 is being used by a variety of games these days, ranging from shooters like... |
5 October 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is already a success, having managed to sell more than 3 million units since launch, and a lot of the success is down to the way the various elements of the game, including the boss fights, were designed with the player's experience in mind.Speaking to Edge about boss battles Cliff Blezisnki, who ... |
30 September 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Epic Games and Microsoft have tallied the first sales figures for Gears of War 3, the newest third person, cover-based shooter, and confirmed that 3 million copies have been sold in the first week of availability.Gears of War 3 was released earlier this month, on September 20, exclusively for Microsoft's Xbox 36... |
30 September 2011
06:58 GMT |
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The creator of the Gears of War franchise, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski, has talked about the focus of the upcoming downloadable content for the newest installment, Gears of War 3, while defending the story decisions taken by his team when developing the project.Epic Games has just released its newest title, Gea... |
29 September 2011
15:51 GMT |
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The new, rebooted Mortal Kombat has been a success story and it seems that the fighting game might soon get a new character borrowed from the much more well known Gears of War series from Epic Games.The possibility was raised by an exchange of Twitter based messages between Ed Boon, the main who is behind Mortal Komb... |
29 September 2011
03:29 GMT |
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Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, believes that his studio's next graphics technology, the Unreal Engine 4, might be ready around 2014, although it's still anybody's guess when trying to determine how powerful next generation platforms like the PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720 might be.Epic Games is certain... |
28 September 2011
14:21 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is the newest third person, cover-based shooter from studio Epic Games and publisher Microsoft, released for the Xbox 360 console on September 20, the third in the Gears of War franchise, exclusive to the Microsoft platform, except for the first title, which also appeared on the PC.
The game closes ... |
27 September 2011
07:31 GMT |
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The leaderboards for the new shooter Gears of War 3 from Epic Games have shown the existence of three new game maps that players cannot yet access, called Azura, Rustlung and Blood Drive.The three new maps might be some of the new content that Epic plans to launch in the coming months.There's also the possibilit... |
27 September 2011
03:56 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is the newest third person, cover-based shooter from developer Epic Games and publisher Microsoft, released exclusively for the Xbox 360 console on September 20, the third in the Gears of War franchise, exclusive to the Microsoft platform, except for the first title, which also appeared on the PC.
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26 September 2011
06:21 GMT |
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The main writer who has worked on the Gears of War 3 narrative has admitted that Gears of War 3, which was recently launched exclusively on the Xbox 360 home console from Microsoft, has definitely wrapped up the main story arc of the game universe but cannot hope to tie up all the loose ends created during the first ... |
23 September 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is the latest third person, cover-based shooter from developer Epic Games and publisher Microsoft, released exclusively for the Xbox 360 console on September 20, the third in the Gears of War franchise, exclusive to the Microsoft platform, except for the first title, which also appeared on the PC.The g... |
23 September 2011
06:41 GMT |
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Just after it has released Gears of War 3 into critical and commercial success, Epic Games, the developer of the series, has revealed that it's not going back to its dormant Unreal franchise, despite the fact that it's the series that put the company on the map in terms of shooters and graphics engines.Epic... |
23 September 2011
03:37 GMT |
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The story-based downloadable content that will be released for Gears of War 3 won't feature already known characters like Marcus Fenix, Dominic Santiago or Cole Train, instead relying on self-contained adventures with new heroes.Gears of War 3 has just been released earlier this week across the world, exclusivel... |
22 September 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is the latest third person, cover-based shooter from developer Epic Games and publisher Microsoft, released exclusively for the Xbox 360 console on September 20, the third in the Gears of War franchise, exclusive the Microsoft platform, except for the first, which also appeared on the PC.
The gam... |
22 September 2011
07:51 GMT |
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Gears of War 3 is now out, the first big platform exclusive launch of the fall season, and the developers working on it have talked about how they struggled to expand the appeal of the series by creating compelling female characters in an universe that was normally only concerned with bulky men and monsters.Cliff Ble... |
22 September 2011
07:38 GMT |
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Comic book company Marvel, one of the two biggest publishers in the world, has announced that it is looking for a new partner in the video game world to develop and launch a title based on The Avengeres, set to be launched at the same time as the movie with the same name.Marvel, which is now party of Disney, made the... |
22 September 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Cliff Bleszinski, the creative director of Epic Games and the designer of the Gears of War series, is convinced that his team can still squeeze some more power out of the Xbox 360 console, but he is looking forward to next generation devices, as well as the future of the actual franchise.Epic Games has made a name fo... |
21 September 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Entertainment oriented retail chain Blockbuster has announced that all those who come into its stores in order to buy a copy of Gears of War 3, the latest third person shooter from developers Epic Games and publisher Microsoft, will be able to also get unlimited in-store rentals for both movies and other video games.... |
21 September 2011
09:59 GMT |
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