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Gears of War Developer Says Epic Might Return to Unreal with RPG Vibe

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

Epic Games Isn't Working on Unreal After Gears of War 3

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

Epic to Give Away Unreal Engine 3 Kit to iOS Developers

Epic Games have confirmed plans to release the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) as a free package for iOS developers. The tools will allow programmers to employ the highly-acclaimed Unreal Engine 3 for their iOS games, and up the ante from a graphical standpoint. According to a report by Cult of Mac, the UDK is actual...

3 December 2010
08:53 GMT

Uncharted 2 Will Change PlayStation 3 Gaming

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves from Naughty Dog and Sony has managed to top the NPD Group chart for the month of October, beating out other titles that were also released for the Xbox 360 or for the Nintendo Wii.The game has been praised, with the Softpedia review not being an exception, for the quality of its graphics, ...

17 November 2009
03:30 GMT

Epic Games Teases Unreal Announcement

It seems that Epic Games is shifting its attention to the Unreal franchise soon and the official website of the developer, which has long created some of the most successful shooter series on both the PC and the various gaming consoles, is now displaying the image that is attached to this very article and the ingenio...

23 October 2009
13:31 GMT

Ready at Dawn Prepares a New Engine

When talking about game engines the first name that pops in everyone head is the Unreal engine. It doesn't really matter if it's the Unreal Tournament Engine, Unreal II or the Unreal III engine that makes an appearance in our cerebral cortex, what matters is that this is the name that always pops up. Epic G...

14 October 2009
06:53 GMT

The Unreal Engine Is Ready for Natal Development

Microsoft has recently released a list of huge publishers, ranging from Electronic Arts to Activision Blizzard and Ubisoft, that are set to support the developers of videogames that will work with the upcoming Project Natal.But the manufacturer of the Xbox 360 has not indicated any concrete project that will use the ...

12 October 2009
17:41 GMT

Perfect Unreal Engine Impossible

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

Get all the Unreal Titles from Good Old Games

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

Level Design Contest for UT3 Announced

It seems that the Unreal modding community is in need for some new recruits and it is offering everybody a chance to join its ranks. An official competition has been prepared to support the modders and huge prizes are up for grabs, just as anybody would've expected. And the thing that makes this whole deal even ...

5 June 2008
17:06 GMT

Sega Gets Unreal Again

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
15:06 GMT

Bluehole Licenses Unreal Engine

The Unreal 3 engine is quickly becoming the preferred base on which to build a number of games, from the traditional First-Person Shooters to third-person shooter, MMOs and even social communities. The main reason is that the engine provides great visuals while also balancing system requirements for the games based o...

28 March 2008
19:06 GMT

Die Hard FPS Players Are Leaving the PC

One of the most persistent images regarding games and gamers in the last 10 years has been that of the hardcore FPS player, with one hand on the WASD keys and the other on the mouse, playing one of the more iconic FPS games, be it Quake II or the most recent Unreal Tournament.Recently a shift of FPS players from PCs ...

20 March 2008
05:10 GMT

Epic's Unreal Goes up on Steam

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
04:22 GMT

Prostitution, Morality and Videogames

We've heard it a thousand times. Games are evil. There's considerable potential for discussion in the sentence. Games are bad. There's no questioning the fact that there are really bad games out there, just not bad in the sense that Jack Thompson would like us to believe that GTA is "bad." Games promot...

14 March 2008
06:36 GMT

Next Unreal Engine More Console-Focused

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
06:00 GMT

New Unreal Powered Game Announced

The Unreal engine has been licensed for a variety of games. Most of them are games that focus on blood, weapons, destruction and death, much like the Unreal series itself does. But now, the engine technology has been licensed by a Korean developer named Nurien. And they want to develop "next generation social network...

22 February 2008
15:06 GMT

Microsoft Interested in Epic Games?

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
04:17 GMT

Epic Signs to 'Illuminate' Unreal Engine 3

If you thought that Epic's famous Unreal Engine 3 couldn't get any better, you were wrong. Following a licensing agreement with Illuminate Labs, creators of rendering and lighting technology for next-generation games, Epic Games will be incorporating Illuminate Labs' global illumination system, Beast, ...

19 December 2007
02:44 GMT

Unreal Tournament 2004 Cheats and Console Commands (PC)

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
11:08 GMT

Epic's "Gears of War" Could Be Prettier Than Crysis

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
03:54 GMT

July Issue of PC Gamer - Duke Nukem Forever?

Just when fans were finally over Duke Nukem (remaining fans, that is) and the Forever title that never launched, Duke4.net says that PC Gamer July issue will contain Duke Nukem Forever. That's funny, I thought the rumor of the game's launch was shot down (one billion times). The game shouldn't even be ...

20 April 2007
09:11 GMT


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