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Marvel Heroes MMO Will Be Unreal Engine 3 Powered

Video game developer Gazillion Entertainment has announced that it plans to use the Unreal Engine 3 game engine from Epic Games to create the upcoming Marvel Heroes MMO.Jeff Lind, who is the studio director of Gazillion’s Secret Identity Studios, stated, “We love Unreal Engine 3’s streaming system. ...

19 January 2012
04:27 GMT

Thief 4 Has Online Modes, Is Unreal Engine 3 Powered

Thief 4 is the next big project from the Eidos Montreal development studio but the team has not been very forthcoming with details about the game so the intrepid information finders at the NeoGAF forums have dug up some tidbits of their own.From a number of CVs taken from LinkedIn the forum users have managed to find...

18 January 2012
16:21 GMT

Silicon Knights Losses Legal Battle with Epic Games Over Too Human and Unreal Engine 3

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

Weekend Reading: Stop the Graphics at Battlefield 3

There’s talk of another generation of consoles, everyone wants to know how much better the graphics will be on the new platforms from Microsoft and Sony, and we already know that the Wii U will offer quite an upgrade over the Nintendo machine currently available.One can safely take a look at any PC gaming machi...

17 December 2011
06:01 GMT

Square Enix Plans Two or Three New Intellectual Properties

Speaking to investors as part of a financial briefing Yoichi Wada, who is the president of Square Enix, has stated, “Regarding yet unannounced IPs, we should certainly be able to announce two to three titles to everyone within a few years.”The executive also believes that his company would be best served ...

1 December 2011
09:28 GMT

Download Infinity Blade II for iPhone, iPad

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

Square Enix Prepares Unreal Engine Powered RPG for Western Audience

A story in Famitsu talks about a new Square Enix developed Japanese role playing game that will be using the Unreal Engine and will be aimed more at Western audiences.It seems that the game will be using the Unreal Engine 3 to power its world and that development is being led by Ryutaro Ichimura, who has previously w...

29 November 2011
10:15 GMT

Square Enix Prepares New Unreal Engine 3 Powered Games

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

CryEngine 3 Adobe Flash Support Might Appear, Crytek Says

Crytek, the studio behind critically acclaimed games like Crysis 1 and its sequel, has confirmed that its impressive CryEngine 3 technology may soon get a truly cross-platform solution, after seeing that its rival, Epic Games, presented a version of its Unreal Engine 3 running in a web browser through Adobe Flash tec...

7 October 2011
14:21 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Now Fully Playable in Adobe Flash Player 11

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

Unreal Engine 4 Could Appear in 2014, Epic Games CEO Says

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

Sept. 2011 Unreal SDK Adds Mac, Airplay Support

Epic Games is releasing its September 2011 Unreal Development Kit (UDK) Beta, a new version of the software development kit (SDK) for making video games that take advantage of the company’s Unreal Engine, and other technologies.“This month, we are thrilled to ship a new and improved UDK, now with Mac supp...

20 September 2011
03:52 GMT

Samaritan Might Become Full Game After Gears of War 3 Launch

Epic Games impressed a lot of video game industry watchers and fans with the newly launched Samaritan technology demo, which shows the new graphical abilities of the Unreal Engine 3 technology, but one leading executive says that this does not mean that Samaritan will automatically become the company's next hit....

11 March 2011
08:44 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Shows Off the Power of the PSP 2

Epic Games has announced that the widely used Unreal Engine 3 technology has been adapted by the company to run on the upcoming PlayStation Portable 2 handheld, the one that Sony insists on calling the Next Generation Portable. The company offered a presentation for all the developers that are interested in using ...

25 February 2011
15:01 GMT

Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for iOS Available as Free Download

Epic Games is making good on its promise to release the latest beta of the Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for free. The UDK provides access to the Unreal Engine 3 fully integrated suite of tools for making iOS games and apps, such as Epic’s free “Epic Citadel” App.The power of Unreal Engine 3 was firs...

17 December 2010
06:06 GMT

Unreal 3-Powered Infinity Blade Released for iOS - Download Now

The first mobile game powered by Epic’s bleeding-edge Unreal Engine 3 is now live on the iTunes App Store. Priced at $5.99 for both iPhone and iPad (iPod touch also supported), Infinity Blade aims to take handheld gaming to a new level with crisp visuals, adrenaline-fueled battles and advanced character progres...

9 December 2010
06:08 GMT

City Interactive Licenses Unreal Engine 3 for Yet Another Shooter

City Interactive, which is a self-described internal publisher and developer of video games, has announced that it has licensed the widely used Unreal Engine 3 technology from Epic Games in order to use it in a yet-unannounced first person shooter project which will be released at some point during next year. Rece...

8 December 2010
06:03 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

New Devil May Cry Will Use Unreal Engine 3 Tech

Ninja Theory has confirmed that the upcoming DmC: Devil May Cry, which looks like a wholesale reboot of the series, will be powered by the Epic Games made Unreal Engine 3 and not by the widely used MT Framework that Capcom has used on most of its current generation would be blockbusters.The new Devil May Cry has been...

5 October 2010
03:14 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Comes to Android

Google's Android operating system is certainly pretty appealing at the moment, but it seems that it is about to become even more appealing, since the first Unreal Engine 3 solutions for it started to make an appearance into the wild. It seems that game publisher Epic Games has already started working on the dev...

16 September 2010
07:21 GMT

Palm Showcases Unreal Engine 3 on webOS

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm seems set to bet a lot on the gaming capabilities the handsets it has delivered to the market with its own webOS platform include. Only a few days ago, the company announced the release of a beta version of the Plug-in Development Kit (PDK) for webOS, and now we learn that the...

12 March 2010
08:45 GMT

Gears of War Creator Explains Bald Space Marines and Brown Ruins in Games

Video games come in a lot of shapes, sizes and genres, but among the most popular ones are shooters, whether they are first or third person. Sadly though, in recent years, they have all begun to look the same and to have characters that are made using the same pattern: you play as a space marine, preferably bald or w...

6 July 2009
15:01 GMT

Square Enix Will Use the Unreal Engine in Other Games

Square Enix is a Japanese game publisher best known for its extremely popular Final Fantasy franchise, which is the benchmark for any other RPG (Role Playing Game) developed in the Land of the Rising Sun. The company is now slowly but surely starting to release games that are aimed at a global market, which would be ...

7 January 2009
02:50 GMT

Unreal FPS Comes from Ignition

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

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

Unreal Engine 3 Will Bring Us 4x4 Racing

The Unreal Engine 3 is far from being considered obsolete and the living proof is the number of game developers that keep licensing it in order to create all kinds of titles for our viewing pleasure. The latest title to be developed using Epic Games' engine will be a racing one, 4x4 Off Road III - the sequel to ...

7 May 2008
03:27 GMT

NCsoft to Create Two Titles Using the Unreal Engine 3

Probably there are some statistics hidden on the Internet, but for this issue we don't even need them: the Unreal Engine 3 is probably the most licensed engine on the market. As a further proof stands this new announcement from NCsoft which says that the company has licensed Epic's engine for two yet to be ...

26 March 2008
03:28 GMT

Unreal Engine 3 Deals and New IPP Member

The Unreal Engine 3 is one of the most wanted engines by the game developers, if not top of the list. One of the reasons is that Epic keeps improving it and adds sweet features to make games built on the engine more enjoyable.For instance, they have signed a deal with Natural Motion to incorporate "morpheme", an anim...

14 February 2008
03:24 GMT

Gears of War - Bugs and Fixes

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
11:25 GMT

Red Mile Uses Unreal Engine 3 in Sin City: The Game

Just days ago, Epic and Illuminate Labs were announcing their agreement to incorporate Illuminate's global illumination system, Beast, into the famous Unreal Engine 3. More recently, Red Mile Entertainment, too have announced their agreement with the company behind the Unreal Tournament series, to license the UE...

21 December 2007
04:09 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

Game Using Unreal Engine 3 Could Hit the Wii. BioShock...?

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

GameSpy Tech Inside Epic's UE3 - Confirmed!

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

SouthPeak Games Grabs Epic's Unreal Engine 3 for Monster Madness EX PS3

SouthPeak Games, the company currently dealing with Monster Madness EX: Battle for Suburbia for the PlayStation 3 has just announced a license agreement with Epic Games for use of the Unreal Engine 3. The studio will not only use Epic's UE3 in the development of its upcoming PS3 game, but also for other video ga...

8 November 2007
03:34 GMT

Fatal Inertia Goes Gold! The Wait is Almost Over

Fatal Inertia, KOEI's futuristic combat racing title soon to launch for the Xbox 360 (and later for the PS3), has officially gone Gold. The publisher itself has made the big announcement, making it clear that the game will be available at retailers throughout North America starting September 11th. A free demo of...

3 September 2007
05:46 GMT

Koei Supports Silicon Knights in Their Lawsuit Against Epic

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

New Unreal Engine 3-Crafted FPS - The Scourge Project

If you haven't yet heard of Tragnarion, they are an independent development studio based in Mallorca, Spain. The studio is currently working on a FPS, "The Scourge Project" and on a yet unannounced original Nintendo DS title as well. The game is said to be the first story-driven FPS title built from the ground u...

24 July 2007
06:15 GMT

Epic Games Sued by Silicon Knights - Unreal Engine 3

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
02:50 GMT

Midway's Hour of Victory Dated at the Last Moment, Demo on Wednesday

Just as I was getting ready to shut down the computer and go home for a well deserved resting time, Midway decided not to wait until tomorrow to announce the release date for their first-person shooter, Hour of Victory, and revealed it this evening: the 22nd of June.Not only that, but they've also told Eurogamer...

24 May 2007
11:37 GMT

Sonic Using Unreal Engine 3

That is of course if SEGA decides to use it for the Sonic series. And what would they use Epic's Unreal Engine 3 for, other than Sonic, NIGHTS? Sure that one too, but it's not enough reason for adopting such powerful technology and NIGHTS is for the Wii remember? The console lacking horsepower.The company h...

18 May 2007
03:26 GMT

Loads of Details Disclosed on Square Enix's 'The Last Remnant'

Just over a week ago, there was word on the street that Square Enix was coming up with a new RPG title, much like the Final Fantasy series and even featuring one of the series' classic characters, Rush. Today, the developer has disclosed loads of details concerning their new RPG, The Last Remnant and most import...

17 May 2007
07:30 GMT

Gears of Golf from Epic's Team of Developers

Just so Epic's Mark Rein would finally prove to the world that Unreal Engine 3 can do so much more than just shooters, Epic's team of developers spent a whole day transforming Gears into a golf game, using the game's grenade throwing mechanics to aim and swing, featuring Marcus Fenix as the man behind ...

14 May 2007
06:43 GMT

PS3 - Boon Says the Next Mortal Kombat Will Be Grittier, Dirtier

After seeing what Epic's Unreal Engine 3 can do, Ed Boon, Mortal Kombat series creator announced that MK8 will be using something similar and that the fighting game would see a significant change on all levels. Thus, speaking with CVG on the next MK game, Boon talked in detail about the changes occurring with t...

23 April 2007
04:07 GMT

Factor 5 President - Unreal Engine 3 - Slow. 'Lair' Engine - Much Better

How come? I thought Unreal Engine 3 was the best out there. Factor 5 President Julian Eggebrecht poked the topic in an interview with San Jose Mercury News about the upcoming PS3 action, flight, and combat title, Lair:The question: "Is there a big difference you can see between this (Lair's Engine) and Gears of ...

16 April 2007
03:25 GMT

Mark Rein - 'Unreal Engine 3 Can Make A Barbie Game'

What do you know, Unreal Engine 3 could be used to make a Barbie Horse and Ride game? Or at least that's what Epic's Mark Rein says in an interview with GameIndustry.biz: "The industry thinks, 'Well, if I'm going to make a shooter, I've got to use Unreal.' That's a good start, we li...

27 March 2007
07:22 GMT

Too Human. Who? What? Huh?

I know what you're thinking: "Oh, good, a new game. OK, I want to know what platform it's on, then what type of game it is and when it launches. Oh and how much it costs." Right? Probably, but the thing is the game has been in development forever and has been surrounded by all kinds of rumors and negative s...

13 March 2007
11:45 GMT

Today, Sony Will Be Showing Off - GDC 07

As you might already know, Harrison has a big speech coming up for today at the GDC 07, where developers are promised to see the stunning versatility of Unreal Engine 3, on which many shooters and adventure games for the PS3 console will be built, info regarding how developers will use Linux to create content for the...

7 March 2007
02:36 GMT


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