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First Unreal Engine 4 Screenshots and Details Revealed by Epic Games

After a lot of speculation and many rumors, Epic Games has finally pulled the curtain off its Unreal Engine 4 technology and talked about its next big product, while showing off the first actual screenshots from a demo that’s running on the tech. While we’ve heard many rumors about next-generation consol...

18 May 2012
05:44 GMT

Browsers Will Be the Main Gaming Platform of the Future

The leader of Epic Games, one of the video game developers who are always aiming to push the limits of current technology, believes that in a few years players will be able to use their browser to play any video game developed for home consoles or mobile platforms. Tim Sweeney, who is the chief executive officer of ...

8 May 2012
17:41 GMT

Epic Games Working on New Game Exclusively for PC

Epic Games, the studio behind massively successful franchises like Unreal Tournament or Gears of War, has confirmed that it’s now working on a game that will come out exclusively for the PC platform. Epic Games amazed lots of PC owners at the beginning of the 2000s with the stunning Unreal Tournament series, d...

9 April 2012
14:11 GMT

Unreal Engine 4 Might Be Unveiled at the End of the Year

Epic Games has once again talked about its upcoming Unreal Engine 4 technology, admitting that it could finally show it off to the general public at the end the year, although it’s not actually up to the company to decide this. The Unreal Engine 3 powers lots of impressive games these days, with its developer,...

9 March 2012
05:03 GMT

Unreal Engine 4 Will Be Revealed This Year, Already Runs on Next Gen Systems

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

Epic Games Wants Less Gaming Platforms, Hints at Hardware Drop-outs

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

Silicon Knights Will Continue Too Human Legal Battle with Epic Games

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

Epic Games Has No Plan for PlayStation Vita Releases, No Infinity Blade Port

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

Developer Says Final Fantasy XIII Should Have Launched Sooner

Final Fantasy XIII, the Japanese role playing game from Square Enix, has not managed to live up to the pre-release hype but it seems that despite its clear failings one of the leaders of the team who worked on it believes that it should have been released earlier.Yoshinori Kitase, who is the leading producer working ...

22 November 2011
15:11 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

This Is What Unreal Engine 3 Running on Flash 11 Looks Like

Adobe is building up a lot of hype over the new 3D graphics capabilities of Flash 11, but it's probably for good reason. The latest update to the widely used platform makes powerful games running in the browser possible. And it's not just a future promise, to show off Flash 11's capabilities, Adobe ...

5 October 2011
05:10 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

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

Players Don't Want Realistic Games, Epic Games Says

Epic Games, the studio behind the massively popular Unreal Engine technology that's used to power many games in recent years, has talked about the possibility of attaining photo-realistic graphics and confessed that gamers might not be so thrilled with lifelike visuals in their experiences. Epic Games, throug...

29 July 2011
15:51 GMT

Epic Games Keen on Working with Nintendo Wii U Platform

Epic Games, the studio behind the massively popular Unreal Engine and responsible for franchises like Gears of War or Unreal Tournament, is quite interested in the recently announced Nintendo Wii U, especially since games already confirmed for it are using modified Unreal Engine technology. Nintendo surprised plen...

27 July 2011
02:40 GMT

Mass Effect 3 Engine Improved to Handle Enhanced Cinematics

BioWare, the developer of the upcoming Mass Effect 3 game, has revealed that several modifications were made to the standard Unreal Engine used by the title, in order to better handle cinematics and output high-quality sound effects. The Unreal Engine is being used by a large number of titles these days and, while...

26 July 2011
04:35 GMT

Unreal Tournament Has Been Neglected, Epic Games Admits

Epic Games is getting ready to debut its blockbuster Gears of War 3 title in September, but this doesn't mean that it's forgotten about its ubiquitous Unreal Tournament series, as President Mike Capps has talked about the popular franchise recently. Epic Games is currently most famous for the Gears of Wa...

25 July 2011
14:21 GMT

Unreal Engine Still Set to Power Android Video Games

Epic Games, the creators of the Unreal Engine, are still working on bringing the development suite over to the Android mobile operating system, which is being developed by Google, despite a number of reports to the contrary. Mark Rein, who is a vice president at Epic Games, has said in an interview with Gamasutra,...

7 April 2011
10:01 GMT

New Unreal Engine Demands Next Generation Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 Consoles

The new Unreal Engine technology demo, nicknamed the Samaritan, will help hardware developers create new consoles, like the often rumored PlayStation 4 or Xbox 720, as it effectively pushes technology into the next generation. Epic Games stunned the attendants at the Game Developers Conference when it showcased th...

5 April 2011
18:01 GMT

Epic Games Calls iPad 2 Graphics ‘Phenomenal’ – ‘Unreal’ Stuff Ahead

9x faster graphics Is just what Epic Games needs to make great games for iPad 2, the studio’s Vice President, Mark Reign, suggested in an interview. With nine times the graphical power of the first iPad, Apple’s second-generation tablet is "fantastic" for gaming, Rein said during a chat with the folks at...

3 March 2011
11:31 GMT

“Dungeon Defenders: First Wave” for Android Announced, Comes with Unreal Engine

The highly anticipated Dungeon Defenders: First Wave tower defense game designed by Trendy Entertainment has just been announced and will hit the Android Market starting December 23rd. This will be the first game that brings the Unreal Engine technology on Android platform. Trendy Entertainment has already released t...

17 December 2010
14:31 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

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

Medal of Honor – Sand Is the Real Star Here

Medal of Honor is the new first person shooter from developers Danger Close and DICE and publisher Electronic Arts, taking the player to the battlefields of Afghanistan and putting him in the dessert combat boots of a variety of characters that engage the Taliban after the events of September 11, 2001.One of the main...

22 October 2010
19:11 GMT

Quick Look: Enslaved: Odyssey to the West

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West is one of the few original properties that were released during the extremely busy holiday season, promising to deliver a mix of Prince of Persia acrobatic gameplay, God of War combat and Uncharted visuals.Did it succeed? Let's have a quick look.The beginning of the game starts off ...

11 October 2010
14:21 GMT

Epic Games Expects Mobile Gaming for Next Generation of Consoles

Mark Rein, who is the vice president of developer Epic Games, has said that he expects mobile gaming to dominate the future, with the new generation of gaming consoles all featuring mobility as one of the most important features.Talking to develop Mark Rein took a look into the next few years of gaming hardware, sayi...

7 October 2010
15:01 GMT

The Unreal Engine Has Been Used for Natal E3 Demos

By now, almost every gamer in the world knows about Microsoft's Project Natal and how it might just transform the way we play our games and make controllers an obsolete notion. We saw at E3 a few tech demos that showed just how responsive and fun the new technology can be. But, speaking with Eurogamer, Epic Gam...

3 August 2009
02:40 GMT

Bleszinski: Epic Games Needs Competition

One of the biggest studios currently active in the gaming industry is Epic Games, which is responsible for franchises like Unreal Tournament or Gears of War. The company is also making a lot of money by licensing its Unreal Engine technology, which powers a lot of the current-generation video games through its most r...

6 July 2009
13:01 GMT

Codemasters Delays Damnation Until 2009

Damnation is shaping up to be a pretty interesting title, promising players the ability to climb buildings and jump off ledges, while evading enemy fire in an alternate reality of the early 20-th century United States. The game also promises to give players the ability to drive certain vehicles during these battles, ...

5 November 2008
14:01 GMT

Epic Acquires Chair Entertainment

Epic Games is announcing that Chair Entertainment, the creator of the Xbox Live Arcade exclusive Undertow, powered by Epic's Unreal engine, will become a direct subsidiary of Epic, directly responsible for developing new games based on the Unreal engine.Chair Entertainment is a relatively new company, just found...

21 May 2008
02:56 GMT

EA Licenses Unreal Engine for Five New Titles

Following the declarations made earlier this year regarding better quality games to be released by Electronic Arts, things are finally starting to move in the right direction. First, EA decided to open a game development studio in Romania, then a few original IPs were announced and now, we have word that Electronic A...

9 April 2008
15:06 GMT

Other Games than FPSs to be Developed with Unreal Engine 3

Everyone knows of the Epic's success with the Unreal Tournament franchise, due to their revolutionary Unreal Engine that makes it all happen on screen. And, as you probably knew already, Epic's job is mainly to make shooters, where the Unreal Engine comes in very handy to make things blow up or catch fire ...

22 March 2007
09:55 GMT


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