Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 16:17 BST
Report – Wii U powered by Unreal Tech
Epic Games has hinted, but not confirmed, that Wii U uses Unreal Tech, if a report on Develop is any indication.
Speaking with the site at E3, Epic VP Mark Rein told Develop its theory on Wii U running the tech “isn’t an illogical conclusion to make”, but would not comment further on the matter.
Last month Rein told the site “the second Nintendo releases a piece of hardware that can run our engine well, we’ll be on it like water on fish,” and yesterday he commented: “Water, meet fish!”
Yesterday, upon the announcement of Wii U, Batman: Arkham City and Aliens Colonial Marines were confirmed as being in development for the new console. and both games make use of Unreal Engine 3.
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Posted in: E3 2011, Wii U, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, unreal, unreal engine 3, UR3
19 comments
#1
Phoenixblight
08/06/11, 4:20 pm
So that means that other engines won’t do so well on it?
#2
Erthazus
08/06/11, 4:20 pm
Is this a surprise or what?
Wii U is powered by AMD and Unreal engine is nothing special these days (if it’s not a mobile market)
i’m more interested in VITA’s Unreal Engine 3.5.
#3
Blerk
08/06/11, 4:22 pm
I’d have thought this was a given, considering the games that were announced yesterday.
#4
Phoenixblight
08/06/11, 4:26 pm
@3
Thats true. I wish people would start using other engines like Crytek or even ID’s Tech 5. Unreal is great in its use and usability but there are better engines to use and offer a lot more. ID Tech 5 is not out yet but I really can’t wait to try that engine out and see what damage I can do with it.
#5
Blerk
08/06/11, 4:30 pm
I imagine most people use U3 because it’s the most proven, the easiest to get staff for and (probably) the cheapest.
#6
Phoenixblight
08/06/11, 4:33 pm
@5 that is True. Carmack and ID were saying the ID Tech 5 is very user friendly so thats why I am most interested.
#7
Maximum Payne
08/06/11, 4:35 pm
ID tech 5 is not going to be for licensed
Sniper ghost Warrior 2 will use Cryengine 3.
#8
Phoenixblight
08/06/11, 4:38 pm
@7
I know its not they will keep in house until they move on and then they will make it open source. But if you get Rage you get the level editor, that’s what I am most excited about.
#9
PapaJustify
08/06/11, 4:39 pm
I am pretty sure this garden demo with the bird they showed during the Nintendo conference was running on the Unreal Engine 3. It was just an intuition, but everything screamed for it.
#10
Maximum Payne
08/06/11, 5:05 pm
@8 Yea they said its pretty amazing and very ”easy” to use.
#11
manamana
08/06/11, 5:13 pm
Frostbite 2.0 is all that matters ^_^
#12
Maximum Payne
08/06/11, 5:29 pm
@11 But frostbite might not have mod support …
#13
manamana
08/06/11, 5:43 pm
Well, we don’t know yet, do we?! By the time WiiEww(*) is out, they could do some more tweaking …
* belongs to Blerk, thanks for that inspiration, btw.
#14
Moonwalker1982
08/06/11, 6:41 pm
The picture in this article is from that brandnew tech demo from that Unreal engine, so this is the brandnew engine on Wii U then?
#15
Maximum Payne
08/06/11, 7:19 pm
@14 Nope just Unreal 3.5 like used in Gears 3 and Bulletstorm.
And that picture is form Unreal 4 engine that is out next gen
#16
TVs Everywhere
08/06/11, 9:08 pm
Uh, hooray? Not much of an accomplishment considering even smartphones can run unreal “tech”.
#17
thesamy
08/06/11, 9:32 pm
dice said that this time it wont be mod kit for frosbite
becuse is very hard to make stuff with it or somthing like that
i hope thay will change thire mind in the future
i think thay are doing this to sell DLC’s
#18
klewd
08/06/11, 9:46 pm
@1 no
@16 the mobile UDK engine is not the same as the original UDK. no mobile devices could run the current UDK (non-mobile) version
@14 unlikely
#19
jacobvandy
09/06/11, 12:02 am
Misleading headline FTL… A console is not “powered” by a game engine. Game engines are used to make games, and any console with enough horsepower to run them can do so. If you meant to say that the Wii U is capable of running Unreal Engine games, fine, but say that.