Tag Archives: Epic Games

Tue, Jun 18, 2013 | 01:08 BST

Gears of War: Judgment Relics DLC adds four maps and more

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A new DLC pack for Gears of War: Judgment will drop before the end of the month, with a stack of new multiplayer content.

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Thu, Jun 13, 2013 | 15:16 BST

Gears of War Redux: ‘leaked’ PS4 logo is fake, says Epic

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Gears of War: Redux was rumoured for release on PS4 last night, but it’s all total bollocks, Epic Games has confirmed.

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Thu, Jun 06, 2013 | 21:19 BST

Unreal Engine 4 Integrated Partners Program announced

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Epic Games has announced its Unreal Engine 4 Integrated Partners Program, where more than “a dozen technologies” such as Oculus VR, have teamed up to “help shape the future of games.”

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Tue, May 28, 2013 | 19:32 BST

GDC Europe 2013 – first sessions confirmed from 343, Dontnod, Double Fine, Epic, more

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The first sessions for GDC Europe 2013 have been confirmed, and talks from luminaries such as Epic Games’ James Brown, Dontnod’s Sebastien Lagarde, Double Fine’s Oliver Franzke, and more. A list of the first confirmed sessions and the subject to be discussed is below.

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Tue, May 28, 2013 | 08:55 BST

Xbox One a generation ahead of PCs? Not true, says Epic’s Mark Rein

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Xbox One was praised by EA’s chief technical officer Rajat Teneja as being a generation ahead of high-spec PCs, something Epic Games’ vice president Mark Rein has called out as false.

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Wed, May 22, 2013 | 06:05 BST

GDC Europe announce more talks for design and business tracks

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The organisers of GDC Europe have announced more talks for the event in August. As part of the design and business tracks, the new talks will take place from Monday 19 August through to Wednesday 21 August. These additions will be talks from Steven Masters on Assassin’s Creed III’s design, Don Daglow on the ‘treasures and traps’ of next-gen and Epic’s James Brown on empowering the player in storytelling.
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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 08:25 BST

Gears of War: Judgment ‘Lost Relics’ DLC outed, new maps & modes inbound

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Gears of War: Judgment’s next DLC pack ‘Lost Relics’ has been outed by co-developer Epic Games, and will bring new a new multiplayer mode and maps to the mix.

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Fri, May 10, 2013 | 16:47 BST

Gears of War: Judgment gets new, free DLC next week

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Gears of War: Judgment’s next free-DLC pack, like Execution mode and the Haven and Capitol maps before it, will be sponsored by Maxim.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 16:19 BST

Sony and Microsoft to go ‘heavily’ on free-to-play next gen, says Epic’s Rein

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Epic Games VP Mark Rein has said that both Sony and Microsoft are to chase the free-to-play and in-app purchase business models with their next generation of hardware.

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Wed, May 08, 2013 | 19:22 BST

Consoles don’t need a five year turn-around unless there’s a “big enough leap,” – Epic VP

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Epic Games vice president Mark Rein doesn’t believe console manufacturers have dropped the ball by not releasing a new console every five years.

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Thu, May 02, 2013 | 23:25 BST

Epic Citadel now available in-browser, without Flash

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Proving that the Unreal Engine can go anywhere, Epic has released a version of its gorgeous interactive tech demo Epic Citadel which runs in HTML5.

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Tue, Apr 30, 2013 | 01:21 BST

Gears of War movie nets Battleship producer

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Battleship, Ted and Safe House producer Scott Stuber has signed on to the Gears of War movie project.

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Mon, Apr 29, 2013 | 23:22 BST

Unreal Indie Bundle offers seven games for $20

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Epic Games is pleased as punch to present a collection of seven highly-praised indie games built on its popular Unreal Engine 3 platform.

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Mon, Apr 29, 2013 | 05:31 BST

Epic marketing boss exits for Microsoft

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Yet another highly-placed staffer has left Epic Games.

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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 | 16:17 BST

Gears of War: Judgment – Call to Arms Map Pack with new multiplayer mode out next week

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The second Gears of War: Judgment map pack, Call to Arms, will be released next week for VIP Season Pass holders, and comes with three new maps along with the Master at Arms multiplayer mode.

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Mon, Apr 08, 2013 | 10:36 BST

Make Something Unreal Live prize goes to “potential eSport” Epigenesis

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Epic Games’ annual make Something Unreal competition has drawn to a close, awarding the grand prize to Dead Shark Triplepunch for its unusual first-person ball game, Epigenesis.

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Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 10:37 BST

Fortnite ‘might be Epic’s best work’, Mark Rein suggests

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Fortnite might just be developer Epic Games’ crowning glory, according to company vice president Mark Rein, but doesn’t want the company to rush it out the gate.

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Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 06:12 BST

Gears of War: Judgment patched, new free DLC available

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Gears of War: Judgment got a couple of updates today, with People Can Fly releasing both a title update and stack of new DLC – all for free.

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Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 08:35 BST

PS4 like “the world’s best PC”, says Epic boss

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Epic Games vice president Mark Rein seems fairly enamoured with the PlayStation 4, going as far as describing it as a “really perfect gaming PC”.

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Tue, Apr 02, 2013 | 18:33 BST

Unreal Engine 4: prepare yourselves for next-gen

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Epic Games showed off its gorgeous Unreal Engine 4 during GDC. VG247′s technologically inept Stephany Nunneley witnessed and felt the hotness in the standing-room only mini-theater.

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