Tag Archives: Epic Games
Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 01:28 GMT
Epic’s Unreal highlights reel shows off advanced DX11 capacity
If you are in any way interested in graphical advances, check out this amazing Unreal Engine sizzle reel from GDC 2012.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012
Tags: directx 11, epic, Epic Games, unreal, unreal engine, unreal engine 3, unreal engine 4
Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 23:50 GMT
Epic wants Unreal Samaritan demo running in Flash
Epic brought its latest Flash-based Unreal Engine demos to GDC, and has some seriously lofty goals for the browser tech.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012
Tags: epic, Epic Games, flash, mark rein, Samaritan, unreal engine, unreal engine 4
Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 20:09 GMT
Epic releases trailer for Infinity Blade: Dungeons
At Apple’s media event in San Francisco, Epic Games unveiled Infinity Blade: Dungeons, a new adventure set in the Infinity Blade universe.
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Posted in: Action, RPG, iPad third generation
Tags: chair entertainment, Epic Games, Infinity Blade, Infinity Blade: Dungeons
Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 15:13 GMT
Epic and NCsoft sign largest Unreal Engine 3 licensing deal in Asia to date
Epic and NCsoft have announced a long-term licensing agreement to bring Unreal Engine 3 to NCsoft’s future titles.
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Posted in: Development, Korea, MMO, NCSoft, PC
Tags: blade and soul, Epic Games, unreal engine 3
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | 18:00 GMT
Dungeon Defenders publisher scores Unreal Engine site license
Reverb Publishing has nabbed an Unreal Engine deal securing the popular development tech for all its developers.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012, Trade
Tags: epic, Epic Games, Reverb Publishing, unreal engine
Mon, Mar 05, 2012 | 14:04 GMT
Final Gears 3 map pack gets ultra video blowout
Do you want more videos on the final map pack for Gears of War 3 than you know what to do with a spoonful of gravy? Your Monday just got that bit better. There’s ten videos of the Forces of Nature pack below the break, as well as a handful of screens.
The pack launches on Xbox Live Marketplace on March 27 for 800 MS points.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Epic Games, Forces of Nature, Gears of War 3
Mon, Feb 27, 2012 | 18:37 GMT
Epic to preview next-gen Unreal Engine 4 at GDC
Epic’s announced it’s to preview next-gen tech Unreal Engine 4 at GDC next week.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012
Tags: Epic Games, unreal engine 4
Tue, Feb 21, 2012 | 16:27 GMT
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Vita created with Unreal Engine 3
Epic has announced BBC Worldwide and Supermassive Games have licensed the firm’s Unreal Engine 3 technology for development of Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, which will be the first Vita game to utilize the engine’s toolset.
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Posted in: Action, Adventure, PC, PS3, Vita
Tags: bbc, Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock, Epic Games, Supermassive Games, unreal engine, unreal engine 3
Fri, Feb 17, 2012 | 09:39 GMT
Final Gears 3 DLC, Forces of Nature, announced for March
Epic’s announced the fourth and final DLC for Gears of War 3, the Forces of Nature map pack.
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Posted in: Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Epic Games, Forces of Nature, Gears of War 3
Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | 08:24 GMT
Unreal Engine Samaritan demo requires power of ten 360s
The next generation of hardware will have to seriously up its game if it expects to keep up with Epic’s hugely popular Unreal Engine.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012, Development
Tags: epic, Epic Games, Samaritan, Tim Sweeney, unreal engine 3, unreal engine 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 16:48 GMT
DICE 2012: Unreal Engine 4 to be revealed “later this year,” says Epic
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein has told G4 that the firm plans to unveil Unreal Engine 4 later this year. Speaking with the site during DICE 2012, Rein was quoted as saying: “People are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4 and how much more profound an effect it will have.” G4 expects more on the firm’s engine to he shown at DICE later today. If the firm is showing anything like it did at GDC 2011 with its Samaritan tech demo, then, wow.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012, Development, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 02:13 GMT
“Too many platforms,” says Epic boss
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney expects casualties as we build towards a new platform war.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012, Tablets
Tags: epic, Epic Games, Tim Sweeney
Wed, Feb 08, 2012 | 18:06 GMT
Epic secures iOS rights to Fighting Fantasy games
Epic and Train2Game have secured the rights for the iOS games of Make Something Unreal Live, to be based on the Fighting Fantasy series of role-playing books created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. New iOS games based on the adventure books will debut at Gadget Show Live 2012.
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Posted in: Adventure, Development, iOS
Tags: Epic Games, fighting fantasy, Gadget Show Live 2012, ian livingstone, Steve Jackson, Train2Game
Fri, Feb 03, 2012 | 05:47 GMT
Epic to celebrate 20th birthday at D.I.C.E. Summit
Gears of War, Unreal Engine and Fortnite developer Epic has a string of fancy pants events planned for the annual Design Innovate Communicate Entertain Summit in Las Vegas next week.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein, mike capps, Tim Sweeney
Thu, Feb 02, 2012 | 00:53 GMT
Epic: Next hardware generation must have “dramatic leap” in quality
A little bit of extra grunt under the hood of the next PlayStation and Xbox isn’t going to be enough to satisfy Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney.
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Posted in: Trade
Tags: epic, Epic Games, Tim Sweeney
Mon, Jan 23, 2012 | 09:40 GMT
Epic: Fortnite to be more “casual” focussed, aiming for “an entirely different audience”
Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney has said Fortnite, the recently-announced title from company’s North Carolina studio, will be centred as a “casual” experience.
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Posted in: Casual, Development
Tags: Epic Games, Fortnite, Tim Sweeney
Tue, Jan 17, 2012 | 14:50 GMT
Fenix Rising map pack, new experience system launches for Gears of War 3
Epic has released the Fenix Rising add-on for Gears of War 3, which features five new multiplayer maps “inspired by the life and experiences” the series’s hero, Marcus Fenix: Academy, Anvil, Depths, Escalation, and the Slab.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Screens, Shooter, Xbox 360
Tags: Epic Games, Fenix Rising, Fenix Rising Map Pack, gears 3, Gears of War 3
Sat, Jan 07, 2012 | 17:19 GMT
Silicon Knights boss “looking forward” to airing Epic’s “misconduct” in court
A court judge has dismissed the expert testimony of an accountant Silicon Knights recruited to help solidify its case against Epic Games. In response, the firm’s Denis Dyack said the dismissal would be “one of the few rulings that Epic can say went their way.”
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Posted in: Legalities
Tags: denis dyack, Epic Games, silicon knights, too human, unreal engine
Thu, Jan 05, 2012 | 17:19 GMT
Epic says it does not “support the current version of SOPA”
Epic Games has stated it does not support the current version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill drafted by Texas Republican Representative Lamar Smith and 12 co-sponsors.
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Posted in: Legalities, Piracy, Politics
Tags: Epic Games, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act
Wed, Dec 21, 2011 | 16:34 GMT
Gears 3 gets Fenix Rising map pack, new level progression system on January 17
Microsoft’s announced the Fenix Rising map pack for Gears of War 3, with a new level progression system also being introduced alongside its release.
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Posted in: Microsoft, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Tags: Epic Games, Gears of War 3, Gears of War 3: Fenix Rising map pack
Spike TV to reveal Lucasarts new Star Wars game live from E3 2012