Tag Archives: Epic Games

If one Unreal Engine GDC 2013 tech demo wasn’t enough, this is a great day for all six of you. Called Infiltrator, the trailer shows off some very impressive lighting and transparency effects, the likes of which you will not have seen since the last time Epic demonstrated its apparently magic tech.

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Earlier today we talked about how the Unreal Engine 4 games won’t be on the Wii U, and now it’s time to look at what that engine can do on a PS4. The following video is a tech demo rendered in real time. Take a look.

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Nintendo thinks the Wii U began the eighth generation of video games hardware; random other people think it’s actually 7th-gen (also known as current-gen for the past seven years). We may be finding out know what the real answer is. First, Frostbite 3 games (including Battlefield 4, Dragon Age 3 and the next Mass Effect) won’t be on Wii U. Next, The Unreal Engine 4 games won’t, either.

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Firefox developer Mozilla and Epic Games have partnered up to bring Unreal Engine 3 to browsers.

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Gears of War: Judgment players have found a way to access the game’s Warzone mode, suggesting that it’s either on-disc DLC or as Epic has since said, a hangover from the game’s development. You be the judge below.

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Fortnite developer Epic Games showcased the game’s crafting and resource mechanics at GDC today, and someone in the crowd has filmed the whole thing.

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Unreal Engine 4 will be revealed in greater detail at GDC this week. Epic Games has released a short, tantalising teaser clip of its new demo reel.

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Oculus Rift development kits will come with free Unreal Development Kits as well, courtesy of Epic Games.

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Tencent’s most recent financial report gives details of the Chinese company’s June acquisition of a stake in Epic Games, and the appointment of two of its representatives to the Epic board of directors.

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Gears of War: Judgment offers players a wide range of vanity items, just like Gears of War 3, but the game also includes paid boosters which are new to the series.

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Gears of Wars: Judgments reviews have begun trickling in, and although we only have a few scores so far, initial results are favourable.

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Gears of War: Judgment is an odd prequel that brings interesting ideas to the table. VG247′s Dave Cook plays People Can Fly’s first stab at the franchise to see if it stacks up with the core trilogy.

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Epic Games has announced its licensed its Unreal Engine 4 to Spec Ops: The Line developer YAGER, which is the first independent studio in Europe to license the tech.

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“This is crazy”. No Baird, it’s not. It’s an annual sequel, the complete opposite of crazy. Oh, you’ve got a new squad of mates to show us? Okay, that is crazy.

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Gears of War: Judgment co-developer Epic Games unveiled a strange new multiplayer enemy type, the ‘Epic Reaper’. There’s a catch though, as this harbinger of death will be controlled by outstanding members of the Gears community

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Gears of War: Judgment co-developer Epic Games has argued that the Xbox 360 can still be pushed further, even though rumours of a next-gen Xbox are growing by the day. The developer and People Can Fly claim to have squeezed even more out of Microsoft’s rig for their upcoming shooter.

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Former Epic president Mike Capps, who retired to an advisory role late last year, has decided to step away from the the company altgoether.

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Gears of War: Judgment has received its launch trailer from Epic Games and People Can Fly. It’s got a cracking soundtrack and many shots of Baird and his trademark bad attitude.

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Gears of War: Judgment has received a new weapon trailer, this time showing off the Tripwire Crossbow. You can use it to set up laser tripwires that detonate when Locust troops pass through, slicing them to bits. You also get a ‘Ribbon’ reward for each time you do so. It’s rather nasty.

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Gears of War: Judgment developers Epic Games and People Can Fly decided to create the prequel around Baird after they found him to be a “fan favourite” among gamers. The fact that many gamers saw him as an “asshole” really helped their decision too.

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