Tag Archives: Samaritan

Thu, Mar 22, 2012 | 17:56 GMT

Nvidia’s Kepler announced as GeForce GTX 680

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Nvidia has announced the GeForce GTX 680, formerly known by the codeaname Kepler, which the firm is calling the “fastest GPU [and] world’s most power efficient.” It’s the same graphics card Unreal Engine’s Samaritan tech demo was running on at GDC.

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Mon, Mar 19, 2012 | 15:42 GMT

Epic: Unreal Engine 3 “probably the way to go” for next gen launch titles

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Next-generation launch titles would probably be best off holding off on using Unreal Engine 4 and using the current version of Epic’s engine, the company’s Vice President Mark Rein has said.

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Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 05:29 GMT

Unreal 4 makes Samaritan look like “a piece of crap”

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Unreal Engine 4 won’t be shown to the public till later this year, but Epic’s Mark Rein has set the expectation bar high by describing it as well beyond last year’s amazing Samaritan tech demo – and wanred console manufacturers that they need to keep up.

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Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 23:50 GMT

Epic wants Unreal Samaritan demo running in Flash

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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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Tue, Feb 14, 2012 | 08:24 GMT

Unreal Engine Samaritan demo requires power of ten 360s

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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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Tue, Aug 16, 2011 | 13:00 BST

Epic developing five new games, enthused about PC as a “primary platform”

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Put those speculation caps on, folks. Thanks to Epic’s Mike Capps, we now have a mystery on our hands. Five new games that aren’t Gears of War. What ever could they be?

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 19:00 BST

Epic’s Samaritan demo is playable

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Epic has confirmed its amazing Samaritan Unreal tech demo isn’t just a pretty, pre-renderedĀ cut sceneĀ - you can interact with it just like a game.

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Fri, Mar 11, 2011 | 06:42 GMT

Mark Rein: “Possible” that Samaritan could become a full game, UE4 when next consoles arrive

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After dropping enough jaws to cause a minor seismic event during last week’s GDC, Epic’s been unsurprisingly inundated with questions. Question numero uno? “Gee willikers golly goodness gosh, will we ever be able to play that?”

We might have paraphrased a bit.

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Thu, Mar 03, 2011 | 23:08 GMT

Epic reveals mind-blowing new Unreal Engine tech

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During a GDC behind-closed-doors session earlier today, Epic’s Mark Rein blew the lid off a new, next-gen focused version of Unreal 3. Yes, next-gen. And he was abundantly clear about it: this stuff won’t run on current consoles. Bar, you’ve just been raised.

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