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A US jury has sided with Epic Games on all counts in the suit brought against it by Too Human developer Silicon Knights.

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LucasArts will be showing an “unannounced game in development,” to the press at E3, according to EGM Now. The site asked if the game would contain lightsabers, and the firm wouldn’t confirm or deny anything. It’s been previously announced the studio is using Unreal Engine 3 on a couple titles, one of which is an aerial combat game. Guess we’ll all find out what it is next month.

French site Nintendotown has posted a new batch of Wii U rumors, one of which is rather plausible due to previous comments made by Nintendo.

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The winner of Epic Game’s Make Something Unreal contest during Gadget Show Live 2012 has been announced as UK developer Commando Kiwi. The team bested three other groups in the finals and walked away with a full commercial licence for Unreal Engine 3 with its iOS game The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: Lost Chapters. All of the games created based on the Fighting Fantasy titles over the weekend will be released via the App Store in within the next few weeks. Thanks, Eurogamer.

Epic Games has announced a long-term, multi-platform Unreal Engine 3 reseller and support agreement with Virtual Heroes, a division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. Under this agreement, Virtual Heroes will license UE3 to agencies, departments, and units of the US and allied governments in order to support government developers through the established Unreal Government Network (UGN).

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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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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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Epic and NCsoft have announced a long-term licensing agreement to bring Unreal Engine 3 to NCsoft’s future titles.

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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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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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Gazillion has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for its upcoming MMO, Marvel Heroes. According to studio director Jeff Lind, the choice of tech comes down to the engine’s flexible actor components, which have enabled “all kinds of customisations”, while other representatives praised the lighting and quick import of pre-existing assets. Epic seems pretty chuffed about it, with licensing manager Joe Kreiner noting the team grew up with Marvel characters. That is all. The MMO has not been dated.

According to an Andriasang report, Famitsu’s debuting a massive Square Enix RPG in its latest issue.

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With the sequel to its smash-hit iOS game, Infinity Blade II, Chair has injected more variety into the environments.

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Epic’s announced that Square Enix has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for “multiple” unannounced projects.

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Epic Games has updated its Unreal Development Kit – UDK – to include iOS Facebook functionality and tools for creating more attractive foliage and landscapes, so there’s no excuse for ugly trees in your creations.

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The Korean branch of Epic Games has signed with Alliance of Valiant Arms publisher Neowiz for an Unreal Engine 3-powered MMORPG, titled Bless.

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Epic’s Tim Sweeney announced during Adobe MAX 2011 today that Unreal Engine 3 now runs inside Flash Player 11. To demonstrate how it works, he demoed Unreal Tournament 3 running in Adobe’s latest update which was released yesterday. This means browser games using UR3 can provide the player with a “real” 3D experience. This will also make it easier to convert browser-based games into apps for mobile devices. The big thing, will be Facebook games: since these are browser-based games, using UR3, you may eventually find that your farm or zoo games will finally start looking more like a PC or console title. Check out shots of UT3 running in Flash below.

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Mac support has been added to the September release of Epic’s Unreal Development Kit, which is a precursor to Mac support in the commercial version of Unreal Engine 3. Other improvements have been added as well. You can view the release notes and download the newer version of UDK through the links.

For those that fancy themselves as sculptors of the future, Crytek’s world-building game engine is available now for free. Unreal.

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What’s 260 seconds long and goes a bit mental after the first 20 seconds? Why, that’ll be the new trailer outlining an outlandish new free-to-play MMO based on the books of Tad Williams, of course. Video below.

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