Epic Games makes macho games that feature manly men. Gears of War, for example. But they’re also making FortNite, a game their lead game designer, Cliff Bleszinski, tells G4 should help the studio’s shed the developer’s “dudebro” image just a bit. More »
Epic Games, the people who make Gears of War, Bulletstorm and the Unreal graphics engine has weighed in on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act. More »
Much has been made of a recent ruling adverse to Silicon Knights in its long-running lawsuit with Epic Games, the Gears of War maker whose Unreal Engine was to have been the guts of 2008 flop Too Human. A judge tossed out an expert witness for Silicon Knights; he was going to give his estimates of the losses Silicon Knights suffered when its deal with Epic went in the crapper. More »
I haven’t had a chance to check out Infinity Blade II yet, but I loved the first and Totilo seems to like the second, so I’m probably going to take the plunge over the holidays. Fortunately, ChAIR entertainment has my back with this handy-dandy guide to slicing face in the game. More »
Fortnite, revealed last nite (rimshot) at the Spike Video Game Awards, is one of those games whose elements seem to be either derivative or easily recognisable, yet an easy description remains tip-of-the-tongue elusive. It’s a got resource gathering, but it’s not really Minecraft; cartoony characters, but you can’t say it’s Team Fortress; zombies and headshots, but it sure isn’t Left 4 Dead; and a post-apocalyptic setting, but it’s definitely not Brink, Rage or Borderlands. More »
They teased it earlier this week and tonight on the VGAs, the makers of Gears of War 3 revealed their newest game. Called Fortnite, it appears to expand on the fortification/tower defence mechanics introduced in Gears of War 3 with an all-new art style that leaves the gritty, steroidal look of previous Epic Games behind. We’ll have more on Fortnite when we learn it. More »
Like most of us, Tim Sweeney has owned several Ferraris. He’s also owned a few mobile phones. The Ferraris are the receipt for a life spent making computers do amazing things. They’re cool. They tell their own story about a boy who grows up with a computer as his best friend, a teenager who finds his footing in life, builds his own company, transforms the world of video games and achieves most of his goals. More »
All you Kremlinologists who like to parse secrets out of video clips are SOL on this one. The teasing’s strictly of the verbal variety as Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski hints an all-new game during a promo for the upcoming Spike Video Game Awards. More »
RAAM’s Shadow, the second downloadable extension to Gears of War 3, is due to arrive Dec. 13, but its six new multiplayer skins have already been exposed through the game’s character-selection stage. More »
Infinity Blade II, the big sequel to one of the most acclaimed games on the iPhone and iPad will cost $7.49 when it is released on December 1, according to the game’s creators. More »
