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Unreal Engine 4 “Still A Long Ways Off”

Attending the DICE gaming summit to promote his company’s Unreal Engine technology and celebrate the conclusion of the Make Something Unreal modding contest, Epic Games’ Mark Rein said that the next generation of Unreal game-making tech is a ways off.


January 28, 2010
News

What Does Epic Games’ Mark Rein Think Of The iPad?

We ran into Epic Games vice president Mark Rein at Apple’s iPad demo event today, happily tapping and gesturing to his heart’s content with one of the sleek new tablets. Will Epic bring its Unreal Engine to the iPad?


January 11, 2010

Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The IPhone, Nvidia Tegra

Epic Games VP Mark Rein brought with him the latest platforms on which the company’s Unreal Engine 3 officially runs, iPhone 3GS hardware and Nvidia’s Tegra 2 “system-on-a-chip” platform, giving us a chance to go hands-on with the tech demo.


October 10, 2009
News

Epic: Unreal The “Unofficial Engine” Of Project Natal

Epic Games, makers of things Unreal and Gears of War, are fully on board with this Project Natal thing that Microsoft has cooked up. VP Mark Rein calls the company’s popular Unreal tech “the unofficial engine of Natal.”


July 24, 2009
News

This Is Not The “HD Generation”

This was supposed to be the “high definition” generation of gaming. That’s what it brought that was new. 16:9, 1080p, all that. But four years on from the release of the 360, we’re anything but.


July 23, 2009

AU Diary: Awkward Questions

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What would you really like to ask a game developer?


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Epic Games Exec Doesn’t Think Nintendo Owns This Generation

The Wii is hugely popular with lots of people. Some people, though, are more wary of the Wii. One of those is Epic Games boss Mark Rein.


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Epic Honcho Says Money Woes Made PS3 Cut Impossible

We always love it when one business comments on another business’s business. In this case, Epic’s Mark Rein says a PS3 price cut everyone’s whined for would have made a bad year worse for Sony.


February 27, 2009
In Real Life

Why Do Gamers See Video Game Movies?

Rule of thumb: Video game movies are not very good. I know it, you know it. Yet, game movies typically do pretty well at the box office. Why?


February 12, 2009
News

Gears of War Developer on Gears of War Ten Year Plan: Bwah?

Just because Gears of War 2 writer Joshua Ortega says Gears of War is “a ten year plan” and that in-game Lancer weapon is the new lightsaber, does that mean it’s so?