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Photorealism Is “Inevitable” In 10-15 Years
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Epic Games, the folks behind Gears of War, know a lot about how games are made now. So there’s a good chance Epic has a good handle on the future. More »
“Gears of War 2 Will Have New Lighting” (Swell)
12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | The Gears of War 2 Cole hype train is in full effect. People are hanging on every Epic word. Even really BORING things like Epic found Tim Sweeney saying “The next Gears of War game will have improved physics features and new lighting and rendering features”. Better physics and new lighting? Holy shit, yes, yes, YES. Sweeney did offer up some more meaty clues as to what’s in store for the Unreal Engine 3, and thus quite possibly Gears of War 2. But we’re extrapolating! Guessing! About the Unreal Engine 3’s future, says Sweeney: More »
GDC Gears of War 2 Vids Available on XBLM
5:40AM Flynn De Marco | For those of you that missed out on GDC and Cliffy B’s epic entrance (see what I did there?) you can now experience the magic for yourselves on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. In two separate videos (available for free), Epic Games President Mike Capps and Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski tell you all about what you can expect from the fllow up to one of the biggest games of 2006. Also available is a video documenting the technical aspects and features of the updates Unreal 3 engine by Epic Games CEO and Technical Director Tim Sweeney. All three clips are available now for your downloading and viewing pleasure. More »
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Unreal Engine 4 Targeting Consoles, Not PCs
2:24PM Luke Plunkett | Yeah, the Unreal Engine was once synonymous with cutting-edge PC graphics tech. Once. But in the future? With Unreal Engine 4.0? Well, it’s going to be geared towards consoles, not the PC. So says Epic boss Tim Sweeney: There is a long life ahead for Unreal Engine 3. Version 4 will exclusively target the next console generation, Microsoft’s successor for the Xbox 360, Sony’s successor for the Playstation 3 – and if Nintendo ships a machine with similar hardware specs, then that also. PCs will follow after that. Exclusively targeting consoles? PCs following after a Nintendo console? Egads. Epic and PC fanboys, let me get my boat and a paddle together before your salty tears cry me a river. Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war [TG Daily] More »
