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Rumour: Epic Teases Something “Unreal”
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The Epic Games official web site featured a cryptic teaser about…something, an Unreal-related teaser that has since been removed. That teaser featured the above graphic and the tagline “It’s Unreal. And it’s almost here.” More »
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Capps: Gears Of War 3? Not In This Generation
8:00AM Owen Good | In a Q&A following Mike Capps’ session at Tokyo Game Show, the Epic chief said any Gears of War sequel will be made for “the next console generation, whenever that is”. More »
How Gears 2 Is Actually a More Realistic Combat Sim
9:00AM Owen Good | No one would accuse Gears of War 2, or Gears of War for that matter, of being grounded anywhere close to reality. But Popular Mechanics has an interesting discussion with Unreal Games’ Matt Mike Capps, a breakdown of the capabilities of the Unreal engine, and concludes that the chaotic environment it is capable of rendering in real time can actually raise the bar for accuracy in military combat simulations. More »
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Mark Rein Says Unreal Engine 4 Is a Ways Off
12:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Today is special. You get not only one, but two Chocolate Reins. That’s right, Mark Rein is back! This time, he’s going on and on about the Unreal Engine 4. Of course, Epic’s current Unreal Engine 3 powers tons of big time games. So when’s the next engine coming out? Probably when the PS4, the Xbox 720 and the Nintendo Whatever hit. Says Rein: It’s just a research project today. Our plan is that it will be aimed at the next generation so it is many years away. That’s right, the future. Years Away [Eurogamer] More »
Finally, A New Unreal Engine Licensed FPS
10:40AM Michael McWhertor | End. The game is named End. And it’s coming to a PC or Xbox 360 near you, powered by the Unreal Engine. End is being developed by Faramix Enterprises and its creators hope it will “raise the standard” with its “powerful storyline with innovative gameplay.” While details—and screenshots—are scarce, we do know that End will follow the adventures of Miles and Chaz, one of whom is “haunted by his past.” Who’s pumped?! Personally, I’m thrilled that we’re down to three letter monosyllabic game titles now. In a field that was once dominated by dull names plastered with extensive subtitles, we’re entering the era of efficient succinct game naming. I look forward to a time when game titles will be reduced to nothing but a grunt or a glance or a single pointed finger at a glass display case. How far we’ll have come. Unreal Engine 3 Powered FPS ‘End’ (X360/PC) Announced [Worth Playing] More »Xperience Black College Football The Xperience
8:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Ever since we heard Black College Football: The Xperience (yes, the Xperience) included half-time shows that lets players “step into the boots of a drum major,” our interest was piqued. We so love rhythm games! Sadly, this clip, the first of the game I believe, doesn’t show that. Instead, it has text telling me to “EXPECT MORE THAN JUST A VIDEOGAME” and an a football player reminding me “This is how we do it.” Though, the clip does have some marching band music. Half way there! BCFX [Dtoid] More »
Get The Black College Football Experience With Black College Football Experience
11:40AM Michael McWhertor | Video game football is about to get yet another contender, this time with a decidedly specific bent as tongue twisting developer Nerjyzed Entertainment has announced Black College Football Experience or BCFx if the former grows to tiresome. The Unreal Engine 3 powered college football game brings together three historically black college and university conferences, including some 40 teams for “an incredibly fun football game for the whole family to play.” So what is the Black College Football Experience? As a lily white dude whose closest hands-on experience with such a thing was flipping past a FAMU game once, I’ll have to wait for the PC release to find out. Based on the press release, it’s apparently not only football, but halftime shows, too, as you’ll “step into the boots of a drum major” for an interactive battle of the bands. Hey! I like rhythm games, too! Far more details are available at the Nerjyzed site, but a handy press release follows. More »
No Unreal Tournament III Demo
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Epic doesn’t do demos. They do games. ‘Cause when you have a small staff, you don’t have time to focus on other things. You can only focus on the game. Epic bossman Mark Rein (above, touching something) lays it all out: What we told Microsoft last year — they wanted a demo for Gears of War and we said ‘you’ve got a choice — you can have the demo this year or the game this year’… We’re not a big huge company with the resources to do that, and all the time we’re testing that demo we’re not testing our full game, which we need to be doing constantly… We’ll have a PC demo for UT, [but] I don’t think we’ll have a PS3 demo before the game ships. So if Epic doesn’t have the man power to make one UT3 demo for the PS3, how can they handle Unreal Engine developer support? No Demo [Eurogamer] More »
Epic: We Will Not Put Your Features In Our Engine
7:40AM Michael McWhertor | At the GC Developers Conference, both Mark Rein from Epic Games and Denis Dyack from Silicon Knights, who just happen to be involved in lawsuits filed against each other, have carefully addressed issues related to the development of the each party’s products involved. Silicon Knights claims the Unreal Engine didn’t deliver on promised technology. Epic responded that it refused to endorse the “suitability” of UE3 for Too Human’s needs. Today, Rein underscored that claim with a clarification on Epic’s engine building policy. More »
