Fresh off the surreptitiously filmed, embargo-breaking train, it’s the video footage of the engine that we previously showed you only in stills. This is the engine Epic describes as beyond what modern consoles can do.
We’ve established that the Sony’s upcoming portable wonder-machine, the NGP, isn’t quite as powerful as a PlayStation 3. Further clarifying how much this thing can bench press, Epic’s Mark Rein tells us that the device, which can run his company’s Unreal graphics engine (think Gears of War, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade, etc), has four times the power of any other portable device Unreal’s been running on, including the iPad 1. (iPad 2 not factored into this claim, he said!)
Those of you asking about the iPhone, iPad Dungeon Defenders coming to the Android. Here are your details. It hits December 23 as part of the Unreal Engine adding Android device support. The game will cost $US2.99.
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This launch trailer gives you a good look at Infinity Blade, the role-playing game for iPhone 4 (and iPad and iPod Touch) being built by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games, whose Unreal Engine makes the whole thing go.
What could be in a new Gears of War? Clues are always included in the major Game Developers Conference demonstrations of the Unreal Engine.