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Courtroom Setback In Epic Fight ‘Tis A Flesh Wound, Says Silicon Knights

10:00PM January 5, 2012 | Owen Good

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 »


Mobile

Epic Shows Unreal Tournament 3 Playable, Beautiful In Flash

5:30AM October 5, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney just took the stage at the Adobe MAX event to show off the company’s Unreal Engine working (and working impressively) in Adobe Flash. To prove Flash’s 3D chops, Epic played a visually updated version of Unreal Tournament 3 running in real time. More »


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The Next Unreal Engine Probably Won’t Be Out Until, Oh, Around 2014

5:00PM September 28, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

From what we’ve heard, the next generation of consoles from Microsoft and Sony won’t be with us until around 2014. Now CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, suggests something similar. More »


PC

Unreal Dev Kit Adds Mac Support

10:00AM September 20, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Epic Games’ Unreal Development Kit, the developer side of the engine that powers Gears of War, Mass Effect, Infinity Blade, Mortal Kombat, and dozens of other titles, has a new beta release. Within is support for UDK games on Mac OS X, meaning, hopefully, more native games on Apple-made computers. More »


PC

Insane Unreal Tournament 3 Modders Weaponise Nyan Cat

4:00AM September 17, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Modder Scott Coxhead lives up to his Cr4zyB4st4rd handle by merging Unreal Tournament 3‘s player-guided Redeemer with that scourge of the internet, Nyan Cat. More »


News

The Latest Victim Of The Account Hacking Horde Is Epic Games

11:30AM June 11, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games now has something in common with Sony and Codemasters – the company was recently the target of hackers who may have stolen its customers’ personal data. More »


PC

This Is What It Will Take To Play Duke Nukem Forever On PC

10:00AM May 4, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Gearbox Software, the developer controlling the reins of Duke Nukem Forever, revealed the official minimum specs required to play the game on a PC today. That’s an important milestone that lets us know Duke Nukem Forever is one step closer to actual release and it helps us answer the question “Can my PC handle that much Duke?” More »


PC

The Making Of Gears Of War 3 Multiplayer

12:20AM April 13, 2011 | Joel Johnson

I’ll stay out of the way of this one, since I know you really just want to watch it. I will indulge myself to say, however, that I like the slight cooling of the colour palette while still allowing more colour than previous titles. It’s still “gritty” but looks much cleaner. More »


News

World Exclusive First Look Under The Hood Of The Next Unreal Engine

3:00AM April 6, 2011 | Joel Johnson

You’ve seen the sexed up trailer showing what games based on Epic’s Unreal Engine will look like in the coming generation. Now join Kotaku and Gizmodo for the world’s first peek at the tools and technology that will be used to create some of the biggest games on every platform from PC to iOS in coming years. More »


Nintendo

Epic Games’ New Unreal Engine – This Is What Next Gen Gaming Looks Like

7:11AM March 9, 2011 | Joel Johnson

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. More »