News

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

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.


October 5, 2011
Mobile

Epic Shows Unreal Tournament 3 Playable, Beautiful In Flash

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.


September 28, 2011
Uncategorized

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

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.


September 20, 2011
PC

Unreal Dev Kit Adds Mac Support

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.


September 17, 2011
PC

Insane Unreal Tournament 3 Modders Weaponise Nyan Cat

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.


June 11, 2011
News

The Latest Victim Of The Account Hacking Horde Is Epic Games

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.


May 4, 2011
PC

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

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?”


April 13, 2011
PC

The Making Of Gears Of War 3 Multiplayer

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.


April 6, 2011
News

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

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.


March 9, 2011
Nintendo

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

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.