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Monday, Nov 16
In College, the Party Never Stops — for LAN
There's much more deep-rooting in PC gaming," Gormley said. "Someone who gets into a game on the PC can end up playing it for years," he said. "On consoles, I've seen people drop Halo for Call of Duty, then drop Call of Duty for Flashpoint. For PC gamers, mostly, it's whatever they originally cl...
Monday, Nov 2
Fairytale Fights Review: The Tragic Kingdom
The Graphics: The world of storybook land spans forests, cottages, castles, palaces made of candy and beanstalks. Everything is rendered lovingly with big, rounded and blocky art design via the Unreal engine. It's colorful and vibrant with a real sense of depth to the background.
Thursday, Oct 22
Rumor: Epic Teases Something "Unreal" [Epic Games]
That narrows it down to about 75% of the company's product line, meaning it could be related to Epic Games' Unreal Engine, the Unreal franchise or the Unreal Tournament franchise. Or it could be a new Unreal product altogether. Or Epic Games is screwing with us. What we're relatively certain...
Army of Two: The 40th Day Multiplayer Preview: Extract Some Fun [Preview]
Buddy Love: You can, of course, ditch your buddy and hope for the best in all the multiplayer modes. However, the game feels way more fun when you're working with somebody. Having that second player's icon appear on your screen at all times helps you focus on gameplay objectives and can inspi...
Friday, Oct 9
Epic: Unreal The "Unofficial Engine" Of Project Natal [Epic Games]
Epic Games, makers of things Unreal and Gears of War, are fully on board with this Project Natal thing that Microsoft has cooked up. VP Mark Rein calls the company's popular Unreal tech "the unofficial engine of Natal." I have no idea what we're going to do from a game standpoint, but from an en...
Monday, Oct 5
Tripwire Brings Zeno Clash To Retail [Retail Release]
Tripwire Interactive started off as a modding team, taking its win in the Make Something Unreal contest for Red Orchestra and transforming themselves into a full-fledged developer and now a publisher. Tripwire has taken its own game, Killing Floor, to retail, and now they are doing the s...
Sunday, Oct 4
K8 [Kotaku Reader]
Sports Ads: Everything You Want in a Video Game - and LessMadden Launch Returns to Its Roots - for One Weekend Only?In a League of Your Own, Where Your Word is LawThe Art of Calling an Unseen Game/a>In the Preseason, 2K Sports Reports FirstSo I Went to a Fight, and a Video Game Broke Out ...Whe...
Tuesday, Sep 29
Study: Gamer Aggression Mimics That of Warfare [Science]
In this one, researchers pitted 14 three-player teams against one another in Unreal Tournament 2004's Onslaught - a capture-the-flag mode - and laid a $45 bounty for winning team players vs. $15 for losers. To make sure they knew what they were doing, they let the teams practice for a week.
Saturday, Sep 26
Capps: Gears of War 3? Not in This Generation [Gears Of War]
For his part, Capps guesses that's about "four or five years away, I think." Right now, Epic is focused om developing Unreal Engine 4, which has been in development for the past seven years in anticipation of the next console gen. Gears of War 3 on Next Gen Consoles? [VE3D]
What Makes a "Real" Sport in an Unreal World? [Stick Jockey]
• A sports game's rules and framework is not wholly invented for purposes of a video game. A baseball game draws on rules codified more than a century ago. Madden's gameplay structure is based on the NFL rulebook. Similarly, Wii Sports' tennis and golf need no tutorial - they're understood by...
Weekend Coupons: Early Birds, the Worm and All That [Dealtaku]
Rise and shine, deal hunters. The full blown autumn retail season is here, and price drops for all consoles are in effect, so we're not seeing the clearance discounts of late summer. But there still are values to be had. Software • As for GamersGate, they offer Unreal Tournament for $1.95, and 6...
Thursday, Sep 24
Epic Games Expands To Tokyo, Teases "Secret Plans" For Studio [Tgs09]
Epic Games president Mike Capps announced at his Tokyo Game Show panel today that the Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer is expanding its empire into Japan. It may also have grander plans for Epic Games Japan. Epic currently has an office in Seoul, Korea to handle similar support effor...
Thursday, Aug 27
Fairytale Fights Heads to PAX [Pax 2009]
The game isn't out 'til October 27 and we're still waiting for word on an official demo — but if you happen to be in Seattle the weekend of September 4 and you're not completely out of luck on the remaining day passes, you can try out the Unreal Engine 3-driven hack'n'slash blitz for yourself.
Monday, Aug 24
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Preview: Better Than A Blue Shell [Preview]
The Graphics: In the age of Unreal technology, it's still the bright colorful high-definition mascot games that can look the most spectacular. Blue skies, bright colors and more abstract — simpler — character and level design allow Banjo Kazooie and Sonic games to look magnificent on th...
Wednesday, Aug 19
Fairytale Fights Preview: The Brothers Grimm Never Looked So Gory [Preview]
The Menu Is A Level: Instead of having a boring main menu to select from, the game provides you a starting level that has everything you need. To upgrade weapons and see what you've unlocked, you visit the blacksmith. To improve your stats, you spend money on building a statue of your characte...
Monday, Aug 17
Carmack OK With Id Not Becoming An Epic Or Valve [QuakeCon 09]
Today, id largely makes its graphics tech for its own games. It's previous graphics engine, id Tech 4, powered few of the industry's games. The next one, id Tech 5, is first and foremost being developed for id's own next big game, Rage. It's companies such as Epic that make the graphics engines...
Saturday, Jul 11
Kotaku Originals: Comment is Free, but Stars are Earned [Original]
Coming Attractions Forza 3 Will Deliver Nearly Limitless Online Multiplayer Variety Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware Two New Maps, Two New Weapons For Killzone 2 Think Of Dragon Age As A Massively Single-Player RPG What's On The BioShock 2 Record
Friday, Jul 10
Notebook Dump: Modern Warfare Wii, Shadow Complex iPhone, And A Sleeping Man [Extras]
Shadow Complex's Apple Debut: On Tuesday, I met Donald and Laura Mustard, the developer and public relations rep couple who showed me the August-scheduled Xbox Live Arcade game Shadow Complex. A detail they told me that didn't make it into my coverage was that, before Epic purchased thei...
Thursday, Jul 9
Alien Breed Evolution Evokes Fond Amiga Memories Later This Year [Game Announce]
Team17 didn't confirm a platform (or platforms) for Alien Breed Evolution, but we hope they'll offer co-op alien killing enjoyment for anyone with access to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. The "retro modern" remake is due later this year, with the developer promising more detail...
2009 Summer Of Arcade: What's Out When [Xbxo Live Arcade]
Five major Xbox Live Arcade titles make up Microsoft's Summer of Arcade lineup, and now we know exactly when each is coming out, from Turtles in Time to Shadow Complex. Last, but not least, Chair Entertainment returns to Xbox Live Arcade with Shadow Complex, a 2D shooter created using the U...
Wednesday, Jul 8
The Number Nine [Note]
Peggle Gives Away World of Warcraft-Themed Game s 2009 Summer Playing List Aion Preview: Onward Towards Ascension Did EA Just Announce Command & Conquer 4? Shadow Complex Impressions: Metroidvania Made Unreal Doom Resurrection Micro-Review: What In The Sam Hell
Shadow Complex Impressions: Metroidvania Made Unreal [Impressions]
The gameplay is a throwback. The graphics are a throw forward. This is modern material: Shadow Complex is one of the rare 2D side-scrollers that takes advantage of being rendered in a 3D graphics engine. It's a The 3D-ness is shown off when Mustard has the game's hero Jason Fleming, man a turre...
Monday, Jun 29
Epic Games In South Korea [Unreal Engine 3]
The Seoul-based Epic Games Korea will sell the Unreal Engine 3 to developers in the region. The office will be headed up by Ray Park, who previously launched Microsoft's in-game advertising network Massive In. in South Korea. Epic Games expands into Korea [Triangle Business Journal]
Monday, Jun 15
Wheelman Devs Unveil 'Necessary Force,' Seek Buyer [Midway]
Necessary Force looks to expand upon the foundation built for Wheelman, with studio head Craig Duncan telling Develop that the team has "about 35 man years of tech on top of base Unreal [Engine]" and an already playable game on their hands.
PC Sales Charts: Simoleons Rule Everything Around Me [PC]
Seeing as The Sims 2 was still all over the PC sales charts, it should surprise none of you to find that the release of The Sims 3 sees the game dominating two of the three major PC listings. I mean, look at it. Even the Mac versions are up there! PC SALES CHARTS FOR THE WEEK May 31 - JUNE 6 NPD Steam
Thursday, Jun 4
Kuju Entertainment Closes Its Dedicated Unreal Engine Branch [Rumor]
lt;p><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/06/chemistry_kuju.jpg" width="803" height="193" style="display:block;float:none;" />Sources tell Kotaku that British game company Kuju Entertainment has shuttered Chemistry, its Sheffield...
Friday, Apr 10
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena Review: Fumbling In The Dark [Review]
The Rest of Multiplayer: Assault on Dark Athena originally wasn't supposed to even have multiplayer, so I suppose getting any at all is a blessing, but with the exception of the aforementioned Pitch Black mode, the rest of the online offerings are pretty staid. It plays like a poor man's Un...
Wednesday, Feb 11
PlayStation Network Catches Spring Fever, Expected To Make Full Recovery [Playstation 3]
Wheel of Fortune: The popular television show re-imagined for the next-gen of entertainment, Wheel of Fortune is a casual game that captures the spirit of the classic game show, with high-definition graphics and online gameplay.
Thursday, Jan 8
Global Agenda Begins Closed Beta Signups [Beta Watch]
Global Agenda, built using Unreal® Engine 3, is set in a near future world of advanced technology and player-driven conflict. It features fast-paced ranged and close combat, RPG-style character progression, solo or cooperative team missions, and epic, competitive campaigns betwee...
Thursday, Nov 27
The Last Remnant Review: Strategically Sound, Technically Flawed
An Epic Adventure: People tend to want a lot of play time out of their RPGs, and The Last Remnant delivers in spades. Even skipping many of the side quests in the game I still managed to pack in over forty hours of gameplay from start to finish, with only a couple of hours devoted to replaying par...
Wednesday, Nov 12
Frankenreview: Gears Of War 2 [Round Up]
The original Gears of War hit the Xbox 360 like a freight train, bowling over critics and fans alike with it's gritty graphics, rough characters, and run, gun, and hide gameplay that seems to have taken over the shooter genre these days. Cliff Bleszinski's baby even managed to give Microso...
Monday, Oct 6
EA's Grasshopper Manufacture Game Is Totally Using UE3 [Grasshopper Manufacture]
EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS Freestyle and POGO are trademarks or registered trademark in the U.S. and/or other countries\ Epic, Epic Games, Unreal, Unreal Engine, Unreal Tournament and Gears of War are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America an...
Friday, Sep 5
BioShock: The Postmortem
Our goal when we set out to make BioShock was very clear. We wanted to get to the next level, moving beyond our suite of critically acclaimed games to make a blockbuster. A lot of factors aligned to make this possible: the commercial backing of 2K; the game design knowledge we'd acquired from b...
EA Considers Licensing Spore As a Platform For Developers [Console Gaming]
Frank Gibeau, president of Electronic Arts' Games Label,) says he can imagine EA using the underlying technology and concepts to create a robust action title, a deeper real-time strategy experience and a role- playing game, all built around Spore's central player-creation concepts.
Wednesday, Jun 25
Capcom License Unreal Engine For Second Western-Developed Project [Capcom]
OSAKA, JAPAN (June 25, 2008) — Capcom Co., LTD., a leading developer and publisher of video games, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to license Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games, Inc. This is the second agreement betwee...
Monday, Jun 16
Korean MMO Gets Unreal Engine 3 License [T-Entertainment]
T-Entertainment Licenses Unreal Engine 3 SEOUL, KOREA – June 16, 2008 – Seoul-based T-Entertainment today announced that it has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 for an upcoming project codenamed L2, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).
Thursday, Jun 12
Xbox 360 Unreal Tournament 3 Ships July 7 [Here It Comes]
Midway and Epic Games Announce Unreal Tournament 3 to Ship July 7, 2008 Xbox 360 Version of Highly Anticipated and Award-Winning Franchise has New Features, Exclusive Content and Gears of War 2 Multiplayer Video. About Unreal Tournament 3
Tuesday, May 27
Sega Reups Unreal License for Secret Game [Unreal Engine 3]
“SEGA has cultivated some of the world’s most treasured game franchises, and we are thrilled that they have decided to make more games with Unreal Engine 3,” said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games. “Epic is committed to supporting SEGA with exceptional tools and technologies so it m...
Sunday, Apr 13
The Evolution of the Team Multiplayer FPS
Ed also argues that single-player FPSes are constantly delivering great new titles, but multiplayers have been "the same old for quite a few years now." I just can't see it that way. Maybe structurally they are the same, but characters, missions, game story, that's what gets me into an FPS n...
Tuesday, Mar 25
NCsoft Readies Two More Unreal MMOs [Unreal Engine 3]
SEOUL, KOREA (March 25, 2008) - NCsoft® Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced that it has reinforced its relationship with Epic Games, Inc. by licensing Unreal Engine 3 to develop two unannounced, top-tier massively multi...
Wednesday, Mar 12
Unreal Engine 4 Targeting Consoles, Not PCs [PC]
Yeah, the Unreal Engine was once synonomous 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 ta...
Thursday, Feb 21
Analyzing the Analysts, Episode Two [Feature]
December 14, 2007 Prediction: Unreal Tournament III, MX vs ATV Untamed, and the PS2 version of Rockband will top December sales. Outcome: FALSE December 17, 2007 Prediction: Being "multimedia hubs" is key to Sony and Microsoft's strategies. Outcome: UNKNOWN
Liveblogging the Msoft Blogger Breakfast [Gdc08]
Why can't the 360 create Unreal Tournament mods? This year you will be able to download XNA Game studio and get your Zune and do game development on there like you can with Live. What's up with the Xbox 360 hardware shortages? When will we have a blu-ray player for the 360?
Wednesday, Feb 20
Our Worst Guesses for Microsoft's GDC Keynote [Gdc08]
Microsoft Buys Epic Games For $3 Billion Gamepro sounds certain that Epic would be a smart acquisition at $1 billion, but Mark Rein puts a higher price tag on the Gears of War and Unreal dev. We'll one up you, Mark, and make it a cool three billion.
Monday, Feb 18
GameSpy Launches Direct2Game [Microtransactions]
In addition to Direct2Game, GameSpy continues to be a leader in multiplayer and online gaming. The company's suite of high-end technology enhancements enables videogame developers to build community experiences that transcend the barrier between in-game and out-of-game environm...
Wednesday, Jan 23
Lex Luthor Voices Dark Sector [Hearing Voices]
Developed by acclaimed developer Digital Extremes, co-creators behind the award-winning Epic Game's Unreal franchise, Dark Sector thrusts players into the role of Hayden Tenno, an elite black-ops agent sent on a dangerous mission into a decaying Eastern European city that hides a d...
Thursday, Jan 3
Unreal Engine Invades Kids' Summer Camp [Education]
Midway, a leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer, and world-renowned developer Epic Games, Inc., recently announced that the highly anticipated and award-winning Unreal Tournament 3 game has shipped for PC. Building off of the massive success of Gears of War, the...
Wednesday, Jan 2
UT3 Is Ready For 360, No It's Not [Back And Forth]
This page article a German gaming magazine (can anyone name it?) claims that the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 is 90% finished, and that it will be released around April 2008. However, Epic's Mark Rein quickly addressed the article to clarify that Epic had not set a release date (w...
Friday, Dec 21
The Mini-Flood Of UTIII User Created Content Begins [Unreal Tournament III]
Not long after the first official piece of user created content for the PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament III arrives, the community has answered the call, with a handful of new maps and a new mutator, something we hope is the start of a long-running trend. The details on each are ne...
IGF Student Showcase Finalists Named [Gdc08]
Best Student Game Award to be Announced at GDC 2008 The Student Showcase games and game mods that will be considered for the 2008 Best Student Game Award are all highlighted on the IGF website, www.igf.com. The list of finalists is as follows:
Thursday, Dec 20
PS3 Unreal Tournament III Gets Its First User Created Content [Unreal Tournament III]
The PlayStation 3 version of Epic Games' Unreal Tournament III has long been crowed about as the first game on Sony's console to support user created content, such as mods and maps. Today, owners of UTIII have their first taste of homebrewed PS3 add-ons, as FileFront presents the game's fi...
Tuesday, Dec 18
Unreal Tournament 3 Heading To Mac [Apple Gamers]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - December 18, 2007 - MacSoft, a leading publisher of Macintosh games, is proud to announce the Macintosh version of Unreal Tournament 3. Licensed by Midway Home Entertainment and developed by Epic Games, one of the world's most acclaimed video game developers, Unreal T...
Wednesday, Dec 12
Double PS3 Frankenreview: UT3 and The Orange Box [Roundup]
The most important thing about Unreal Tournament III is its speed. Where as UT2004 felt heavy and a little on the clunky side, Unreal Tournament III feels lean, and mean, and frenetic. Even though the speed of the game was slightly slowed down for the PlayStation 3 version (meaning, the play...
Tuesday, Nov 13
Hollywood Insight on Unreal Engine 3 Technology
LOS ANGELES—Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 technology is grabbing the attention of Hollywood producers. Once Warner Bros. Television's "Chadam" project, a 10-part, short form Internet series produced by HDFilms, appears online, Jace Hall, former game developer, Hollywood executive a...
Wednesday, Oct 10
More Unreal Tournament III Demo Details [PC]
Beyond Unreal is reporting some new Unreal Tournament III demo details on their site. Though they don't list a source, those guys seem pretty plugged in, so I trust them. Hit up the site to read why Warfare maps don't make sense for the demo... and what a Warfare map is.
Wednesday, Oct 3
PC: Gears of War PC Fact Sheet
Information: Epic Games Inc., based in Cary, N.C., and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and game engine technology for PC and console. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its Unreal® series. Its latest game, "Gears of War," broke sal...
Tuesday, Oct 2
Unreal Tournament III PS3 Delayed To 2008 [Updated] [Slip]
CHICAGO, Illinois, October 2, 2007 - Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY) today announced revised estimates for the Company's third quarter ended September 30, 2007, and fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. The changes are primarily to reflect Midway's decision to release Stranglehold for t...
Wednesday, Aug 15
PS3 Unreal Tournament III Sporting "Gamercard"
Spotted at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival in a playable demo of Epic Games' PLAYSTATION 3 version of Unreal Tournament III, the Gamercard is presumed by the eagle-eyed staff at Games Digest to be the johnny come lately equivalent to the Xbox 360's Gamertag. The "Oops, you shouldn't h...
Friday, Jul 20
Dyack Justified?: Phil Harrison Talks Unreal Engine "Fixes" For The PS3
Game Informer caught up with Sony's Worldwide Studios bigwig Phil Harrison at E3, getting all the right answers to all the right questions. Yes, Sony is working with Immersion on rumble. Yes, there may be Home trophies added to older PLAYSTATION 3 games. Yes, Metal Gear Solid 4 is "exclusive....
Thursday, Jul 19
Unreal Engine 3, Half-Baked, Broken and Late?
•Epic did create a working version of the Unreal Engine 3 for the Xbox 360 before E306, but kept this code to themselves. Later, Epic allegedly failed to provide guidance on how to use the Unreal Engine 3. SK claims that since Epic employs only 75 people and was working on two titles (Gears of Wa...
Wednesday, Jul 11
E307: Midway E3 Press Conference Non-Liveblogging
Mark Rein from Epic Games takes the stage, clarifying that Unreal Tournament III is coming to both the PC and PS3. He talks up the game's ability to run mods on the PLAYSTATION 3 then kicks off another video of the competitive shooter. Gorgeous and constantly blazing at high velocity. Its the s...
Friday, Feb 23
Activision Licenses Unreal Engine 3
Santa Monica, CA - February 23, 2007 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to license the Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games, Inc., for an upcoming as-yet-unannounced action game. About Unreal Engine 3 About Epic Games
