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July 29th, 2008

See Gears of War action figures in all their plastic glory

Remember the Gears of War action figures that are due in stores in late spring? You get to see them again in all their plastic glory, from Comic-Con no doubt. The detail in these toys is amazing. Like I complained earlier, just don’t expect them to survive a good ass-whooping.
Tags: comic_con, epic_games, gears_of_war, toys

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February 15th, 2008

2K Games licenses Unreal Engine 3

Here’s something that would leave you thinking: Epic Games announced that its Unreal Engine 3 will be used for unannounced games in development by 2K Games, the publisher of recent bestseller Bioshock.
As you know, Bioshock uses a modified version of the Unreal Engine 3, so this news doesn’t come as a surprise at all. However, […]

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December 20th, 2007

More eye candy making its way to Unreal Engine 3

The Unreal Engine 3’s eye candy is about to get even prettier. How? By incorporating a global illumination system, that’s how. Epic Games and rendering technology developer Illuminate Labs have entered a deal, making global illumination a part of Unreal Engine 3.
Beast, Illuminate’s global illumination system, will allow the Epic engine to have more realistic […]

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November 23rd, 2007

Gears of War annoyance #4: Crashing makes you want to burn

If you can’t get the software updates that Gears of War for the PC is asking for, then be prepared to crash, and often. You’ll crash so often that you’d want to burn your copy of Gears. The factors that could probably stop you is the amount of time it took you to get the […]

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November 14th, 2007

UT3 for the PS3 might launch this year, but Europe gets no love

We all know that PC gamers are getting Unreal Tournament 3 this very month, but the release date for the Playstation 3 version remains tentative. Mark Rein, vice president at Epic Games, told Eurogamer that the chances of getting the PS3 version this year is still pretty good.

“Right now we’re very close to a […]

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September 20th, 2007

Cliffy B. says Bioshock is his Game of the Year

Clifford Bleszinski, Epic Games’ superstar designer, loves Bioshock. Cliffy B. loves it so much that he considers it his game of the year. Not Halo 3 (which isn’t out yet as of this writing), not Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, or whatever AAA title that’s set to come out late 2007.

The designer then proceeds to […]

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August 7th, 2007

UT3 for PS3 will have keyboard support

I’m pleasantly surprised to learn that a previous conjecture of mine was mistaken. When Mark Rein, vice president at Epic Games announced that Unreal Tournament 3 won’t have cross-platform play between the PC and PS3, I thought that it was for the best because PS3 users won’t stand a chance with the keyboard/mouse-wielding PC crowd.
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July 24th, 2007

Epic: UT3 won’t use Games For Windows Live

Mark Rein, vice president at Epic Games, announced at the developer’s forums that Unreal Tournament 3 doesn’t use Games For Windows Live.

“We have not decided about cross platform play between PC and PS3. We’re not 100% sure that users want that feature but if we get time we’ll play around with it and see […]

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May 29th, 2007

New Unreal Tournament controls are so slick

At least, that’s what Official Xbox Magazine said in a new, six-page article. If you pick up the July issue, you’ll also get new details on the game, and it’s a doozy. Team Xbox also said that Unreal Tournament 3 is looking better that Gears of War.
Is such a claim possible? You and I know […]

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