Epic Games Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools to be used exclusively by Silicon Kni

digerati · May 11, 2005, 04:05 PM

"Epic Games today announced that its Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools will be used exclusively in all next-generation games developed by Silicon Knights, best known for titles like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. We could expect the announcement of some new titles based on the Unreal Engine 3 around the E3 timeframe."
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pr0digal jenius · May 11, 2005, 04:11 PM

So much for a metal gear solid 4 for the PS2

Good luck porting UE3 to PS2 hardware

..come to think of it, porting all those direct X calls could make running it on anything aside from XBox tricky

PoopyTheJ · May 11, 2005, 04:18 PM

Yay! At least, we now only have one console to worry about them scrweing up PC games for!

No_Style · May 11, 2005, 04:30 PM

MGS4 is rumored to be on the PS3, but I'm also seeing rumors for the PS2.

That's two developers (MS being the other one) now proclaiming their usage for the Unreal 3 Engine. Epic Games must be really happy

Remember, PJ. Epic Games has developed the U3 Engine to work with next gen consoles since they're seeing a lot of market for flexible engines in the console realm.

pr0digal jenius · May 11, 2005, 05:06 PM

....meh....

Console-ifying an engine just makes it bloated with all those XBox calls in it and such.
Sure you don't SEE them when playing the game...but if you play with the files enough, it becomes fairly obvious how bloated it gets

No_Style · May 12, 2005, 12:01 AM

It's for money, not for the sake of efficiency. There were some X-Box lines in the Unreal 2 engine as well. The bottom line is that they're making a wad of cash out of these deals and are going nowhere, but up. id software has plans for console gaming as well. Diversify!

digerati · May 12, 2005, 01:01 AM

I would so love it if they re-did all the LOK and Blood Omen series with the unreal 3 Engine.

No_Style · May 12, 2005, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ^_^

I would so love it if they re-did all the LOK and Blood Omen series with the unreal 3 Engine.

I'd play Blood Omen with Unreal 3 Engine.. despite my hatred for Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. (Don't ask why.)

May 11, 2005, 04:05 PM	#1
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	Epic Games Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools to be used exclusively by Silicon Kni "Epic Games today announced that its Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools will be used exclusively in all next-generation games developed by Silicon Knights, best known for titles like Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. We could expect the announcement of some new titles based on the Unreal Engine 3 around the E3 timeframe." _________________________________________ Source: GamersHell

May 11, 2005, 04:18 PM	#3
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May 11, 2005, 04:30 PM	#4
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	MGS4 is rumored to be on the PS3, but I'm also seeing rumors for the PS2. That's two developers (MS being the other one) now proclaiming their usage for the Unreal 3 Engine. Epic Games must be really happy Remember, PJ. Epic Games has developed the U3 Engine to work with next gen consoles since they're seeing a lot of market for flexible engines in the console realm. __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 12, 2005, 12:01 AM	#6
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	It's for money, not for the sake of efficiency. There were some X-Box lines in the Unreal 2 engine as well. The bottom line is that they're making a wad of cash out of these deals and are going nowhere, but up. id software has plans for console gaming as well. Diversify! __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

May 11, 2005, 04:11 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	So much for a metal gear solid 4 for the PS2 Good luck porting UE3 to PS2 hardware ..come to think of it, porting all those direct X calls could make running it on anything aside from XBox tricky

May 11, 2005, 05:06 PM	#5
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	....meh.... Console-ifying an engine just makes it bloated with all those XBox calls in it and such. Sure you don't SEE them when playing the game...but if you play with the files enough, it becomes fairly obvious how bloated it gets

May 12, 2005, 01:01 AM	Thread Starter #7
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	I would so love it if they re-did all the LOK and Blood Omen series with the unreal 3 Engine.