A lot of gamers were shocked by today’s news, as Microsoft has acquired the rights for the Gears Of War series from Epic Games. It’s no secret that Epic Games was only responsible for this particular series – as well as Infinity Blade – therefore some gamers began wondering; is Epic Games going down? And are there other games coming from the team responsible for games such as Unreal, Unreal Tournament and Gears of War? Well, according to Epic’s PR Manager, Wes Phillips, Epic is currently working on multiple games. Continue reading Epic Games: “We currently have multiple games in development” – Incoming GDC Surprises
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New Unreal Engine 4 Video Showcases One Of The Best Real-time House Interior Environments
YouTube’s member ‘Chris Morris’ has shared a video, showcasing his house interior environment that is powered by Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. This house interior looks spectacular and is easily among the best we’ve seen. Reflections are spot on, textures are of high quality, ambient occlusion has been used cleverly, and the overall lighting system is surprisingly close to the real deal. Enjoy! Continue reading New Unreal Engine 4 Video Showcases One Of The Best Real-time House Interior Environments
New UDK Fan-Made Video Showcases Mind-Blowing Next-Gen Realtime Visuals
Ah, the power of UDK. Anton Migulko has shared a new video, showcasing a realtime footage from his latest project. And my God does it look beautiful. Anton has done an astounding work with his terrain and water materials, and his waterfalls look absolutely gorgeous. Antarctica has never looked this beautiful and if this footage is anything to go by, we can expect some truly mind-blowing things once talented users such as Anton get their hands on Unreal Engine 4. Enjoy and kudos to The Astronauts’ Adrian Chmielarz for spotting it! Continue reading New UDK Fan-Made Video Showcases Mind-Blowing Next-Gen Realtime Visuals
Unreal Engine 4 On Nvidia Tegra K1 Looks Sick As Hell
Remember a prototype video we shared a while ago from Unreal Engine 4? Well, it seems that one scene from it was used during Nvidia’s CES 2014 event. Yesterday, Nvidia and Epic Games showcased the power of the new Tegra K1 chip, which was running the dungeon scene from the prototype Matrix video. Tegra K1 is described as the first-ever console-class mobile technology, enabling PC-class gaming technologies like DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.4 and tessellation. In addition, Nvidia has released a new video showcasing some of the games that will be coming on Tegra K1. Enjoy! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 On Nvidia Tegra K1 Looks Sick As Hell
Unreal Engine 4 Showcased Via A Pre-Alpha Test Video
It’s been a while since our last look on Unreal Engine 4, don’t you think? Well, today we bring a new video from a project that is powered by Epic’s new game engine. Created by YouTube’s ‘ZzGERTzZ’, this video shows off a project in its early pre-alpha stages. Since this is pre-alpha footage, you will definitely notice a lot of issues – like the absence of shadows, placeholder textures, unfinished animations, etc. Still, we believe this is something that most of our readers will be interested in, so go ahead and take a look! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 Showcased Via A Pre-Alpha Test Video
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney On Nvidia’s G-Sync: “It frees us from locking a game at 30fps”
Nvidia has released a new video in which Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney shares his thoughts about Nvidia’s new G-Sync technology. According to Sweeney, G-Sync will free Epic Games from making the decision of locking a game at 30fps. This should be good news for all those of us who hate 30fps capped titles (Ghost Games and NFS: Rivals, I’m looking at you). Continue reading Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney On Nvidia’s G-Sync: “It frees us from locking a game at 30fps”
Cliff Bleszinski: “For each person that believed in my ideas at Epic there was somebody who doubted”
You know what? Deathsquad’s podcast with Cliff Bleszinski is really, really interesting. First and foremost, that podcast revealed some of the new features of Bleszinski’s upcoming title. Secondly, in that podcast Bleszinski claimed that Xbox One and PS4 are nothing impressive (as they are more of the same) compared to Oculus Rift. And finally, Bleszinski threw his glove at Epic Games, claiming that there was constantly somebody who doubted Bleszinski’s ideas. Continue reading Cliff Bleszinski: “For each person that believed in my ideas at Epic there was somebody who doubted”
Unreal Engine 4 – Visual Effects Trailer Part #2
It’s been a while since our last look on Unreal Engine 4, don’t you think? I mean, PS4 and Xbox One have already been released and apart from Fortnite (and two or three other titles like Daylight and a F2P game from Yager), there isn’t any other title advertised for it. Therefore, it’s good to see another video from Epic Games that concentrates on the visual effects that can be achieved by its latest engine. It’s probably not what most of you have been waiting for, but at least it’s something. Enjoy! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 – Visual Effects Trailer Part #2
Weekly UDK Gallery – Greek Tavern Showcased Via Epic’s Engine
It’s been a while since our last UDK gallery, don’t you think? Well, today we bring you new shots from the works of 3D artists [HP], Armangelo, DiegoMinguez, Fraeger, iflingpoo, penE, rambooze, ReneFisher and shadacer. As the title suggest, the highlight of this week is the Greek island that has been recreated by ReneFisher. Kudos to ReneFisher for doing an excellent job at capturing the details of this Greek tavern. Enjoy! Continue reading Weekly UDK Gallery – Greek Tavern Showcased Via Epic’s Engine
Unreal Engine 4 – Visual Effects Showcase – Part #1
Epic Games has released a new video for Unreal Engine 4 in which Epic’s Tim Elek and Zak Parrish go under the hood of Unreal Engine 4 to show how artists utilized a host of visual effects, including advanced GPU particle simulation and collision, materials, dynamic particle lights and other VFX to create the Infiltrator real-time demonstration. It looks kind of interesting and cool, so make sure to watch it if you are fans of this particular engine! Continue reading Unreal Engine 4 – Visual Effects Showcase – Part #1