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Umbra 3 To Power The Witcher 3 & Destiny, Xbox One Support Officially Announced

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Umbra Software announced today that its Umbra 3 Visibility Solution middleware is available for Xbox One, and that it is being used in upcoming games such as Bungie’s Destiny and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt from CD Projekt RED, and it has been licensed for future projects from such developers as Eidos Montreal and Remedy. Continue reading Umbra 3 To Power The Witcher 3 & Destiny, Xbox One Support Officially Announced

Guild Wars 2 will take advantage of Umbra’s occlusion culling technology

Umbra Software, the provider of state of the art rendering optimization middleware, announced today that Guild Wars 2, the highly-anticipated MMO from ArenaNet, is taking advantage of Umbra’s occlusion culling technology. ArenaNet has integrated Umbra’s technology into its rendering pipeline early on in the development process to make sure that the beautiful world of Tyria where Guild Wars 2 is set in is realized in the most optimized fashion possible. Continue reading Guild Wars 2 will take advantage of Umbra’s occlusion culling technology

Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos to be powered by the Umbra & Orochi Engines

Umbra Software, the premiere provider of rendering optimization middleware, announced today that ByKing has chosen to power it’s Gunslinger Stratos arcade game with Umbra’s rendering middleware. Gunslinger Stratos is published by Square Enix and comes with a four player arcade game and is built using Silicon Studio’s brand new Orochi game engine. Continue reading Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos to be powered by the Umbra & Orochi Engines

Umbra 3.1 is now available; supported by Bungie, Remedy, IO Interactive, 38 Studios and Sony

Umbra Software, the provider of state of the art rendering optimization middleware, announced today that its Umbra 3.1 SDK is now available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation Vita, iOS and future platforms. In case you were unaware of, Bungie is using Umbra 3 for its unannounced project and other developers are taking full advantage of Umbra, including: 38 Studios, IO Interactive, Sony Online Entertainment, Tripwire, and Remedy Entertainment. Moreover, Remedy’s upcoming Alan Wake: American Nightmare is powered by the Umbra middleware. Continue reading Umbra 3.1 is now available; supported by Bungie, Remedy, IO Interactive, 38 Studios and Sony

Umbra – New Details about this promising indie action hack n slash RPG

Yesterday we brought you the first teaser trailer of Umbra, an upcoming indie action hack n slash RPG that is currently in development by Umbra Software. And today, we bring you some more details about it. First and foremost, Umbra is based on Crytek’s state-of-the-art CryENGINE 3 technology and is set in a horror fantasy world. Continue reading Umbra – New Details about this promising indie action hack n slash RPG

Umbra – First Teaser Trailer for this action, hack n slash RPG

Umbra Software released the first teaser trailer of their upcoming action, hack n slash RPG, Umbra. Although we don’t have a lot of information about it, the game’s official site states that the game uses Crytek’s CryEngine 3 and it definitely looks amazing. Most importantly though is that it retains that old-school atmosphere that all other hack n slash RPGs lack. According to the developers, this footage is from the prototype version of the game and they are currently looking for a producer or a publisher. Enjoy the trailer after the jump. Continue reading Umbra – First Teaser Trailer for this action, hack n slash RPG