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Saturday, May 10th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 30 Comments »
It's here, and we have to say this is probably the most excited we've been before 8am on a Saturday morning. The video shows new weapons, using locusts as body ... Read more..Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
1UP will post the first video of Gears of War 2 gameplay tomorrow, the site's assured. 1UP's GameVideos will be the very first place online you'll be able to see the ... Read more..Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, Shooter | No Comments »
Epic VP Mark Rein has confirmed that a story claiming he said Unreal Tournament III's PC servers had been hit by 40 million pirated keys is incorrect. "I don't recall saying ... Read more..Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, Piracy, Shooter | 2 Comments »
This TG Daily report reckons Epic's received more than 40 million attempts to access Unreal Tournament servers using pirated keys, claiming the figure came from studio boss Mark Rein. That's ... Read more..Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark rein reckons there are distant plans to create another single-player Unreal. Remember them? "I'm sure that at some point in our future we will make another Unreal, single-player, ... Read more..Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, America, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
According to X3F, Gears of War 2 is going to be playable at the Xbox 360-sponsored Sasquatch! Music Festival. More info here. It's on over the Memorial Day Weekend. That's ... Read more..Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
According to Kotaku, Gametrailers is going to publish the first gameplay footage from Gears of War 2 on May 9. The movie will feature Marcus, as you'd expect, but not ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, Comic Con 2008, Microsoft, PC, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Speaking at Comic Con in New York this week, Epic president Mike Capps explained that the chainsaw battles in Gears of War came about not through a lust for blood, ... Read more..Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in Development, Nintendo, Wii | 17 Comments »
Speaking in an IGN interview, Epic head Mike Capps has been less than complimentary about Wii's general success, dubbing the system's proliferation a "virus". It’s a virus where you buy it ... Read more..Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
In an OXM interview this week, Epic boss Mark Rein confirmed that user mods will be coming UTIII 360 in some shape or form, although exact details were still being ... Read more..Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Hardly a giant shock, but Epic's confirmed to Shacknews that there isn't going to be a Gears of War 2 demo. "[There are] no plans for a demo," said associate ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Stuff, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
DC's WildStorm label is to publish a comic based on Epic's Gears of War, the company has announced, to release this October. “We are thrilled to be working with DC Comics ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
See it after the link. As you can see, at the end of the video a man who clearly smokes to much pegs the 360 version of Epic's shooter for ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 3 Comments »
They're on Tiscali.cz, but they've got a GamesInformer watermark, so we're not entirely sure what's going on there, but these are new. There's a character model shot and two level ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Development, Nordic, Nordic Game 2008, Sweden, Trade | 2 Comments »
Epic head Mark Rein is to speak in the business and production track at this year's Nordic Game. Rein will sit on a round-table discussion called Art of the Deal, which ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has told videogaming247 that the company does know a release date for Unreal Tournament 3 on Xbox 360, but you're going to have to wait a ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Shooter, Trade | No Comments »
Epic chief Mark Rein has told Eurogamer that the fourth Unreal Engine won't be happening anytime soon, and is planned to accompany the next hardware cycle. "It's just a research project ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has told videogaming247 that the Game Informer Gears of War 2 article that hit the web yesterday is just a "tidbit", and that the best is ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Development, EA, Trade | No Comments »
In an exclusive interview with videogaming247, Epic VP Mark Rein has hinted that today's Unreal Engine 3 deal with EA - in which the publisher extended its license to use ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Development, EA, Trade | 6 Comments »
EA is to use the Unreal Engine on more than the five titles the company already has in development using the technology, the publisher and Epic announced today "Under its initial ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
The Game Informer Gears of War 2 article's been photographed and uploaded to PS3Forums. The pages include character art, levels, new monsters and other stuff, but the images are poor ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
A 12-page feature on Gears of War 2 from the latest edition of Game Informer has been webalized over at NeoGaf, giving a heap of new information on the Epic ... Read more..Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PS3, Shooter | 2 Comments »
Steadfastly aiming to keep the dream alive, Epic VP Mark Rein's posted on the company's forum that the 360 version of UT3 is still on the way and may be ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, PS3, Shooter | 1 Comment »
Epic and intel have announced Make Something Unreal, a contest designed to reward the best Unreal Tournament 3 user mods. With judging beginning in June, the competition will give away $1 ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Comic Con 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 30 Comments »
Following a press release saying there would be a games panel at Comic Con in New York later this month, and that Gears of War 2 would be shown at ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Epic's founder, Todd Sweeney, has been talking to Next-Gen about Gears of War 2, issuing the shocking revelation that the game will have improved lighting and physics. “The next Gears of ... Read more..Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, Shooter | No Comments »
Epic's released a three-map pack for the PC version of Unreal Tournament III, available now from the developer's site. Two of the maps are updates of golden oldies Facing Worlds ... Read more..Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Can't be bothered to watch the Epic GDC tech demo and Gears 2 reveal movies on your 360? Then don't. Check them out after the link. They’re direct feeds and rather ... Read more..Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Microsoft just announced that Gears of War 2 videos from GDC are now up on Live Marketplace. In the videos, Epic Games President Mike Capps and Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski reveal ... Read more..Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PS3, Shooter | No Comments »
Epic just confirmed a massive list of fixes to be delivered to the PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 on March 27. The update has passed certification and will release ... Read more..Monday, March 17th, 2008 Posted in PC, Shooter, Valve | 2 Comments »
Epic's added a good chunk of its entire oeuvre to Steam, including Unreal Gold, Unreal II: The Awakening and the Unreal Tournament series of games, including Unreal Tournament 3. You ... Read more..Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | 9 Comments »
Epic really needs to sort its message out. Tim Sweeney, the developer's tech boss, has gone on the record to say that PC gaming has been outpaced by consoles. "Consoles have ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
Speaking to IGN, John DiMaggio - both the voice of Bender in Futurama and Marcus Fenix in Gears of War - has remarked about the second game in Epic's console ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | No Comments »
Cliff Bleszinski, the Gears of War 2 dev head now infamous for saying PC gaming is in disarray, has now decided that the PC Gaming Alliance Epic signed up for ... Read more..Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Epic's asking lots of questions in its "GOW2 survey" over at GearsOfWar.com, apparently to get some input on what should be included in the upcoming action game. Questions include, "What's ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking to videogaming247 (by proxy) at GDC last week, Mark Rein has revealed that the company isn't currently working on any XBLA or PSN games at the moment. "No," said Rein ... Read more..Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Epic dev lead Cliff Bleszinski has said that the narrative for Gears of War 2 will be beefed up over the original game, and pointed to the newly released teaser ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Here. Mark Rein, Tim Sweeney and Cliff Bleszinski all being interviewed after last night's demo of the Unreal Engine and the Gears of War 2 announcement. The picture quality's very ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Development, GDC 2008, Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
According to this, Epic boss Mark Rein has said that no headway has been made with Microsoft on getting Unreal Tournament 3 working with user-content on Xbox Live. He said the ... Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 5 Comments »
It really does. And it's very red. Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
Right there! We're not even lying! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
Here! There it is! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Here! Right there! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 9 Comments »
Gears of War 2 has been announced during Microsoft's GDC keynote. It's set for a November 2008 release, said Cliffy B, and will, obviously, be exclusive to Xbox 360. In addition, Epic ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
UT3 has sold more than you think. Or maybe it hasn't. Maybe we're just naive. "Factoring in the launch of the PS3 version in North America on the 11th December, Midway ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has said that GamePro's rumour of Microsoft being in the running to buy the developer is a little shy of the money. "I have not seen the ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, PC, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 12 Comments »
According to this, the latest issue of GamePro predicts that Microsoft will buy Epic this year for $1 billion. “Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer,” said. Travis ... Read more..Saturday, February 16th, 2008 Posted in DICE Summit 2008, Development, Trade | No Comments »
Epic president Mike Capps has said that allowing creatives to have free rein within games businesses is dangerous, and that Blizzard's model of senior staff staying out of the creative ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, GDC 2008, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking here, Epic chief Mark Rein has yet again indicated that a Gears of War 2 announcement may be a little way off. "You know how it is," he said. "People ... Read more..Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 4 Comments »
Epic's Cliff Bleszinski, not known for keeping his mouth especially shut, has laid the developer's cards on the table in terms of priorities and voiced an opinion many see as ... Read more..
