BiA3 Gets Unreal [Sep 23, 2005, 12:03 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Gearbox sends long their promised announcement, revealing that Brothers In Arms
3 and other of their upcoming games will use the Unreal engine:
PLANO, TX – September 22nd, 2005 - Gearbox Software, L.L.C. and Epic Games announced today that they have entered into an a long-term agreement that will see Epic’s Unreal® Engine 3 technology be the exclusive technology Gearbox uses for next-generation console and PC games for Gearbox-owned intellectual properties. Gearbox has previously licensed the Unreal Engine for the hugely successful Brothers In Arms Road to Hill 30, and upcoming sequel, Brothers In Arms Earned in Blood, on PC, Xbox and PlayStation2. Along with other original, unannounced next generation Gearbox titles, Unreal Engine 3 will power Brothers in Arms 3 (which Sony announced at the Tokyo Game Show is coming to the Sony PlayStation 3).
I wonder what the deal is with U3 engine games if the actual game slips (like HL2 and D3).
Like Vampire, it probably wouldn't matter much. They aren't waiting for the game to ship, if anything they're just waiting for Epic to deliver any critical patches or features ... and there might not be a lot of those. Epic has been pretty smart about layering their technology on so that licensees can take advantage of features as quickly as possible, as opposed to Valve and iD who seem to only license completely builds.
More than the engine though, Epic is very developer friendly. A lot of the stuff they've added with UE3 has more to do with production pipelines than rendering tricks it seems.
Like Vampire, it probably wouldn't matter much. They aren't waiting for the game to ship, if anything they're just waiting for Epic to deliver any critical patches or features ... and there might not be a lot of those. Epic has been pretty smart about layering their technology on so that licensees can take advantage of features as quickly as possible, as opposed to Valve and iD who seem to only license completely builds.
More than the engine though, Epic is very developer friendly. A lot of the stuff they've added with UE3 has more to do with production pipelines than rendering tricks it seems.
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