Industry News | Sega Grabs the Unreal Engine

By Adam Riley 19.05.2007 26

Yet another company had jumped aboard the Epic train and grabbed the rights to the Unreal 3 Engine. Just like Square Enix before it, Sega now has licensed the popular engine for use in new games. Whether or not Sega will be able to tailor this towards Wii development is unsure, though, but you have to hope something positive will come out of this for Nintendo fans.

"SEGA is pleased to arm our developers with the sophisticated tools contained in Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3. Its versatility and power will help SEGA create incredible gaming experiences."
- Simon Jeffery from SEGA of America.

"Epic is extremely excited to be working with SEGA. SEGA has a long history of innovation and leadership in our industry and we're honored that they've chosen to use Unreal Engine 3."
- Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games.

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Andrezao is offline. Andrezao 19.05.2007#1

isn't the Unreal engine only for HD machines? i hope that could make a game out of it using up to 480p, plus it can still be used since PS3/360 games can also be played on SD tvs...

 
bla bla bla is offline. bla bla bla 19.05.2007#2

Smilie in what games are they gonna use this? super monkey ball? sonic? SmilieSmilie

 
Raff is offline. Raff 19.05.2007#3

There is no UE3 for Wii, how is this relevant.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
The Croft is offline. The Croft 19.05.2007#4

Grumbler said:
There is no UE3 for Wii, how is this relevant.

It said Industry News instead of Nintendo News, that's how it's revelant. Smilie


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the clich�. They were the statement and the definition."
 
Raff is offline. Raff 19.05.2007#5

Another shit post from Gashcroft.

Normally 'industry news' is something really big that might actually effect Nintendo-related stuff, like the PS3 launch or some massive takeover. The effect of yet another company getting a popular graphics engine for PC, PS3 and 360 is negligible.

This suggests that jesusraz has misunderstood something.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
J4K is offline. J4K 19.05.2007#6

Then perhaps you can talk to him about it privately? This is a video game website, and therefore it is relevant to post news about video games. It might be a tad un-related to Nintendo, but what does it matter? If you believe it is significantly affecting the quality of the site speak with Adam about it. Just because it is a Nintendo site doesn't mean we don't care about the goings on in the rest of the industry, and further more doesn't mean someone should complain about it.

( Edited on 19.05.2007 21:23 by Jacob4000 )

 
Raff is offline. Raff 19.05.2007#7

Thank goodness you're here to blow it out of all proportion.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
J4K is offline. J4K 19.05.2007#8

What a come back.

 
jb is offline. jb 19.05.2007#9

Grumbler, please can you stop criticizing our news pieces - it doesn't make you any more important, or any better then anyone else. If you haven't got any relevant thing to say, then please don't post in a topic or start really pathetic arguments.

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Raff is offline. Raff 19.05.2007#10

I'm usually the one defending them.

Oh well, I guess we'll never know.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
The Croft is offline. The Croft 19.05.2007#11

Grumbler said:
Im usually the one defending them.

Defending who exactly? Your bumchummy mates?

( Edited on 19.05.2007 23:25 by Co Chief Resident John Dorian )


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the clich�. They were the statement and the definition."
 
Raff is offline. Raff 19.05.2007#12

Smilie

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
The Croft is offline. The Croft 19.05.2007#13

Grumbler said:
Smilie

Another shitty post from Grumbles.


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he [Richard Ashcroft] promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the clich�. They were the statement and the definition."
 
Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 19.05.2007#14

I love this thread alreadySmilie

It's nice to know they've got a good engine, but knowing their dev teams, they're probably gonna fuck everything up anyway >.>
And tbh, I don't see any of their currently-known IPs using the Unreal Engine.. Time will tell, I guess^^

( Edited on 19.05.2007 23:44 by Faust )

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tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 20.05.2007#15

Why can't Nintendo work with Valve and just get the Source engine?? That worked ok on the Xbox so it should work on the Wii.

 
Raff is offline. Raff 20.05.2007#16

Faust said:
I love this thread alreadySmilieIts nice to know theyve got a good engine, but knowing their dev teams, theyre probably gonna fuck everything up anyway >.>And tbh, I dont see any of their currently-known IPs using the Unreal Engine.. Time will tell, I guess^^

My guess would be the Alien FPS.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 20.05.2007#17

Grumbler said:
Faust said:I love this thread alreadySmilieIts nice to know theyve got a good engine, but knowing their dev teams, theyre probably gonna fuck everything up anyway >.>And tbh, I dont see any of their currently-known IPs using the Unreal Engine.. Time will tell, I guess^^
My guess would be the Alien FPS.

Aaah, yes. Original stuff, isn't itSmilie

~Getting on C3's massive tits since 2K5.~
 
Raff is offline. Raff 20.05.2007#18

Name a big publisher that doesn't do it's fair share of licensed shite.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Faust_D is offline. Faust_D 20.05.2007#19

Grumbler said:
Name a big publisher that doesnt do its fair share of licensed shite.

Nintendo?..

*hides*

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Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 20.05.2007#20

Capcom.

 
Raff is offline. Raff 20.05.2007#21

I bet capcom do a load in Japan.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 
Martin_ is offline. Martin_ 20.05.2007#22

I wouldn't know. The only licensed thing they've put out which I've ever come across, is this game I've got on my N64 called Disney's Magical Tetris Challenge, which, as you might imagine, is a Tetris clone with a bolted-on storyline, full of Disney characters. I suppose Kingdom Hearts could be counted, but that's a totally original product.

 
TruLink is offline. TruLink 20.05.2007#23

As far as Unreal Engine 3 is concerned, it's an amazing engine capable of rendering beautiful graphics. With that said, Wii owners won't be enjoying the spoils of any game running off of UE3. Simply for the fact that UE3 uses shader model 3.0, and the fact that the Wii graphics card doesn't support shader model 3.0.

Therefore, Wii cannot support UE3-based games. Don't get me wrong, this is great news for Sega fans, but it's rather ho-hum news in general since it won't affect Wii whatsoever.

Except of course Epic decides to develop an alternate version of UE3 that is fully compatible with Wii...

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ohm is offline. ohm 20.05.2007#24

Yeah, the Source engine is the best Wii can hope for.

 
Raff is offline. Raff 20.05.2007#25

Except of course Epic decides to develop an alternate version of UE3 that is fully compatible with Wii...

It's called Unreal Engine 2.

Yeah, the Source engine is the best Wii can hope for.

Problem is that whereas the Xbox was easy enough to port PC stuff to because of its architecture, the Wii isn't. And the Xbox version of HL2 was a miracle.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.
 

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