Sony Adopts Unreal Engine 3

[MC]

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE), a global leader in the online games industry, today announced a licensing agreement with Epic Games to use their Unreal Engine 3 technology for the development of content for some next-generation console and PC-based games. SOE will utilize this technology for a number of future projects, including the DC Comics-based game currently under development at SOE-Austin.

"Our development teams are very excited about harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 3," said John Smedley, president of Sony Online Entertainment. "The combination of a top-notch graphics engine and a robust set of design tools will enable our teams to deliver incredible and innovative game content for next-generation consoles and the PC."

Source: http://www.planetunreal.com

So... another company... another buy... Seems like the new Unreal engine is extremely popular.

Discuss!

 

[Ravendust]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_3_engine#Unreal_Engine_3.0

Sounds...good?

I understood maybe four of those terms, thank the heavens for hyperlinks.

Looks like a very advanced engine, nice to see the PS3 will be using it.