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Epic's Souped-Up Engine

Jon Gaudiosi wrote a piece for Wired about Epic’s new Unreal 3 Engine, which helps make the action in Gears of War so killicious. Tim Sweeney, Epic’s founder, says the engine is built with nextgen gameplay in mind: “We moved from basically single-level, 30-second loading screens to seamless loading environments that allowed gamers to play […]

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Jon Gaudiosi wrote a piece for Wired about Epic's new Unreal 3 Engine, which helps make the action in Gears of War so killicious. Tim Sweeney, Epic's founder, says the engine is built with nextgen gameplay in mind:

"We moved from basically single-level, 30-second loading screens to seamless loading environments that allowed gamers to play through huge sections of the game with no loading screens popping up. This allowed for really large outdoor scenes."

Sweeney sez that the engine will be used for GTA-style sandbox games, the gorgeous Mass Effect, and SOE's massively multi set built around the DC comics license.