Mo' MMO news now, with Guild Wars publisher NCSoft announcing its licensing of Epic's Unreal Engine 3 for use in two upcoming, still unannounced massively multiplayer titles. The company previously incorporated Unreal technology into Lineage II and giant-mech shooter, Exteel. Much like the rest of us, it seems the folks at NCSoft simply can't resist a well structured rendering pipeline.
"Unreal Engine 3 has a well structured rendering pipeline, and its graphical quality is superb thanks to advanced lighting and shadowing systems," said Young-muk Choi, lead programmer for NCsoft's Development Unit. "Tools within the Unreal Editor empower us to instantly produce and optimize our outputs, and we especially love how the engine enables designers to easily prototype concepts without the need for programming." Jay Wilbur, VP of Epic Games, returned the press release back patting by saying, "We expect to be completely wowed by what they do with our latest technology."
So do we, Mr. Wilbur. In fact, it'll take a lot to wow the millions who've already been thoroughly WoW'ed.
Reader Comments (17)
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 6:04PM (Unverified) said
Good choice. Unreal Engine 3 looks good and performs well on PC.
UE3 likes to "fake" a lot of the lighting and shadow effects, meaning similar graphics with better performance.
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UE3 likes to "fake" a lot of the lighting and shadow effects, meaning similar graphics with better performance.
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 6:15PM falcomadol said
Hope they're not using it on their PS3 exclusive projects. Otherwise, Sony only console owning MMO fans are going to be waiting a long time.
All three of them.
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All three of them.
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 11:22PM falcomadol said
Yeah, it was pretty bad.
But, I own a PS3, and I have no interest in their PS3 projects.
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But, I own a PS3, and I have no interest in their PS3 projects.
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 11:40PM SheppyReturns said
How do you know? I mean, so far there is NCSoft Project 1, NCSoft Project 2, NCSoft Project 3, and NCSoft project 4....
Kinda hard to base an opinion of a game entirely off a project number, isn't it? Oh wait, internet. Keep forgeting. Intelligince here is about as welcome as HIV to a mormon family....
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Kinda hard to base an opinion of a game entirely off a project number, isn't it? Oh wait, internet. Keep forgeting. Intelligince here is about as welcome as HIV to a mormon family....
Posted: Mar 26th 2008 5:55AM falcomadol said
Until I'm interested, I'm not interested.
Maybe it's different for you.
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Maybe it's different for you.
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 7:11PM (Unverified) said
"...unreleased title Exteel..."
Um, Exteel has been out for a while:
http://www.exteel.com/us/
It's free,but it gets old pretty fast.
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Um, Exteel has been out for a while:
http://www.exteel.com/us/
It's free,but it gets old pretty fast.
Posted: Mar 25th 2008 7:43PM Ludwig Kietzmann said
Thanks! Not sure why I thought it wasn't out yet.
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Posted: Apr 13th 2008 4:49PM hvnlysoldr said
A car's no good if the engine under the hood is broken.
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