More than 5 new EA titles to have Unreal Engine 3 under the hood
by Jason Dobson 
{ Apr 8th 2008 at 9:30AM }
As to what games this impacts EA won't say, only noting that each of the games are currently in development. The company first inked an agreement with Epic in 2006 to use the technology, which has since made its way into such recent titles as Medal of Honor Airborne and last month's fist-pounding Army of Two, proving once and for all that even great technology doesn't make the game.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
xFenixKnightx @ Apr 8th 2008 9:45AM
Medal of Honor yes but I dont remember seeing,
"Powered by Unreal Technology"
on the opening sequence of Army of Two like on other games such as Bioshiock. Well, yeah I guess it was on the UE3 but not as polished as EPIC polishes their games.
bigsofty @ Apr 8th 2008 10:13AM
If its EA, then I dont buy, period.
dcrooks @ Apr 8th 2008 10:51AM
Army of Two was UE3 based. It references using Unreal Tech in the back of the manual, and in the credits in the game.
xFenixKnightx @ Apr 8th 2008 10:56AM
Oh, ok yea I never really payed attn guess it was a cross between UE3 and some in house engine. Thanks.
copa @ Apr 8th 2008 9:51AM
Unreal is awesome, but I really wish that Id would get a competing console engine onto the scene to push the market forward.
xFenixKnightx @ Apr 8th 2008 9:54AM
I know, what happened to the Id Tech 5 Engine? It was supposed to render a huge amount of textures without causing any performance issues on the console...
EMOruffino @ Apr 8th 2008 12:30PM
@bigsofty
SKATE was the only "good" EA game... come on...
capt_carl @ Apr 8th 2008 1:26PM
I don't think Carmack is done with id Tech 5 yet. I'd like to see more Source-based games. It may be dated a bit, but damn it still looks amazing.
Obie @ Apr 8th 2008 9:52AM
Unreal is nice, but there is a certain "look" to the engine that makes it stand out...but not always in a good way. Everything seems bulky and shiny....or am I just going crazy?
ScottyGEE32 @ Apr 8th 2008 10:30AM
You're forgetting bloom-y.
Obie @ Apr 8th 2008 10:31AM
Oh yeah and brown-filtery.
Ian @ Apr 8th 2008 10:36AM
Blame this on the modelers and the artists. Look is not inherent to the engine, its inherent to the models and textures.
Obie @ Apr 8th 2008 10:37AM
I agree. Gears of War is an example of how nice the engine can look. But then you have games like Turok that just look generic.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 8th 2008 10:49AM
OMG, Obie, you're right... all Unreal Engine 3 games look alike...
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/grimm/
http://games.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1176/Lost-Odyssey/
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/the-agency/
[.sm0ke.] @ Apr 8th 2008 5:36PM
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=224
Bleu @ Apr 8th 2008 9:54AM
FUCK EA! and leave the unreal engine alone. It being in your hands your would probably mess it up as well.
Their leeches I tell you Leeches!
Beatz @ Apr 8th 2008 9:54AM
Rock Band 2 to use Unreal Engine - confirmed!
R2P2 @ Apr 8th 2008 10:03AM
"More than 5" titles? How many more? Why not "At least 6" or just plain "Six"?
Worst Review Ever @ Apr 8th 2008 10:20AM
How can something be less than 3 but more than 6?
dcrooks @ Apr 8th 2008 10:49AM
You didn't read the post, did you?
Worst Review Ever @ Apr 8th 2008 10:52AM
You never watched "Arrested Development", did you?
baby sea tuna @ Apr 8th 2008 2:13PM
What are you, some kind of Maritime Lawyer or something?
dcrooks @ Apr 8th 2008 2:34PM
Funnily enough, I have watched it, and was referencing it (i.e. "You didn't read the plea offer, did you?")
Worst Review Ever @ Apr 8th 2008 3:11PM
dcrooks,
Nice.
Dale @ Apr 8th 2008 10:21AM
Odd... UE3 instead of Renderware, which they own?
kaneda @ Apr 8th 2008 10:34AM
Unreal Madden 2009
xFenixKnightx @ Apr 8th 2008 10:44AM
I wouldnt be surprised, especially with the new updates the UE3 has been given (shown at GDC) and lets face it...Madden needs a new engine.
Stumper @ Apr 8th 2008 10:43AM
EA can't make an FPS worth balls. Battlefield 2142 had potential, but it's absolutely lacking, very buggy, and they killed the only thing about the game that made it worth playing (pod surfing).
Rule 1: never buy a videogame based on a movie
Rule 2: never watch a movie based on a videogame
Rule 3: never buy a wii exclusive game that wasn't made by nintendo
Rule 4: never buy an fps if freaking ea made it
JakubK666 (Ninja Defence Force) @ Apr 8th 2008 10:48AM
Regarding Rule 3 - Umbrella Chronicles looks quite good.
Ted @ Apr 8th 2008 10:49AM
*looks at shelf*
well of the EA games I have, I really like Battlefield 2 (although I don't like their blister pack milking, or the annoying server browser) and for all the complaints on the internet, I love Crysis.
Airborne was massively, massively disappointing though. So much potential... *sigh*
Stumper @ Apr 8th 2008 11:00AM
Jakub:
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2883-Zero-Punctuation-Resident-Evil-Umbrella-Chronicles
...just saying (wear headphones)
Ted:
Crysis was *developed* by Crytek (The guys who made Far Cry and the upcoming Far Cry 2). Thank them for it not being broken, not EA.
Anticrawl @ Apr 8th 2008 11:00AM
EA doesn't make many games other than their sports games. They PUBLISH a lot of games, DICE makes (develops) Battlefield. No More Heroes for the Wii was great as was Goldeneye for the 64.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 8th 2008 11:56AM
Anticrawl, DICE was purchased outright by EA on a tuesday, closed on a wednesday. They kept the name and restaffed. So DICE is EA.
jimmygotsmack @ Apr 8th 2008 1:24PM
Why did you post a zero punctuation link, first off, he actually says he enjoyed the game. Second off, he's a bloody comedian. If you take his review as fact, they you probably believe Stephen Colbert is indeed crazy, and completely lost sight of the joke.
In any case, yes, the first 2 work quite well, and so does the last one. What happend EA, you use to make such strange and original games, a very long time ago....
hey_big_dck psn:fuliano626 @ Apr 8th 2008 11:43AM
uh does this mean ea wants to buy epic now?
jc @ Apr 8th 2008 11:57AM
Great more "shinieness" in future games. Is'nt everyone done with the unreal engine?? Walls and the ground should not be shiny, only a few games have I seen really used this engine effectivley with everything looking liked polished chrome.
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Apr 8th 2008 2:18PM
Most games that use the engine don't tweak the material settings...
Amazing the difference that makes. But it's okay, Grimm hasn't any shininess and uses UE3... but it's the engine, not the deadlines and pressure to reach dates that keep studios from doing that extra step.
jimmygotsmack @ Apr 8th 2008 1:26PM
So how many of them will actually be good?
Gurei @ Apr 8th 2008 3:39PM
BEWARE EPIC,EA LIKES YOU
and what EA likes,EA TAKES.
Schmobu @ Apr 8th 2008 5:45PM
the image should have had NFS car with EA on the hood and next to it powered by Unreal 3