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'Project Sword' coming to iOS from Epic [update: try the demo!]

by Randy Nelson on Sep 1st 2010 1:15PM

Epic Games president Mike Capps took the stage at Apple's live event today to announce "Project Sword" (codename), an Unreal Engine 3 powered game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad due later this year. Based in a medieval setting, it's a sword fighting game focused on 1-on-1 battles and it looks amazing. To quote Steve Jobs following the announcement: "It's on a phone ... !"

Project Sword is being developed by Chair Entertainment, which was responsible for the XBLA hit Shadow Complex. It will support multiplayer and achievements via Apple's Game Center infrastructure. We'll have more details on the game as we get 'em.

Update: Cliff Bleszinski has tweeted that a playable demo of the castle environment featured in the Project Sword demonstration is now available on iTunes for iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. Grab it here.

Epic Citadel ('Project Sword' tech demo)

Tags: apple, apple-fall-2010-keynote, epic-games, game-center, infinity-blade, ios4.1, mobile, project-sword

Reader Comments (36)

Please, go on.

@ytilanigiroon There is nothing more to say. It's connected to Apple, so people will blindly buy it.

@Digital Viking Apple haters are really on top of things today.

@Miketor
When I posted nothing was in the post aside from the headline.

@Miketor Yes, I love Apple. That's why I have purchased every single app from the App Store.

@Mailia I don't know what you mean by this.

@Digital Viking

Or it's a good looking and and people want to give it a chance......

@steverl22 - It's so good looking that I can't believe it's running on my phone. I know my phone has a processor (and GPU I'd imagine) roughly three or four times faster than the one inside the PSP, but still, it's odd to see that power actually utilized for games.

The controls on the other hand are going to take some getting used to.

Where's the picture?

This is not what I wanted to see Chair working on, but it does look kind of cool. Hope they've still got a crack team on Shadow Multiplex.

Also, no mention of Chair in the article? C'mon guys ...

Looks amazing. Better come to WP7.

@BlackedOut Why would a Apple iOS flagship game come to a Microsoft phone?

I have no idea... to make money, perhaps?

@morikaweb

Because it's not made by Apple...?

just downloaded the free demo, its easily the most impressive thing I've seen on a handheld. This looks better than some Xbox360 games

@MrCompletely My thoughts exactly. The graphics on this are amazing, especially on the retina display. I really hope there's some good gameplay to back it up :)

downloaded it... actually surprising how good it looks on an iPhone 4

apple haters might want to actually see this run before trolling. just downloaded it and it looks amazing.

@whiskeyseven Mortal Kombat for SNES looked amazing also. But it played like shit.

@imjason - luckily games have evolved since then. this demo is impressive

Isn't compatible with my 2nd gen Touch :( Looks like Apple will be slowly pushing me away from gaming on their devices as I will not pay another 2-3 hundred dollars for the newest model available. I was just starting to really enjoy some of the game on my Touch as well :(

@NauticalDisasta So when Playstation comes out with a PS4 I guess you will not be gaming on it as well?

@(Unverified) Comparing the life cycle of the Playstation to that of and iPod? You're some kind of clever genius.

@(Unverified)
haha dude thats the stupidest comparison I've ever seen.

@NauticalDisasta Expecting a cutting edge 3D gaming engine to run on a device that's 3 or 4 generations old.... there's your genius!

Still clutching on to your Playstation one no doubt too. I guess Sony pushed you away from console gaming too when Uncharted came out eh?

What a waste.

I guess this game will be...

*puts on sunglasses*

...EPIC in every way.

@likedamaster
Meh.

Seriously, my favorite part about owning an iPhone 4 and being able to play these games and the current demo that's out right now, is being able to block out the comments of naysayers with the pure enjoyment I get out of playing these things.

You really don't now what your missing.

@TastyBread Some of us aren't naysayers so much naypayers.

I just got done playing the demo on my iPad and I must say, this is the best looking handheld game I've ever seen! The graphics are almost Xbox 360 quality.

Dang, it would really suck to not get a chance to try this out.

Downloading

Looks like iD's going to have some pretty strong competition in the iPad/iPhone market. It's actually pretty damn refreshing to see something like this happen; even if the mobile port of RAGE or "Project Sword" don't turn out to be all that good, at least no single engine has a lock in that market.

This demo highlights why I never wanted "multi-tasking" as part of iOS. I start the game, forgetting that I now have to worry about memory management, and the high-def graphics start stuttering and almost bring my iP4 to a crash. So annoying. I don't want to return to the computing ways of the 90's with messages saying "You should close all other programs before running XXXX."

Graphics look great, but is there anything to do other than walk around? Seems like things'll take a hit once AI comes in; that must be why it's always 1-on-1.

Well, if this is doable on an Iphone4 then Sony might wanna check on their PSP's hardware, and i know is not all about the graphics, there are pretty ugly games to look at that are fun as hell on the DS and PSP but a little boost won't hurt anybody

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