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Epic clarifies lack of 'Down But Not Out' in Gears of War: Judgment multiplayer modes
Gears of War: Judgment still includes the series standard "Down But Not Out" (DBNO) mechanic in some modes, Epic Games clarified today. The Gears of War community forums went into a downward spiral after Gears Senior Producer Chris Wynn tweeted, "DBNO is not in any of the [multiplayer] modes." We ...
Gears of War: Judgment's new hotness: OverRun mode
I do enjoy a nice surprise and Gears of War: Judgment's 'OverRun' mode was the highlight of my recent visit to Epic Games. The mode combines Gears of War 3's team-defense Horde mode and team-offense Beast mode, with a dash of Battlefield's objective-destroying Rush variant, to create another ...
Gears of War: Judgment grinds out new controls, keeps score for unlocks
Gears of War: Judgment comes from a good "'F' it, what we wanna do?" place. With Epic having concluded the core Gears of War trilogy last year (and this console generation concluding next), People Can Fly's Judgment embraces its Bravo team status of having something to prove, playing with franchise ...
Gears of War: Judgment VGA trialer, er, trailer
Having survived Emergence Day on Sera, the COGs have apparently decided bureaucracy must live on! Here's the VGA trailer for Gears of War: Judgment, which finds Damon Baird and Kilo Squad put on trial by an evil Tony Stark. ...
Epic prez. Mike Capps leaving position, will remain on board in advisory role
Epic Games president Mike Capps declared his "retirement" today from the position he's held for nearly ten years, noting he's been asked to stay on the privately held company's board in an advisory role. "I'll continue to be available as a resource to Epic, to provide context or advice where I can. ...
Paul Meegan's 'Epic' return as VP of product development
Paul Meegan has returned to the Epic Games fold as its new vice president of product development. He'll work out of the Epic headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, not far from where his career started at Sinister Games. After Sinister was bought by Ubisoft in 2000, Meegan went on to Ubisoft ...
X-Men: Destiny destined for unsure lifespan on Games on Demand
X-Men: Destiny is available from today on Xbox Live Marketplace as part of the Games on Demand program, priced at $39.99. That's despite Silicon Knights being ordered by the US court to recall and destroy all unsold copies of its products using Unreal Engine 3, of which X-Men: Destiny is one. The ...
Gears of War franchise surpasses 19 million sales
The Gears of War franchise has boomed to over 19 million sales, up a further million from the last figure disclosed back in July. Microsoft revealed the new milestone to us today. The publisher wouldn't confirm Gears of War 3's sales figures to us, but we know the game surpassed 3 million in its ...
Square Enix becomes first publicly confirmed Unreal Engine 4 licensee
Epic Games announced today Square Enix now has full access to Unreal Engine 3 and 4, making the Japanese company the first publicly confirmed UE4 licensee. Epic disclosed the agreement is "long-term" and will span multiple games. In other words, the deal is a very, very big deal. "Epic has a strong ...
Epic hires former WB Games Seattle manager to lead Seattle studio
Laura Fryer, previously general manager of WB Games Seattle, will now serve the same role for Epic's new Seattle studio, the company has announced. Prior to her time at Warner Bros, where she oversaw studios like Monolith, Fryer also worked for Microsoft Game Studios (now simply Microsoft Studios), ...
