• By Luke Plunkett
    Mar 12, 2008 9:20 PM 10,754
    more about

    #timsweeney

    Photorealism Is "Inevitable" In 10-15 Years

    "Gears of War 2 Will Have New Lighting" (Swell)

    GDC Gears of War 2 Vids Available on XBLM
    read more: #pc, #timsweeney, #epic, #pcgaming, #unreal, #unrealengine

    Unreal Engine 4 Targeting Consoles, Not PCs

    Yeah, the Unreal Engine was once synonomous with cutting-edge PC graphics tech. Once. But in the future? With Unreal Engine 4.0? Well, it's going to be geared towards consoles, not the PC. So says Epic boss Tim Sweeney:

    There is a long life ahead for Unreal Engine 3. Version 4 will exclusively target the next console generation, Microsoft's successor for the Xbox 360, Sony's successor for the Playstation 3 - and if Nintendo ships a machine with similar hardware specs, then that also. PCs will follow after that.
    Exclusively targeting consoles? PCs following after a Nintendo console? Egads. Epic and PC fanboys, let me get my boat and a paddle together before your salty tears cry me a river.
    Tim Sweeney, Part 3: Unreal Engine 4.0 aims at next-gen console war [TG Daily]


    Send an email to the author of this post at plunkett@kotaku.com.