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

The Gears of War 2 Cole hype train is in full effect. People are hanging on every Epic word. Even really BORING things like Epic found Tim Sweeney saying "The next Gears of War game will have improved physics features and new lighting and rendering features."

Better physics and new lighting? Holy shit, yes, yes, YES. Sweeney did offer up some more meaty clues as to what's in store for the Unreal Engine 3, and thus quite possibly Gears of War 2. But we're extrapolating! Guessing! About the Unreal Engine 3's future, says Sweeney:

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7:00 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
5,595 views, 59 comments

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GDC Gears of War 2 Vids Available on XBLM

For those of you that missed out on GDC and Cliffy B's epic entrance (see what I did there?) you can now experience the magic for yourselves on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. In two separate videos (available for free), Epic Games President Mike Capps and Lead Designer Cliff Bleszinski tell you all about what you can expect from the fllow up to one of the biggest games of 2006. Also available is a video documenting the technical aspects and features of the updates Unreal 3 engine by Epic Games CEO and Technical Director Tim Sweeney. All three clips are available now for your downloading and viewing pleasure.

12:40 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By fdemarco
3,414 views, 34 comments

Latest by coalhalo: @Erwin: I got the same message about 5 times before giving up on the tech demo vid. I've already seen the the other vid when it was posted following the GDC. I guess I will giving it a shot later more »

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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]

9:20 PM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Luke Plunkett
6,917 views, 131 comments

Latest by n/a: You can't be that surprised.... To maintain a powerful PC (anything that can compare to a console) cost three to four times the price. Just by buying a quad-core to compare to the cell-processor can buy you the PS3 itself. You'll end up more »

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Epic: Why We Need A PC Gaming Alliance

Why do we need a PC gaming alliance again? Oh, this is why. Epic boss Tim Sweeney, speaking with tgdaily, has outlined just why his company have signed up to the industry super-friends, and also notes the challenges the group face in returning a little swagger to the brand that is PC gaming:
Retail stores like Best Buy are selling PC games and PCs with integrated graphics at the same time and they are not talking about the difference [to more capable gaming PCs]. Those machines are good for e-mail, web browsing, watching video. But as far as games go, those machines are just not adequate. It is no surprise that retail PC sales suffer from that.
In other words, they'll probably be spending most of their time advertising and informing, as they educate the masses on why Intel integrated graphics processors are a 2-pound bag of horseshit.
Unreal creator Tim Sweeney: "PCs are good for anything, just not games" [tgdaily]

8:20 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,056 views, 81 comments

Latest by mizeriq: @DeLoRtEd1: Perhaps YOU should follow your own advice and check the definition of exception, because these are only 2 games, when there are thousands of games coming out each years and 2 out of thousands is not anything else, but more »

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Video Card Buying Advice From Someone Who Matters

You don't listen to us. It's OK, we've known for some time now. As long as our moms are reading and appreciating our cock allusions as much as we are, things are going pretty well on the old Kotaku. But if you plan on buying a videocard for your computer in the near future, you should listen to Epic's Tim Sweeney, the number cruncher behind the Unreal 3 engine. Here's his advice:
In Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War for PC, there is a significant gain in having 512MB of video memory rather than 256MB. So, first and foremost, get at least a 512MB card if you can afford it. If you haven't maxed out your budget, then go for the maximum single-card performance that doesn't require extreme cooling, e.g. buy an entry-level GeForce 8800 over a GeForce 8600.
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10:40 AM on Tue Oct 16 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,353 views, 70 comments

Latest by rennyf77: @theovercoatthatsgogol: you're right but there's always more to the story. the 512 frame buffer is only useful if the gpu is powerfull enough to take advantage of it. example; towards the eol of the 6600gt, card makers released more »

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Gears Teaches Unreal Tournament 3

Game developer Epic learned loads from its smash hit Gears of War. Company founder Tim Sweeney says that the upcoming Unreal Tournament 3 will take that knowledge and put it into practice. And what did Epic learn? Sweeney explains: More »

10:00 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
2,193 views, 41 comments