Sony Online Entertainment Licenses Unreal Engine

Posted Jul 20, 2006 at 11:20AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Epic Games, playstation 3 updates, SOE, Sony, Unreal Engine

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Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) announced a licensing agreement with Epic Games to use their Unreal Engine 3 technology for the development of content for some of SOE's next-gen console and PC games. Epic's 3D engine will power SOE's future projects including the DC Comics-based game currently under development at SOE-Austin.

SOE president John Smedley said, "The combination of a top-notch graphics engine and a robust set of design tools will enable our teams to deliver incredible and innovative game content for next-generation consoles and the PC".

Epic introduced the power of the Unreal Engine technology in the 1998 first person shooter game Unreal. Since then, it has become the basis of several action games including Unreal Tournament and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.

Unreal Engine 3.0 incorporates support for Direct3D 9 and next generation APIs including XNA, Direct3D 10 and same level of OpenGL 2.x.

With the Unreal Engine 3.0 deal secured, expect SOE to deliver even more detailed and truly engaging interactive games.

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# so what — senjutsu 2006-07-20 13:47

anyway I suppose the white engine will be more powerfull so....

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# SWEET! — BULL3TPR00F 2006-07-20 13:53

the unreal engine is amazing! this will surely add to the greatness of the future title from SOE! great move by them.

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# hmm — Guest 2006-07-20 15:29

I thought the Unreal engine was already part of the SDK.

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# fasa — Guest 2006-07-20 16:07

? does this mean that they get unreal engine games ONLINE? cant u do that anyways with 360 ps3 and pc?

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# eh???!!! — Annony 2006-07-20 19:41

They JUST licensed it??? I thought it was a done deal last year.

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# good move — Guest 2006-07-21 02:23

yes they did it last year but this mean more game made with the unreal 3 code yes online play is big part of unreal 3

this is best move sony made in mths

unreal 3 code is tight as a nun *****

ID take note of what real next gen look like

doom 3 code wtf worst network code everr

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# Let's see — SteveTao 2006-07-21 02:45

With this, the new Everquest will look incredible and with physics! Not only that, online gaming will have less lag. Truely a great deal.

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# Can't wait to see the new comic based game — MGSROCKS1 2006-07-22 16:32

There is a DC comics based game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and legendary comic creater Jim Lee are for PS3, PC, and 360. I wonder how many characters playble.

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