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Capcom licenses Unreal Engine 3

Published on 28th February 2007 by Brett Thomas

"Another one down!" - Capcom has joined the list of publishers making use of Epic's Unreal Engine 3.

Epic's Unreal Engine family has been made use of in countless games, including some of the most notable of the FPS genre. The newest baby, Unreal 3, has already been used in blockbuster titles like Gears of War. Now, it appears another company is adding its name to the licensing rolls.

Capcom Co., Ltd., makers of both the Resident Evil and Devil May Cry series of games (as well as countless others), has recently licensed the new technology from Epic. Apparently, the company is making an undisclosed game with a North American studio, and the title / subject matter have been pretty well covered up.

Though it's not unusual to cover one's products up until nearer to launch, Capcom has repeatedly made some pretty blockbuster titles. Therefore, one tends to sit up and take notice when a big name like the Unreal Engine is dropped without some context of what it's being used on. Time will tell, we suppose.

The Unreal Engine 3 has been massively popular with publishers and developers; this industry goodwill is largely because of Epic's fantastic support and long-standing history in engine design. Capcom will now join the likes of THQ, EA and Sony Online Entertainment in licensing the engine for major projects.

Have you got a thought on the hush-hush engine lease? Let us know about it in our forums.

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DougEdey 28th February 2007, 09:48

Everyone is getting UE3 because it freaking rocks!

I want UT3 first though, everyone else can FOAD

randosome 28th February 2007, 09:57

is it just me that finds it odd that other companys can pump games out on the UT3 engine, but epic still dont have UT3 itself out yet - crazy

Tim S 28th February 2007, 10:00

Epic made Gears of War, UT3 is the second game it has made using UE3 technology ;)

randosome 28th February 2007, 10:04

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Originally Posted by Tim S
Epic made Gears of War, UT3 is the second game it has made using UE3 technology ;)

doh silly me :p still would have though UT3 would be the first game out the doors using the UE3 engine
Maybe because its going to be so good it will make other games look bad :p

DougEdey 28th February 2007, 10:36

Epic made Gears of War which is the first game on UE3

haggisathome 28th February 2007, 10:49

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Originally Posted by DougEdey
I want UT3 first though, everyone else can FOAD

yeh i want them to hurry up and get ut3 out , 2k4 is dead :'(

z3rb 28th February 2007, 11:29

/me hugs Source

While i'm lookign forward to UT3, I still think that the Source engine pwns all.
Though, being honest, i've never really played with any other engines :P

[USRF]Obiwan 28th February 2007, 11:50

i got a hunch: is capcom going to use the u3 engine to make the transformers game after the movies is released?

Hugo 28th February 2007, 15:41

Oh dear god please let the answer be yes, and use HAVOK physics too!

Kurayamino 28th February 2007, 21:08

RE on the Unreal Engine

randosome 28th February 2007, 22:59

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Originally Posted by haggisathome
yeh i want them to hurry up and get ut3 out , 2k4 is dead :'(

did u ever play chaos UT2k3/4

damn that mod is fun :D

Vergil_117 1st March 2007, 18:00

Capcom using the unreal engine might actually made the game bad, the reason I think this is, unreal engine so far has only produced "graphic intensive" games, and if you look at capcom's past games (godhand, okami, VJ, ect) they used an artsy look and feel and relayed healivy on gameplay than graphics. Using this might go to their heads and they might go for graphic intensiveonly games and slack off on gameplay (they have done it before - dmc2).

Kurayamino 2nd March 2007, 02:46

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Originally Posted by Vergil_117
Capcom using the unreal engine might actually made the game bad, the reason I think this is, unreal engine so far has only produced "graphic intensive" games, and if you look at capcom's past games (godhand, okami, VJ, ect) they used an artsy look and feel and relayed healivy on gameplay than graphics. Using this might go to their heads and they might go for graphic intensiveonly games and slack off on gameplay (they have done it before - dmc2).

Lets hope they keep the gameplay aspects as well as some shiny new graphics

traderonline 2nd March 2007, 19:48

UE3 engine rocks :D