Unreal Engine

Epic Games Acquires Chair Entertainment Group

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 21, 2008 - 8:40am.

Cary, N.C. - Video game publisher and game development tools provider Epic Games announced that it has acquired Utah-based game studio Chair Entertainment Group for an undisclosed sum.

Serious Games Developer Virtual Heroes Licenses Unreal Engine 3

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 31, 2007 - 3:36pm.

Research Triangle Park, N.C. - Virtual Heroes, a developer of interactive learning applications for the federal systems, healthcare and commercial markets, said on Tuesday that it has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for use in the development of serious games and advanced learning technologies. Virtual Heroes will use the Unreal Engine 3 in the development of its Dynamic Virtual Human Technology, which is targeted at the medical education and training market.

tags: Games | Epic Games | Unreal Engine | Virtual Heroes |

Disney's Buena Vista Games Licenses Unreal Engine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 27, 2005 - 6:44am.

Burbank, Calif. - Disney's Buena Vista Games announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the Unreal Engine 3 from North Carolina-based Epic Games, for use in multiple games for next-generation platforms. The first BVG title to utilize the technology -- also found in titles such as "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell" and "America's Army" -- will be the next installment of its "Turok" franchise, currently in development at BVG's Vancouver-based Propaganda Games studio.

tags: Disney | Buena Vista Games | Unreal Engine |

Unreal Engine Creator Epic Games Acquires Rival Game Technology

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2005 - 9:07am.

Raleigh, N.C. -- Epic Games, a PC game publisher and developer of the Unreal video game physics engine, announced this week that it has acquired the Reality Engine, a competing game engine technology, from Artificial Studios. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. North Carolina-based Epic plans to discontinue sales of the Reality Engine, but will review its technologies for inclusion in its own Unreal Engine; it also offered current Reality users "significantly discounted prices" on Unreal. Separately, Epic announced on Friday that Korean online game developer NCsoft has licensed the Unreal Engine 3 for use in its titles, which include "Lineage."

tags: Games | Epic Games | Unreal Engine | Rival Game |