2K Games Licenses Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3

CARY, N.C. (February 12, 2008) - Epic Games, Inc., one of the world' s leading developers of cutting-edge computer and video games and the pioneer of the award-winning Unreal Engine, today announced that its Unreal Engine 3 technology and tools will be used for unannounced games in development by 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

" 2K had a very positive experience working with Epic' s Unreal Engine 3 since it enables games to perform exceptionally well on both console and the PC," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. " Epic' s technology and support is expected to help 2K produce world-class titles for games on any platform."

" We are excited about continuing our relationship with 2K based on our past success with the company," said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games. " We have no doubt that the Unreal Engine 3 will continue to assist 2K in producing the industry' s most amazing and original games."

ORIGINAL: Zoy

I can' t remember where I read this, maybe on here somewhere, but just as an interesting aside, it costs $750,000 to license UE3.0.

ORIGINAL: Chimura

If the Touchstone people (movie people none-the-less) made Turok look decent enough with UE3, then I am sure any serious developer out there shouldn' t get less than stelar results with it. I am starting to think that Silicon Knights may have just been a case of them being inept and not adapting to the newer technology.

Anybody thinking about taking the plunge? I got $5 on it!