By Ron Duwell |
The launch of Epic Games’ and People Can Fly’s latest Gears of War: Judgment mulitplayer trailer, narrated by Delta Squad wise guy Baird, couldn’t have been met with more unpleasant news. With only one month to go until the release of Microsoft’s biggest exclusive of…
By Ron Duwell |
Epic Games will soon be shuttering Impossible Studios only eight months after creating it, leaving the future of their highly anticipated Infinity Blade: Dungeons in limbo. Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney made the announcement from Epic’s official website. “When former members of Big Huge Games approached…
By Joey Davidson |
The brand new trailer for Gears of War: Judgment has been dubbed “The Guts of Gears,” and it’s meant to deliver a bit of information and footage regarding what Microsoft is calling “the most intense and action-packed ‘Gears‘ campaign yet.” The trailer introduces “declassifying challenges,” a…
By Joey Davidson |
Epic Games has released a whole new slew of Gears of War: Judgment content. This media blitz comes in the form of four separate gameplay videos. We’re looking at more than 30 minutes of gameplay here, so sit down and strap in. Perhaps grab any necessary rations…
By Ron Duwell |
Add another huge figure to the long list of veteran game personnel who have hit the trail this year. After losing lead designers Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson just a few weeks ago, Epic Games now has long time president Mike Capps also hitting the…
By Joey Davidson |
Silicon Knights and Epic Games were tangled up in a mess of legal trouble as a result of a lawsuit. Silicon Knights targeted Epic, claiming that the Unreal Engine 3 creator was distributing bad versions of their game engine and, thus, sabotaging licensees. Essentially, Silicon Knights accused…
By Ron Duwell |
Square Enix and Epic Games have publicly announced a deal that makes the Japanese gaming giant the first to receive a “long term” license for the Unreal 4 engine. In the press release, Epic Games Japan territory manager Taka Kawasaki lauds Square Enix’s history with…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Another luminary leaves the world of games, at least for now. Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski announced today via the Epic Games blog that he, like Bioware’s Doctors Muzyka and Zeschuk, is leaving the company he helped propel into the top tier of game developers. As…
By Ron Duwell |
Gears of War has a rich history of delivering quality mutliplayer experiences. Co-op campaigns, frantic team death-match battles and the revolutionary Horde Mode from Gears of War 2 have all established the IP has a leader in mutliplayer innovation. But taking a close look at…
By Eric Frederiksen |
Change is in the wind over at People Can Fly. People Can Fly’s creative lead, Adrian Chmielarz, announced this weekend that he will be leaving the Bulletstorm and Gears of War: Judgment developer. In a prepared statement, Epic Games added that Andrzej Poznanski and Michal…
By Brandon Russell |
The next title in the much lauded Gears of War series will be available on March 19, 2013. During a Comic-Con panel dubbed “Gears of War: Past, Present and Future,” Epic confirmed the date, and also introduced a video demonstrating its new OverRun multiplayer mode.…
By Joey Davidson |
When it comes to massively successful franchises for this generation of console sales, talking about them long enough will almost certainly drive the discussion past Epic Games’ Gears of War. It’s huge; sequels, books, toys, comics and an upcoming prequel. Gears is big. In speaking with…
By Joey Davidson |
On the way to talking about Epic Games’ upcoming Gears of War: Judgement, Cliff Bleszinski, Designer at Epic, took time to address modern gaming and what it’s become. Bleszinski suggests that the whole thing comes down to the fact that today’s game creators have been…
By John Fick |
Gears of War is back. The guys over at Epic Games debuted the trailer of the newest Gears of War title, Gears of War: Judgement today at Microsoft’s E3 conference. So right off the bat … my predictions of this game after the Game Informer cover was released…
By John Fick |
Today, Game Informer announced what will be on the cover of the July edition of their magazine: the next instalment of the Gears of War franchise. That’s right. The next Gears of War game has been confirmed and will be detailed, titled and officially announced at…
By Joey Davidson |
Mark Rein, the Vice President of Epic Games, has openly discussed his excitement for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U before. The outspoken VP likes what he’s seen from the platform, and now he’s gone so far as to say that he’ll be “shocked” if it’s not…
By Killian Bell |
Epic Games took to the stage at Apple’s iPad keynote yesterday to showcase a new game that takes full advantage of the new tablet’s high-resolution Retina display. As its name suggests, Infinity Blade: Dungeons is a sequel to Epic’s hugely successful Infinity Blade series on…
By Joey Davidson |
Epic Games, the developers of franchises like Gears of War, are on the brink of showing off the brand new version of their Unreal Engine. Unreal Engine 4 will be demoed during this week’s Game Developers Conference to select attendees, though we won’t be privy…
By Joey Davidson |
Epic Games, as a studio, is no stranger to massive weaponry, bloodshed and huge moments in combat. Look to their most recent blockbuster, Gears of War 3, for evidence of the fact that the company makes games for the core gaming audience. The recently announced…
By Joey Davidson |
Today, Epic Games announced by way of press release that the Infinity Blade franchise has combined to earn more than $30 million since the first title launched a year ago. The franchise includes the two Infinity Blade titles featured on the iOS platform as well as…
By Joey Davidson |
2011 was an amazing year for the gaming medium. When I first gathered the roughly 50 titles that I thought would even be worth considering for the of the year, I knew immediately that I’d have a tough road of sorting ahead. This year was…
By Joey Davidson |
Before the Spike Video Game Awards show last Saturday Night, Epic Games came out and spoke about their upcoming, unannounced project. They immediately talked about how different from their normal work it is; and then they debuted the trailer you see above. Cliff Bleszinski, Design…
By Joey Davidson |
Earlier this week, we posted news of an upcoming announcement from Epic Games. Cliff Bleszinski, Lead Designer at the studio, did a promo clip for the Spike Video Game Awards which indicated that his company would be unveiling a brand new IP during the show.…
By Joey Davidson |
The Spike Video Game Awards are happening this upcoming Saturday night. Don’t worry, if celebrating the year’s best gaming titles and moments isn’t necessarily something that gets you super excited, you may actually get jazzed for all the video game announcements happening at the show.…
