NCsoft Developing Two MMOs with Unreal Engine 3

by Aaron Linde, Mar 25, 2008 3:31pm PDT

Related Topics – MMO, NCSoft, Unreal Engine 3

Developer and publishing house NCsoft plans to utilize Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 in two upcoming MMOs, the company announced today.

The company originally licensed the UE3 middleware back in 2005. NCsoft said that the engine will be used to develop two unannounced and "top-tier" MMO titles, but did not specify further what those titles might be.

The company is no stranger to Epic's middleware, having previously utilized the company's Unreal Engine 2 in the development of Lineage 2 (PC) in 2004. The heavily-licensed Unreal Engine 3 is currently at work in projects at 2K Games, THQ, Konami, Square Enix and numerous others.

NCsoft is currently working on a new Lineage (PC) title, and late last year announced the acquisition of the City of Heroes property from series creator Cryptic Studios.

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Cool, they can name one of the MMO's Suck, and the other one Fail.

Because that's what they're going to do.

Mar 25, 2008 3:50pm PDT

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Cool, they can name one of the MMO's Suck, and the other one Fail. Because that's what they're going t... : cycopl
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- Hehe, so true... : CodE-E256
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  Not at all. I love how uninformed you kids are these days. : Sylvanus
  - Maybe you were thinking of an MMO that came out in the last few years that didn't do one of the two? I s... : wendigo

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Please not the Unreal engine :(

Mar 25, 2008 3:38pm PDT

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Please not the Unreal engine :( : FushigiDenki
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  Why not? It's a solid engine that scales well and looks great, and the tools are easy to use. : ArB
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    Exactly, look at Bioshock. Proof that the engine CAN work, and work well. : Legolas5
    - And what exactly makes BioShock an example? :) It's still a FPS as Unreal Tournament or Gears of War, act... : FTY

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Wow, so much hate here. I happen to love Guild Wars and its expansions.

Mar 25, 2008 4:30pm PDT

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Wow, so much hate here. I happen to love Guild Wars and its expansions. : Zips
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Which teams? If it's the guildwars team, then hell yes! If it's the Tabula Rasa team then oh noes!

Mar 25, 2008 4:45pm PDT

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Which teams? If it's the guildwars team, then hell yes! If it's the Tabula Rasa team then oh noes! : deathofrats
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- Richard Garriot seems to kill everything he touches, nowadays. It's sad the same can't be said for his c... : Legolas5

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I really want to punch Tim Reins in his eyes. Problems with antialiasing in the Unreal 3 engine just irritate the shit out of me. I have this high powered system only to be assaulted by jaggies. And since it's such a widely used engine I see those fucking jaggies everywhere.

Mar 25, 2008 5:34pm PDT

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I really want to punch Tim Reins in his eyes. Problems with antialiasing in the Unreal 3 engine just irri... : mrwolf710
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  mark reins? Joe reins? whatever his damn name is. : mrwolf710
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    Tim sweeney. god dammit : mrwolf710
    - There's a video somewhere... I can't find it now... but anyhow, he talks about how they're rolling out a ... : Legolas5

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Someone send NCsoft a wake-up call - we don't want your doomed MMOs here. Send them back to Korea where they (apparently) don't have anything better to play. The PC gaming industry really, really doesn't need anymore of these. Bleah.

Mar 25, 2008 3:54pm PDT

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Someone send NCsoft a wake-up call - we don't want your doomed MMOs here. Send them back to Korea where ... : wytefang
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  ^Ladies and gentlemen, the spokesman for the PC gaming industry ^ : Porkasaurus
  - Your oh-so-clever comment aside, every PC gamer is a blatant spokesperson for the PC gaming industry. Yo... : wytefang
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  - Exactly! : wytefang

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wtf is up with some of the hate here? NCSoft has made some great mmos (guild wars and city of heroes/city of villians to name 2) plus I love the unreal engine 3, theres still no better looking and widely used engine out, plus it scales extremely well.

Mar 25, 2008 4:47pm PDT

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wtf is up with some of the hate here? NCSoft has made some great mmos (guild wars and city of heroes/city... : klearlyunseen
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- No idea , I enjoyed Lineage2 a lot and CoX some and am really looking forward to Aion : malus72
- They are a MMO sweat shop. They just keep churning out MMOs, and while some have been ok, some have not ... : semaphore

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Enough with fucking MMOs. Go make some decent SP RPGs fags.

Mar 25, 2008 4:11pm PDT

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Enough with fucking MMOs. Go make some decent SP RPGs fags. : NFXFSX
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- Unreal Engine from Epic and they're MMOs. Two reasons why I have no interest. : jtthe2nd

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NCSoft Developing Two shitty MMO's with Unreal Engine 3.

Mar 25, 2008 4:06pm PDT

NCSoft Developing Two shitty MMO's with Unreal Engine 3. : atom519

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