EA Expands UE3 License For Five Upcoming Titles

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Electronic Arts will incorporate Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 middleware in more than five titles currently in development, the company announced today.

The UE3 engine is currently at use in several recently released multiplatform titles from EA such as EALA's Medal of Honor Airborne (PC, PS3, X360) and EA Montreal's Army of Two (PS3, X360). Neither company disclosed which upcoming titles would make use of the middleware.

"With the largest and most talented studio operation in the world, it's critical for us to give our studio teams the best tools they need to make great games," said EA president Frank Gibeau. "This agreement reflects our commitment to Epic's technology which, in combination with our own cutting-edge systems, allows us to create ground breaking hits."

Epic's UE3 engine has been licensed by several big studios including Square Enix, 2K Games, Konami, Capcom, Activision, and NCsoft.

From The Chatty
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    April 8, 2008 1:08 PM

    does Epic even NEED to make games at this point? they are printing money...

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      April 8, 2008 1:20 PM

      Eh, I'll still pick up their new tech demo gears of war 2

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      April 8, 2008 1:26 PM

      Yes. IMO, you can't make engines in a vacuum.

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        April 8, 2008 1:46 PM

        Agreed. Ideally their tools will be better for their customers because they have used their own engine to create games. They know first hand where their tools are good and where they need more work.

        Plus, it's stupid to only make engines when you can potentially make a ton of money from the games as well. They can create multiple revenue streams.

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        April 8, 2008 2:21 PM

        Good point.

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      April 8, 2008 3:13 PM

      Unreal Engine 4 won't be cheap to make.

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