Epic Games

Peter Molyneux, Cliff Bleszinski and Ian Livingstone will help coach the teams taking part in Epic Games' iOS game jam at the Gadget Show Live next month. Make Something Unreal Live will see four teams spend 48 hours making iOS games in Epic's Unreal Engine, based on Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson's Fighting Fantasy novels. More >

Epic Games and Virtual Heroes have announced a licensing agreement that will enable the US government and its allies to use Epic's Unreal Engine. Announced in a press release, the deal will see Virtual Heroes supply Unreal technology to US government departments, agencies and units, as well as those of its allies, through a new platform, Unreal Government Network (UGN). More >

Mark Rein, vice president of Unreal Engine creator Epic Games, says he will be "shocked" if Nintendo's new console, Wii U, doesn't do well. Speaking to Eurogamer at GDC last week, Rein said Wii U - which was unveiled at E3 last year and will be shown off at this year's conference ahead of a release later in 2012 - was much changed from what was unveiled last year. More >

Epic Games has shown off the progress it has made running Unreal Engine in Flash, saying that its long-term goal is to run the Samaritan demo in Adobe's technology. Speaking during a GDC presentation, Epic Games VP Mark Rein showed off Dungeon Defenders running in full screen just as well as it does on PS3, according to Gamesindustry.biz. "This isn't your father's FarmVille," Rein quipped at the close. More >

Korean MMOG developer NCSoft has licensed Unreal Engine 3 for use in upcoming projects. The deal, which Epic Games says is the largest it has ever closed in Asia, means NCSoft will use Unreal Engine 3 in the upcoming Blade&Soul and future games. More >

Unreal Engine 4 will be revealed later this year, Mark Rein has confirmed, with the Epic Games vice-president saying people will be "shocked" when they see what the company's next-gen tech has to offer. Speaking at last week's DICE Summit in Las Vegas as reported by Loud-Mouthed Gamers, Rein said that UE4 was already up and running on "systems I can't talk about by name." More >

Epic Games has announced that it has secured the rights to the Fighting Fantasy series for its iOS development contest, Make Something Unreal. The deal means that the four teams selected to take part in Make Something Unreal Live, a game jam to be held at the Gadget Show Live 2012 in April, will be based on the beloved series of role-playing books created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, specifically The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain, The Citadel Of Chaos, Deathtrap Dungeon, and Armies Of Death. All four games will be released on the iOS App Store. More >

Epic Games says it does not support "the current form" of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) despite its membership of the Entertainment Software Assocation (ESA), the US trade assocation which is a confirmed supporter of the controversial bill. In a post on the company forums, senior PR manager Dana Cowley expresses reservations about the current draft of the proposed legislation, which opponents say threatens free speech and could result in websites being wrongly and arbitrarily shut down. More >

Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has responded to last month's court ruling which dismissed the testimony of one of the Too Human developer's key experts in its on-going dispute with Epic Games. More >

Games in the Infinity Blade series have grossed over $30 million for publisher Epic Games. The Unreal-powered iOS original, developed by Chair Entertainment and released in December 2010, brought in $23 million of the total, while Infinity Blade II has already grossed $5 million since its release last month. More >

Epic Games has admitted that Mojang's indie virtual world Minecraft in part inspired Fortnite, the game the company unveiled at the Spike VGA on Saturday. Little was revealed at the award ceremony. The game has two phases - exploring and fort-building during the day, and fending off an advancing horde of undead by night - with Epic's design director Cliff Bleszinski saying the studio had "decided to switch things up a bit and do something different and fun." In a series of tweets since the announcement, lead designer Lee Perry has revealed a few more details. More >

Epic Games has announced a new IP, Fortnite, at the Spike Videogame Awards. The announcement was made by design director Cliff Blezsinki, who said: "We've had amazing success with games like Gears Of War and Infinity Blade this year, but we decided it was time to switch things up a little bit and do something different and fun." More >

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney will be inducted into the Academy Of Interactive Arts And Sciences (AIAS) Hall Of Fame. AIAS president Martin Rae said: "Tim's vision has changed the face of gaming with the advent of the Unreal Engine and the commitment of Epic, as a studio, to bring both consumer and industry-facing technology to new heights." More >