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Epic Finally Unveils the Unreal Engine 4

I promised you all we’d hear more about the Unreal Engine 4 at E3, and now I’m not a big liar. Thanks Epic! The studio has finally allowed us to post the Unreal Engine 4 teaser trailer which is currently running on a PC build from “over the counter” parts. This demonstration is using the new Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 680, but we don’t know much else about the specs of the rest of the machine. Funny, because this is the graphics card I’m looking to order for the computer I’m building.

At this point in time Epic is saying that developers from all over the globe are lining up to be the first to get their hands on the new engine. It won’t “ship” until sometime next year, but it’s a promising teaser trailer. Everything you see in the trailer was constructed in real-life. Couple this engine with the new engine from Square-Enix and it looks like both East and West are going to be showcasing some truly spectacular looking games starting sometime next year.

So what do you all think?

This entry was posted by Jarrod Nichol on 06/08/2012 at 10:27, and is filed under E3 2012, Media, News, Trailers. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by AppetitePat 11 months ago

That’s pretty darn impressive! But it’s from a high end PC like you said. What will the new consoles actually be able to support is another question.

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#2 written by Ahmed Mosly 11 months ago

Yeah. Very impressive stuff. I highly doubt developers will adapt it ASAP though since most already are using highly modified UE3…and they still look very “next-gen”. Games like Star Wars and Watch Dogs use UE3 so the need for UE4 right now is not exactly “must have”. Developers are getting the most out of it though, as the demonstration shows.

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#3 written by Jarrod Nichol 11 months ago

I think this demonstration, the Square-Enix engine, and Watch Dogs gives us a very good idea of what first-gen titles on the next-gen hardware will look and sound like. While they may not be quite as polished as a game engine reel, they will certainly be impressive enough to warrant a purchase. What boggles my mind is this. If these next-gen games are going to look like this, what the heck will the high-end PC games look like in three years from now? O_O

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#4 written by Marc-Andre Lacroix 11 months ago

This looks great. The video that Ahmed posted is really interesting and exiting.

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- #5 written by Ahmed Mosly 11 months ago
  
  Yeah, man. While the graphical quality of games aren’t that big of a leap from UE3, the things they’re doing with the lighting effects are just mind-boggling. And of course, the developer-oriented features of easy editing and such look to result in tighter games with minimal bugs and easier cycles compared to UE3.
  
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  - #6 written by Jarrod Nichol 11 months ago
    
    I had a whole bunch of trailers Epic sent our way, but this is much better so thanks for posting Ahmed. Since I can’t post anything on YouTube without getting copyright notices, this works perfectly. This new engine should help game developers significantly, but as you said most will stick with U3 for the time being. That said, the prospects for the future are outstanding.
    
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