For the most part, Epic Games has been a pretty quiet developer for some time now. Since the release of Gears of War Judgment last year and some entries in the Infinity Blade series, we haven't heard much from the company after this. What happened to the development of their highly anticipated game, Fornite?
Cliff Bleszinski has been with Epic Games since he was a teenager, joining the company early on and helping create franchises like Jazz Jack Rabbit, Unreal and Gears of War. But it seems this year the winds of change are blowing through the industry. Late last month both Bioware founders left the company to pursue other interests and now "Cliffy B" is leaving Epic for a much deserved break.
Curious to hear more about Epic Game’s highly anticipated PC title, Fortnite? Tanya Jessen, producer of Fortnite, went on to describe new details about the development of the game.
Looking for more info on the upcoming third-person shooter, Mercenary Ops? Well, here some new info on the game's modes to hold you over until the summertime comes around.
Last week at GDC, Epic Games showed off a new version of the Unreal Engine 3 that boasted a ton of new features. To showcase this, they created a demo called "The Samaritan." In a look and setting that clearly looks inspired from Bladerunner, we see a rainy futuristic city with neon lights reflected in every puddle. A man on a rooftop witnesses a beating and jumps in to help out.
We've had several email tips regarding how to add splitscreen to a couple of favorite co-op games, namely Unreal Tournament III, Left 4 Dead, and Left 4 Dead 2. The console versions of these first-person shooters all supported splitscreen (even splitscreen online), but for some reason it was left out for the PC versions.
As you are reading this from a site that caters for co-operative games, it is easy to assume that you are a co-op fan. But as the genre continues to grow and expand, there's one question that keeps coming up - "Where does co-op stop and the solo experience begin?"
We've always said that playing co-op games online is a much different social experience, compared to typical multiplayer versus play. Just hop into any versus game of Halo 3 and compare the chatter to that of a co-op game of Halo 3. It's absolute night and day. Perhaps the reason is John Gabriel's Internet Fuckwad Theory, or perhaps it's has to do with aggressive behavior trigger by the game type.
Epic has announced that Unreal Tournament 3 Black will be available for free this weekend on Steam. Unreal Tournament 3 Black is the full version of UT3 along with the free Titan pack. In total you have enhancements which include new maps and environments, the Titan mutator, the Greed and Betrayal gametypes, the Stealthbender vehicle, weapons, deployables, and characters. The game also provides 50 Steamworks Achievements.
