Rragnar is going to lose a close friend of his, age 27, to Cancer in the near future. Just telling anyone here that may know him to go and lend him your support, he's going to need it.

Archangel3371 said:

I don't see what's so sad about WB games using Unreal Engine 3 for game development for another 3 years. I don't really think it's something that may have been "forced" on their creatives either. Perhaps their development teams elected on this engine. I'm sure it's a popular engine for developers for good reason. Most of the games I've played using it have looked and performed quite nicely. Also 3 years isn't that long.

I htink I may have mis-communicated.  The Unreal engine has been a good thing for gaming, not denying that.

All I am saying is, if I ran a publishing house I'd have licensing deals with all the major engines and let my creatives choose the one they wanted.  I would not restrict them to using a certain engine.  In fact, it would be in the company's best interest to have your people as fluent with as many engines as possible.

This was clearly a business decision -- or why else have it for an extended period like 3 years?

Isn't Unreal Engine 3 the engine they just started showing off at GDC? I would think they will be using that engine for AT LEAST 3 years!

Yodariquo said:

aspro said:

Happy Saint Patrick's Day North and Central America.

In 1865 my Irish great-great-grandfather set forth upon this land at the precious age of 16. What better reason to appreciate my Irish heritage than to uphold a bunch of cultural stereotypes! Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas?

That's the third mis-interpretation I've had here today.  Time to stop posting, my brain must be off today.  No comments from me for a while.

aspro said:

Archangel3371 said:

I don't see what's so sad about WB games using Unreal Engine 3 for game development for another 3 years. I don't really think it's something that may have been "forced" on their creatives either. Perhaps their development teams elected on this engine. I'm sure it's a popular engine for developers for good reason. Most of the games I've played using it have looked and performed quite nicely. Also 3 years isn't that long.

I htink I may have mis-communicated.  The Unreal engine has been a good thing for gaming, not denying that.

All I am saying is, if I ran a publishing house I'd have licensing deals with all the major engines and let my creatives choose the one they wanted.  I would not restrict them to using a certain engine.  In fact, it would be in the company's best interest to have your people as fluent with as many engines as possible.

This was clearly a business decision -- or why else have it for an extended period like 3 years?

Well, licensing an engine is expensive (although middleware solutions such as UE3 are much cheaper than building up your engine from scratch), so I don't think pubs want to spend more money than necessary by licensing more than needed. But yes, this is a business decision, since

phantom_leo said:

Isn't Unreal Engine 3 the engine they just started showing off at GDC? I would think they will be using that engine for AT LEAST 3 years!

this video shows UE3 with DirectX11 rendering features. It's not new, although it's closer to what would be UE4. It's in Epic's best interests to keep UE3 alive and kicking for as long as possible, since most game dev teams are already accustomed to it.

I don't see that as an inherently bad thing. After all, game engines are sets of tools. It's up to the dev team to make the most out of them.

I started a Glyde account to see about selling some of these older games I have.

SteelAttack said:

I've never played a DoA game. Are those good?

Mostly just Virtua Fighter with LOTS of jiggly boobs and panty shots. They can be fun though.

SteelAttack said:

PENIS

You don't have to TRY and get my attention, I was answering you as you were typing this!