Default Prime writes: "It turns out that the people who make Gears of War also make some other game series called Unreal. Or at least they used to. You wouldn’t really know it, considering that it has been five years since they actually released an Unreal game. Killing locusts with chainsaw bayonets is all well and good, but now that the Gears trilogy is done, maybe Epic Games can get back to the franchise that put them on the map in the first place."
Epic: "Buckle up—it’s nearly time for the State of Unreal! We’ll be streaming live from Unreal Fest Orlando at 9:30 AM EDT on June 3.
Catch all the action here, including a first look at the latest tools and technology we’re working on, live demos, new product releases, partner projects, and all our big news—live as it’s announced."
Just got back from a tech conference in Orlando. I loved it. I want to go back! Loved the Witcher 4 footage.
Warframe is giving away a selection of Unreal Tournament weapon skins to celebrate Warframe: 1999, and you only need login to get them free.
Last year Nightdive Studios released a Quake remaster giving the classic FPS 4K and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, and some new levels by MachineGames. It also restored the original Trent Reznor score, previously absent from the digital version due to an expired copyright, and added a new theme song by Reznor. All that, and it was free for owners of the original Quake.
According to a tweet by Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick(opens in new tab), following the Quake remaster, Cliff Bleszinski contacted Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on Nightdive's behalf.
I hope this happens... If so, maybe it could spark some form of Unreal Tournament return. I miss that series so much... Still have physical copies of UT2004 and UT3.
The Unreal games are pretty awesome, well, all but Unreal 2. I'm not much of a fan the way they had no ladder in UTIII too, UC2 is also great and backwards compatible on 360.
I always found that Gears was a step back from what Epic previously achieved.
Unreal was one of the best games ever made. The music was enchanting.