2K Games licenses Unreal Engine 3
Here’s something that would leave you thinking: Epic Games announced that its Unreal Engine 3 will be used for unannounced games in development by 2K Games, the publisher of recent bestseller Bioshock.
As you know, Bioshock uses a modified version of the Unreal Engine 3, so this news doesn’t come as a surprise at all. However, the most perplexing part of this tidbit is about those “unannounced games in development.”
What are those games?
You mean aside from rumors of Bioshock making its way to the PS3, 2K is coming out with another game that uses Unreal Engine 3? I guess they are.
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More fuel to fan the Bioshock-for-the-PS3 flame?
Looks like Crytek isn’t the only major developer looking for PS3 programmers. 2K Boston (they’ll always be Irrational Games to me), the brains behind Bioshock, is looking for a tools programmer with “PS3 and production experience using Python or Ruby,” and a senior console programmer.
Interestingly, the comments at PS3 Fanboy lean towards a new IP. They don’t seem to get that this is further confirmation that Bioshock is indeed coming to the PS3, like I’ve already mentioned before.
For starters, remember that there’s this bit about limited exclusivity, with 2K Games stating that Bioshock would “hit next-generation consoles.” Not “console” (singular) …read more




