Unreal Engine 3 powering mystery Capcom project

By Emma Boyes, GameSpot UKPosted Jun 25, 2008 8:38 am PT

Japanese publisher will use Epic Games' popular technology for an as-yet-unannounced game being developed in Europe.

Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 has been used in a wide variety of games, including some very unexpected ones. Although most people know that it powered popular third-person shooter Gears of War, not many are aware that it was also behind the lush graphics in the role-playing game Lost Odyssey.

Now Capcom has announced that it has agreed to use the technology in another, as-yet-unspecified game. All the publisher will reveal is that the still-unnamed game is currently being developed in Europe. According to a statement, Unreal Engine 3 has been chosen because it "fully meets the requirements particular to this project." It also added that the team working on the project had "thorough knowledge" of the engine.

Capcom tends to favor its internally developed MT Framework to power its current-generation games. The engine was used in recent PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 games including Devil May Cry 4, Dead Rising, and Lost Planet. The company has licensed the Unreal Engine 3 once before, for upcoming sci-fi action game Dark Void, which is being developed by Airtight Games in the US.

At the end of May, Epic Games also let it be known that Sega had extended its Unreal Engine 3 licensing deal to include an "unannounced, cross-platform game." Earlier this month, Seoul-based T-Entertainment also bought a licence for an upcoming global massively multiplayer online role-playing game for the PC code-named L2.

154 Comments

  • gears6515

    Posted Aug 18, 2008 7:18 pm PT

    i think it might be devil may cry 5, some might think its to soon but hey look at gears of war 2 it was suppose to come out in 2010 but its coming out 2008 so yea

  • K0PaSk4

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:15 pm PT

    I'd like to see Dead Rising 2 But it is unlikely =(

  • K0PaSk4

    Posted Jul 30, 2008 6:14 pm PT

    I'd like to see Dead Rising 2 But it is unlikely =(

  • citizenjax

    Posted Jul 21, 2008 1:30 pm PT

    Dead rising 2 would be a blasty blast.

  • blueblur87

    Posted Jul 15, 2008 4:34 pm PT

    I wish they would make MONSTER HUNTER 3 for PS3 like they were going to do! The unreal engine might just be the key- it is cheaper to develop for because all the resources are there. they put it on wii because of low dev costs but i want that game to exist on ps3 so badly. it would become as big as final fantasy 7 was on playstation, without a doubt.

  • games100

    Posted Jul 13, 2008 6:47 pm PT

    Dead rising 2 would just be soooooooo sweet

  • rharrigal

    Posted Jul 1, 2008 3:51 pm PT

    just think how awesome fighting the giant monsters of lost planet would be with unreal graphics... o and thank thenephariouson for correcting me i missed that for some reason

  • colinisawesome

    Posted Jun 28, 2008 2:37 pm PT

    dead rising 2 would be rockin....

    because in almost every ending the virus or wasp or whatever always infected other cities. hmmm

    I enjoyed your bad joke That'smypunk

  • Thatsmypunk

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:23 pm PT

    It's an upgrade to Street Fighter 3, but cleverly named Street Fighter 3-rd Person . Ok, my jokes suck today.

  • Gigatron

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 11:24 am PT

    excuse me, SalarianChemist? I whole-heartedly agree with mikequiggs in that you are wrong on both accounts (but at the same time dude, the article states that the project SEGA is working on will be multi-plat). My money's on mega man legends 3... Capcom producer keiji inafune expressed his interest in creating a next-gen MML with unreal in mind.

  • mikequiggs

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 9:32 am PT

    First of all the article clearly states that this will be a cross-platform game and second of all, the bugs for unreal engine 3 were worked out for the PS3 when unreal tournament 3 came out.

  • mikequiggs

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 9:22 am PT

    SalarianChemist you have to seriously get credible sources especially about RE5.

  • Gigatron

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:07 am PT

    megaman legends 3. 'nuff said.

  • Jecht216

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 3:24 am PT

    I agree with MetalMan300, It has to be Lost Plant 2, Pleassseee lol

  • SalarianChemist

    Posted Jun 27, 2008 12:19 am PT

    Word on the street is that it will be exclusive to the Xbox 360, because the Unreal Graphics Engine runs so much better on the Xbox 360, just like every other graphics engine.

    Resident Evil 5 is also supposed to be an exclusive for the Xbox 360 for at least a certain amount of time.

  • azren89

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 11:45 pm PT

    i hope it was a brand new game title,not that i dont like dead rising 2
    but it will be better if it was a new franchise.but still the horror adventure game....

  • MetalMan300

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 7:02 pm PT

    Please let it be lost planet 2....

  • Seaweed99

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 5:45 pm PT

    Dead Rising 2 or Resident Evil 2 Remake are what I'm hoping it is.

  • ps3thabest

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 2:45 pm PT

    marvel vs capcon 3 maybe

  • Gadeos

    Posted Jun 26, 2008 11:57 am PT

    Hmm... It'd be cool that next game was Lost Planet 2 (not likely DMC 5... too soon)

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