Unreal Engine 3 Wins Third Develop Industry Excellence Award

Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3 Wins Develop Industry Excellence Award for Best Engine

 

 

CARY, NC (July 15, 2010) –Epic Games is thrilled to receive its third consecutive Develop Industry Excellence Award for Unreal Engine 3. Vice President Mark Rein was on hand at last night’s Develop Industry Excellence Awards at the Develop Conference in Brighton, UK to accept the prestigious plaque on behalf of Epic.

Rein today said to trade magazine MCV, “We couldn’t be more excited about Unreal Engine 3’s third consecutive Develop Industry Excellence Award and what it means to Epic and to the rest of the industry. Developers have seen what our technology can do for PC and console games, and now we are ready to usher in a new era of mobile games.

“Unreal Engine 3 is nothing like any other engine you’ve seen on mobile platforms. It’s going to raise the visual bar and define the standard for the mobile games of tomorrow. Wait until you see what we’re rolling out to customers now, next year and beyond. With all the new features we’re packing into Unreal Engine 3, and with over 285,000 UDK users, look out world – we’re just getting started!” In 2008, Unreal Engine 3 won the Develop award for Best Tools before the Best Engine category was formed. Unreal Engine 3 has maintained its position as Best Engine for the past two years running.

About Unreal Engine 3

The award-winning Unreal Engine is known for cutting-edge graphics and its best-of-breed toolset. Unreal Engine 3 maintains those features in addition to multi-core processor support, Xbox 360® and Playstation®3 optimizations, massive world support, and a highly mature tool pipeline. Unreal Engine 3’s consistently evolving toolset is designed to accelerate developers’ productivity for PC and console games, visualization applications, training simulations, and linear animated content. Additional information on Unreal Engine can be obtained through the Unreal Technology website at http://www.unrealtechnology.com.

About Epic Games

Epic Games, Inc., based in Cary, N.C. and established in 1991, develops cutting-edge games and cross-platform game engine technology. The company has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its “Unreal” series, including “Unreal Tournament 3” for PC, PlayStation®3 and Xbox 360®. Epic’s “Gears of War” series has sold over 12 million copies and won over 30 Game of the Year awards. Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is the four-time winner of Game Developer magazine’s Best Engine Front Line Award and Hall of Fame inductee. Unreal Engine 3 has also been recognized as the number one game engine by Develop magazine. Additional information about Epic can be obtained through the Epic Games website at http://www.epicgames.com.

© 2010, Epic Games, Inc. Epic, Epic Games, Unreal Development Kit and Unreal Engine are trademarks or registered trademarks of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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