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News Epic Games Now Fully Owns Bulletstorm Dev People Can Fly
Big spender
Video game powerhouse Epic Games has completed its purchase of Bulletstorm developer People Can Fly. The announcement follows the departure of three key staff at the Polish studio, including creative director and founder Adrian Chmielarz. "They left, they're going to do their own thing,” Epic Games’ Mark Rein told Joystiq. “They...
News Epic: We'd Love to Do a Bulletstorm Sequel
Nothing to announce yet
A sequel to last year’s adventurous first-person shooter Bulletstorm was in the works at one point, Epic Games’ Mike Capps has announced. Sadly, the follow-up was canned when the company found a project that was considered to be a “better fit” for original developer People Can Fly. What could possibly be better than...
News Epic Games to Demo Unreal Engine 4 at GDC
Behind closed doors
Epic Games has committed to showing off the next-gen version of its Unreal Engine 4 middleware technology at next week’s Game Developers Conference. Sadly, the presentation will be limited to “select licensees, partners and prospective customers” bound by strict NDAs. In short: we won’t be getting a glimpse at the new...
News Unreal Engine 4 Already Running on Next-Gen Consoles
Pretty graphics
Epic Games’ outspoken gaffer, Mark Rein, dropped an unexpected bombshell during his speech at the DICE summit overnight. The executive – who oversees the Unreal Engine – said that the latest version of the middleware software was already functional on “systems can’t name yet”. Juicy, huh? It makes sense; Epic is usually...
News VGA 2011: Epic Games Lifts The Lid On Fortnite
Don't expect much commentary on Epic Games' latest project, Fornite
While we can categorically state that the game looks like a departure from Gears Of War, it's hard to really glean much else out of the debut trailer. There's zombies. And tower defence. (Maybe?) See for yourself after the jump.
News Brand New Epic IP 'Radically Different', A 'Departure' For The Studio
Epic Games is a name more commonly associated with Microsoft
While the studio has released games on PlayStation 3, its Gears Of War series remains the developer's bread and butter. But the US based outfit has promised that its next IP will be "radically different" from the hurl-inducing machoness of its previous endeavours, and an all...
News Cliff Bleszinski To Debut New Epic Experience At The VGAs
Cliff Bleszinski's popped up in a teaser trailer for the Spike VGA awards, confirming that Epic Games has a brand new "experience" to show off at the ceremony
The developer said: "2011 marks the 20th anniversary for Epic as a studio. And while weve been busy supporting Gears of War and Infinity Blade, we have something new in store for you...
News Square Enix Licenses Unreal Engine 3 For Unannounced Projects
Epic Games has lifted the lid on a deal that will see Square Enix license the Unreal Engine 3 for a collection of unannounced projects
It is a pleasure to provide Square Enix with an exceptional game engine that will help them bring thrilling new experiences to legions of fans all over the world, said Epic Games' Japan territory manager Taka...
News People Can Fly Were Shocked By The Amount Of Swearing In Their Own Game
The air around People Can Fly's potty-mouthed shooter, Bulletstorm, was blue
But the hilarious thing is, the Polish developer didn't even realise it. Chatting in the October edition of Game Developer's magazine, Adrian Chmielarz said that he couldn't believe the extent of the game's expletives once he saw the game's Polish translation. "Do you...
News Epic Games Starts Work On 'Unannounced IP'
Epic Games is cranking up development on a brand new, unannounced IP
The developer is famous for its involvement with Gears Of War and, more specifically, the Unreal Engine. The news comes via a recruitment call on the developer's website, which states: "Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team currently working on Gears...
News Bulletstorm 'Didn't Make Any Money'
Bulletstorm was a critical success when it released earlier in the year, and we'd figured it was a commercial success too
The game spent a number of weeks propping up the UK sales charts, but according to Epic the balls-to-the-wall FPS failed to make the company any money. Despite that small caveat, Epic does not regret handing the project off to...
News Cliffy Bleszinski Dashes Gears Of War PS3 Hopes
There's zero chance of Gears Of War coming to PlayStation 3, according to creative lead Cliff Bleszinski
There had been some speculation that Epic would make the franchise multiplatform once its exclusive publishing deal expired with Microsoft. Curiously, Epic retains full rights to the Gears Of War franchise so can feasibly do whatever it wants...
News LucasArts Licenses Unreal Engine 3 For Multiple Future Projects
Unreal
What's with publishers signing their allegiance to Epic's famously flaky Unreal Engine technology? It wasn't so long ago that Warner Bros was releasing a similar statement, now LucasArts has confirmed it will be exclusively utilising Epic's technology for multiple future projects. We assume the use of Unreal Engine makes lots of sense for...
News Warner Signs Major Deal To Exclusively Use Unreal Engine 3 Until 2014
Warner Bros has pledged its alleigance with the worst engine in video gam-
.. Whoops. Did we say that out loud? Sorry. Ahem. Let's start again: Warner Bros has signed a long-term deal with Epic, ensuring the publisher's portfolio exclusively uses the Unreal Engine until 2014. That means you can almost guarantee the next Batman and Mortal Kombat game...
News Epic Games: NGP Is A "Ridiculously Compelling Experience"
While the tech media continue to ensure the word-of-mouth surrounding Apple's latest device is nothing but rosy, actual game developers have been sharing their enthusiasm for Sony's new handheld the NGP
While the Internet continues to ignore the fact that there actually is a market for traditional handheld games (no matter how big or small!), Epic...
News Epic Games: NGP Appropriate For Gears Of War-Style Experience
Epic Games' Gears Of War franchise may be XBOX 360 exclusive, but the company's president, Mark Rein, reckons the series' gameplay would be an "appropriate" fit for Sony's new Next Generation Portable
"This is the kind of machine that a Gears of War-style experience would be appropriate on because it has the control layout that games like that...
News Bulletstorm Demo Kicks People In The Face On January 25th
Bulletstorm looks and sounds stupid
So stupid we've stopped posting the game's nonsense trailers on this site. We get that's part of the game's tone, but we don't like it. We hate it in fact. People calling each other crude names never was, and never will be funny. Still, the media seems to think Bulletstorm's a gameplay is worth a damn. We'll find...
News Bulletstorm Originally Netted Skill Kills From A Third-Person Perspective
Somewhere in developer People Can Fly's archives is a prototype for Bulletstorm where the game played as a third-person cover-based shooter
Producer Tanya Jesson told OXM magazine that the early gameplay was "completely different than it is now," revealing the game had transformed from "a third-person shooter to a cover-based...
News Son Of A Duck! The New Bulletstorm Trailer Is Full On, Yo!
We're not sure what to think of Bulletstorm
On the one hand it looks like a really awesome game. On the other hand it just looks dumb. We're not missing the point, we get that Bulletstorm's intention is to be a bit silly, but some of the voice work is a real turn off. "Pull up your skirt and stap on that dildo." Really? Really? Catch the...
News Bulletstorm Deeper Than We Think, Claims People Can Fly
Going on what we've seen of People Can Fly's Bulletstorm, we'd say it doesn't take itself too seriously
Fun appears to be the main agenda of the FPS, but the game's creative director Adrian Chmielarz reckons it's much more than a "mindless shooter". "The spirit [of Painkiller] is there, yes, he told BigDownload. Painkiller was the...
News Bulletstorm's Boxart Features Boots... Big Boots!
In Bulletstorm you can kick people and chain combos like its Burnout or something
You can also wield a "quad-barrelled shotgun". A game so ridiculous deserves a terrible boxart right? Right. Well, courtesy of GameInformer, here it is — Bulletstorm's boxart. Terrible.</em>
E3 2010 Bulletstorm Shoots Folks In The Face In February 2011
Epic and People Can Fly's ostentatious shooter, Bulletstorm, is due to hit US shelves on February 22nd, 2011, Epic's Cliff Bleszinskis just announced
VG247's got a batch of new screens for you to drool over. The game's big hook is its focus on stylish, kills. It's more "outrageous fun" than "gritty seriousness" — if you get...
News Bulletstorm Looks Properly Amazing In Its First Trailer, Thank Goodness For Non-Gritty Shooters
Thank goodness for EA, Epic Games and People Can Fly, who are about to embark on the first non-super gritty military shooter in what seems like ages
Bulletstorm - a mish-mash of colours, ridiculous guns and a "skill kills" - looks set to bring actual genuine brainless fun back to the FPS genre. And we welcome that with open arms. Boom!
News First Batch Of Bulletstorm Screens Emerge
These first shots of EA, Epic and People Can Fly's Bulletstorm show less the gritty, war torn environments you might have expected, and more tropical locations with ridiculous violence
Needless to say they look rather good. Check out the screens over at Joystiq and watch your excitement soar by, ooh, 100%.
News EA Formally Send Word Of Bulletstorm For Release In 2011
EA's just sent us word of the upcoming People Can Fly and Epic Games title Bulletstorm
The game was sort of revealed over the weekend via a GameInformer cover, but now you can consider the PS3 title official. People Can Fly has created a wildly fun first-person shooter that looks gorgeous running on the latest Unreal Engine 3...
News Bulletstorm Revealed On The Cover Of GameInformer
Coming from EA, Epic Games and the folks over at People Can Fly - Bulletstorm is a new, ambitious first-person shooter heading to the Playstation 3
The game's been teased by various outlets for some time now, but it's finally been revealed on the latest cover of US mag GameInformer. The game's all about Grayson Hunt, the former leader of a black-ops...
News Young Clifford: "No Plans For Gears Of War On Playstation 3"
Gears Of War is kind of an XBOX 360 exclusive
Kind of in the sense that it's made by a third-party team wearing a Microsoft money-hat. But according the creative designer behind the franchise, it's unlikely to end up on Playstation 3 anytime soon. Speaking to Kotaku Radio, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski ended hopes of a Playstation 3 release, stating,...
