{"id":26481,"date":"2011-11-18T15:40:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=26481"},"modified":"2011-11-18T15:42:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:42:38","slug":"square-enix-licenses-unreal-engine-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/26481-square-enix-licenses-unreal-engine-3","title":{"rendered":"Square-Enix licenses Unreal Engine 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Final Fantasy mega-company of the East, Square-Enix<\/a> has signed up to make some of their next games using the Unreal Engine 3 \u2013 the same engine used for blockbuster games like Mass Effect, Gears of War and…uh, Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust.<\/p>\n

There are a LOT of Unreal Engine 3 games, and It\u2019s not Square-Enix\u2019s first rodeo with the engine, either \u2013 in 2009 they used the engine with The Last Remnant; but it is interesting to see them move away from their typically proprietary base.<\/p>\n

Perhaps it\u2019s a sign of influence from the company\u2019s expansion into western markets, having acquired Eidos<\/a>, and forging its stronghold in Europe – after all, it\u2019s probably more effective to work around an engine that\u2019s pretty established.<\/p>\n

Interestingly – and this is purely my own inference here – this may put a bit of a damper on our hopes of seeing anything truly \u201cnext-gen\u201d any time soon.<\/p>\n

With Unreal Engine 4 being a shoe-in for next-gen technology<\/a>, it makes one wonder why a mega-corp like Square-Enix would be investing in a \u201cdated\u201d engine right now? Perhaps that elusive next-generation is still a ways off.<\/p>\n

I suppose only time will tell.<\/p>\n

Source: Unreal Technology<\/a><\/h5>\n

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