[Jsonedecker]

Today, the paperwork was completed for BFS to acquire a title license Epic's award winning Unreal Engine 3. Yep, you read that right..... We are using Unreal Engine 3!

We will be doing a full press release in the coming weeks, but I thought the wait has been long enough around here so why not share it with everyone... though the Donators have known for a couple weeks now.

I am looking forward to sharing much more information as we transition into this new phase of the company!

-John

[Whisper_44]

Congrats on the milestone John

[Walter]

I knew it.

I echo Whisper_44's congratulations also, Well Done!

[zoog]

It's fantastic that you've licensed such a great, well known and moddable engine. Congratulations

[Colin]

Whisper_44, on Jun 25 2008, 08:36 PM, said:

Congrats on the milestone John

Yes indeed well said Whisper, congrats John and team.

Now that this is out we need to update any public links we have started with this update.
Go to it people.

[BaseJumper]

Awwww summm !!!!!

[Jsonedecker]

Now everyone should have a good idea of what our modding capabilities are!

[Ick]

Excellent. I hope this bodes well for consoles.

[Jsonedecker]

Ick, on Jun 25 2008, 04:52 PM, said:

Excellent. I hope this bodes well for consoles.

This actually is one of the main pieces of the puzzle that makes things possible on the consoles. Without a nicely proven cross platform engine we wouldn't be able to do a console game. UE3 is proven on PC, 360 and PS3 and the pipeline to get assets on each platform is the same and that drastically reduces the effort needed to move things across platforms.

[Dr.Jeckyl]

*does little happy dance*
YAY! Can't wait.

[will wabbit hunter]

congrats. im going to have a beer this is great news.

[Cpl Ledanek]

ahhh, he can finally loosen up a bit and, breeeeeeaaaatthhhheee
Congrats John, BFS, AND respective families

[WhiteKnight77]

[Forrester]

Great news...... Days of COD4 are fading, interest is lost, we really need something new.....

[krise madsen]

Good news I think this was what most of us guessed at, for the very reasons stated

Respectfully

krise madsen

[Ermac]

holy ###### this is like a dream come true I really didn't think you guys were going to use UE3 but this makes me very excited

Edited by Ermac, 26 June 2008 - 02:39 AM.

[Brettzies]

Awesome news! Congratulations!!!

[zeep]

This is great news. I have nothing but love and respect for the Unreal engine and i'm happy GB will use it. Also Beppo should feel right at home and i trust he'll kick ass coding!

Congratulations guys!

[allhailexecution]

Great news indeed, I've been waiting to hear those words for months.

I was tossing up on which engine I should start learning to mod with, Unreal Engine 3 or Cry engine 2 guess this seals the deal.

[Nemesis]

Ahhh...glad the cats out of the bag (expects a LOLCAT appearance).
Now modding groups can start thinking about what to focus upon & understand the boundaries of the engine.
Glad its finally public & as already stated in Donators forum..CONGRATS a step in the right direction (IMHO)...now back to work

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