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NetherRealm, Rocksteady Go Unreal Engine-Exclusive

by Adam Biessener on March 17, 2011 at 11:44 AM

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Warner Bros. has bought a company-wide license to use Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games, and the Mortal Kombat and Batman studios will work exclusively with the technology through 2014, according to a press release.

The existing Mortal Kombat and Batman projects were already being made with UE3, so there's no change there. All this announcement tells us is that Rocksteady and NetherRealm are planning on using the tech for their next projects as well.

The statement from Warner Bros. doesn't say anything about its plans for the rest of its development studios, but the agreement with Epic allows them to use UE3 as much as they like.

The Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment studios you may care about include:

Monolith Productions (F.E.A.R.)
NetherRealm Studios (Mortal Kombat)
Rocksteady Studios (Batman)
TT Games (LEGO Star Wars)
Turbine, Inc. (The Lord of the Rings Online)

Could this agreement pave the way for the dark, gritty LEGO Space Marine game we've all been waiting for?

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Filed under: News, Turbine, Rocksteady Studios, travellers tales, f.e.a.r., netherrealm studios, Lego Star Wars, monolith productions, warner bros interactive entertainment

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by The_Icon Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:49 AM

They can make the engine sing well on both ps3 and 360.
by TexasCries Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM

That lil girl ain't tricking me again into playing those games
by Data Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:03 PM

LEGO Space Marines!
by GoS/T Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:04 PM

It will be cool to see Lego Star Wars on UE3, but other than that this doesn't excite me. I'm kind of tired of the engine. I mean sure, it looks pretty good, but I don't like that look. You can always tell a game that uses Unreal tech (and now pretty much EVERYTHING uses it, and everything looks the same), and there's just something about it that I don't like. Can't really put my finger on it. I would LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE to see Valve put out a new Source engine. Now THAT would be cool. I know they've built it so that they can constantly integrate new features, but maybe by building a new one from scratch, they would have the undisputed greatest engine out there. Source always felt solid to me, which really helped the suspension of disbelief that you're just playing a simulation, while Unreal seemed like the whole illusion of textures and lighting that is a video game could burst through the fragile strings holding it together and come unzipped at any moment.

I wish I could better put into words how I feel when I look at an Unreal game, but to sum it up, it doesn't trick me.
by SpartanKangaroo Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:16 PM

I want LEGO space marine. Cant even begin to imagine how crazy that would be
by OriginalClint Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:18 PM

Smart move I guess. With the UDK being so popular in design schools it makes sense for companies to want to use the tech to make games faster, since more people know how to use the software.

In a way it can limit possibilities, but it saves money and you can still do a vast amount of great things with UE3.
by Exar Kun Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:25 PM

I sure hope Monolith uses this engine for the next Condemned game.
by ViaDanchops Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:43 PM

I think Batman utilizes Unreal the best... but that's just me.
by KUJOtheSLOTHMAN Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:50 PM

I'm extremely interested to see how Turbine uses the Unreal Engine!
by Eyros Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Pretty safe to say UE has become industry standard, eh?
by Di5a5terp13ce Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 12:52 PM

Mortal Kombat will look awesome using the Unreal engine. Lego Space MArines isn't a bad idea.
by smileyguy117 Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 01:24 PM

i hope they make a dark and gritty space marine lego game
by invalid Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 01:44 PM

I hate the unreal engine, I can't stand the late texture loads, You think they would fix that issue in the updated version!
by Data Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 01:45 PM

How about LEGO Mortal Kombat xD?
by Shatterhand Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 01:55 PM

So Scribblenauts 64 is gonna use Unreal Engine 3 now? Sweet. This is either a confirmation that UE3 is possible on the 3DS or that Scribblenauts is coming to the 360. And it must be one or the other.
by Ashesza Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 02:02 PM

I think this is a very good move on Warner's part. Unreal is a very competent game engine with a pretty good track record of churning out hits. It's always a good thing when you can begin working on a game and not have to worry about whether or not the engine will work.
by Magyver4723 Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 02:17 PM

unreal is the best
by Ian Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 02:26 PM

This is good news.
by WolfReich Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 02:44 PM

LEGO Zombies?!?!?!! Please...
by StraySkyNight Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 04:26 PM

LEGO FEAR! Alma melting the little LEGO men into little LEGO piles of bones, you've got my support Monolith.