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Up until now Epic Games has used its Epic Citadel software to show off the Unreal Engine's abilities on mobile devices. The medieval town and elaborate castle is reminiscent of the company's Infinity Blade franchise, featuring rich detail and impressive lighting. An HTML 5 version of that same... More

We may never see the Halo movie that we were promised all those years ago, but another Microsoft franchise could finally make it to the silver screen. According to Variety, a new producer has joined the project. Scott Stuber , who has produced films including Battleship, Ted, and Identity Thief, will... More

Can't get enough of Gears of War: Judgment ? Well, we have a treat for you. We're giving away five season passes. [Update] Our winners have been selected: Marc Flink Steve Irbthp Azurex21 Muj440 Check your messages on the site, to redeem your code. [Original Story] But wait, that's not even... More

The past year has seen a steady stream of departures from Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer Epic Games. Head of global marketing Kendall Boyd has taken a position with Microsoft as head of marketing for the Halo franchise. Boyd's exit follows a number of key personnel that have left the studio... More

[Update #2] Kotaku has received a memo sent by interim CEO and Executive Chairman Larry Probst to the EA staff. The memo details the streamlining taking place, including a consolidation of marketing functions underneath chief operating officer Peter Moore. This also sees the collapse of all label marketing... More

The next map pack for Gears of War Judgment , Call to Arms, arrives on April 23, 2013, for season pass holders and April 30 for everyone else. The pack sports three new battlegrounds including the train terminals of Halvo Bay, a hospital that fell in an early Locust attack, and a mass graveyard. Additionally... More

In a recent interview with RipTen , Epic Games lead level designer on Gears of War: Judgment , Jim Brown, discussed the thought process behind the big changes in the latest installment. One of the recurring themes was accessibility. At multiple points in the discussion, Brown cites test sessions and... More

Epic's vice president has sung the praises of the PlayStation 4 and Sony's decision to switch to a more familiar architecture for the upcoming home console. "I think it's a very smart move on Sony's behalf to build this sort of enhanced PC architecture and then put so much in it... More

A playable version of Warzone mode has made its appearance on the Gears of War: Judgment disc and has been labeled as being leftover code from Gears of War 3. "There is a text string and a bit of leftover code within TDM from Warzone," a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. "We don't... More

At a behind closed doors meeting at GDC, Epic Games unveiled a new demo that shows off all the new features being integrated in the high-powered Unreal Engine 4. The Infiltrator demo may look like a cutscene, but Epic showed us that it was running in the engine in real-time by cutting back and forth... More

Berlin-based Yager, creators of Spec Ops: The Line (shown) has licensed Epic's Unreal Engine 4 for use in an unannounced next-gen title. Yager said in a press release that the title will be a major triple-A game that it expects to unveil in the coming months. In the opinion of Timo Ullmann, Yager's... More

Mike Capps vacated his role as president of Epic Games at the end of last year, but he remained on in an advisory role and on the board of directors. Now Capps has announced that he is no longer affiliated with the company in any way. On his Facebook page, Capps posted in part: "When we announced... More

According to GamesIndustry , Adrian Chmielarz, the former creative director and co-owner of People Can Fly, is no longer interested in AAA titles. Instead, he is going to focus on smaller projects with new studio The Astronauts. "It's the same idea: get the best in [the] business under one umbrella... More

Former Epic designer Cliff Bleszinski took to his blog today to write a long rant on the recent controversy regarding microtransactions - and to talk about the double-standard to which gamers hold EA and Valve. On his blog, Clifford Unchained, Bleszinski didn't mince words on the topic. "The... More

Epic Games has just released information regarding the content and pricing of its online VIP Season Pass for the upcoming Gears of War: Judgment. Gears of War: Judgment releases on March 19 exclusively for Xbox 360, and if you want to experience everything it has to offer, you'll want to nab the... More

Every new console causes excitement among gamers with promises of better graphics, more complex gaming experiences, and new functionality. However, it's often the opinions of the developers who make the games we play that really matter. Any system must court the world's best development talent... More

Unofficial gameplay footage from Epic Games and People Can Fly’s upcoming Gears of War: Judgment title has been spotted online after the leaked game appeared on online torrent sites, and Microsoft is none too happy. According to Eurogamer , the company will take “vigorous action” against... More

Epic Games is giving away a copy of our Gears of War: Judgment issue, signed by the actor that portrays Augustus "Cole Train" Cole, Lester Speight. There are a couple of ways to get entered to win the magazine. You'll have to head to Epic Games' blog for more information. Gears of War... More

A set of screenshots reportedly taken from an alpha build of a Kinect-only Gears of War real-time strategy game have surfaced on the Internet. The screens show a top-down view of what appears to be a squad of four soldiers led by Baird. One screen implies that the mission shown is a defensive scenario... More

Epic Games announced today that it has entered into a long-term deal with the Korean MMO publisher/developer for use of its next-gen game engine. “Unreal Engine 4 is an extremely fascinating game engine in terms of its unprecedented efficiency and performance,” said NCsoft chief product officer... More