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Epic hit a home run with its Unreal Engine 3 this generation, as it was used in a wide variety of games and helped developers bring them to life. Now Epic has announced over a dozen middleware companies that will support the upcoming Unreal Engine 4. Epic has announced its Integrated Partners Program... More

The newest chapter of the Gears of War series hits store shelves this Tuesday, and you'll probably see reviews for it popping up any minute now. However, you won't see Game Informer's just yet. If you've paid attention to any gaming sites over the last couple of weeks, you may have heard... More

Back in July '12, Gears of War: Judgment graced our cover , and along with it came a huge number of stories and features covering the development of the game. With Gears of War: Judgment's impending release this Tuesday, now is the perfect time to revisit all of our coverage. Click here , or... 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

Apple's free app of the week this week is the critically acclaimed and visually impressive Infinity Blade. If you haven't already played this showpiece for iOS gaming, now is the time to do it. You can download the game for free until February 21. Downloading the game gives you access to both... More

The Astronauts, a new studio headed by Adrian Chmielarz, the former creative director of People Can Fly and the guiding force behind Gears of War: Judgment, Bulletstorm, and Painkiller, has released a teaser trailer for its intriguing new game. The game is titled The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, which... More

According to the official Gears of War: Judgment Facebook page , the game has gone gold and will soon be ready for consumer consumption! Seen above is the development staff celebrating their victory. For those unfamiliar with the term, going gold basically means the game is ready for mass printing. It... More

Last year, Too Human developer Silicon Knights was ordered to destroy all game code created using the Unreal Engine , which includes games both released and unreleased by the developer. The process has begun with Too Human's disappearance from the Xbox Live Marketplace. To refresh, Silicon Knights... More

Square Enix and Epic Games have announced a licensing deal between the two companies, which allows Square to develop games using Epic's Unreal Engine 3 and 4. The companies previously announced that Square would be developing games using Unreal Engine 3, but adding Unreal Engine 4 adds a new wrinkle... More

Epic was hesitant to reveal a time-frame for when the beta would begin, but it was able to confirm that it is definitely happening. At Epic's PAX 2012 panel, it gave away a code to a lucky attendee to enter the Fortnite beta. Epic had previously given away a ticket at Comic Con 2012. Joystiq spoke... More

Epic Games and developer People Can Fly are adding a new multiplayer mode to Gears of War: Judgment called Free-For-All. As you would expect by the name, this multiplayer mode ditches team tactics in favor of sheer personal survival. The mode is playable at PAX Prime this week, with two maps on display... More

People Can Fly's Adrian Chmielarz, creative director on Gears of War: Judgment, has left the studio along with two other members of the People Can Fly team. Epic Games president Mike Capps offered the fallowing statement on the departure: "Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski and Michal Kosieradzki... More

Lee Perry, the now former senior gameplay designer for Gears of War, has taken a few Epic employees with him to start a new company, Bitmonster. Along with the announcement of Perry's new company also comes the announcement of Bitmonster's first game, Lili. Lili is an RPG/adventure game for iOS... More

The free-to-play model is gaining more traction as developers and publishers realize the increased potential for growth (and profits) that it offers. Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney is among the believers, as he told an audience at GDC Taipei. "North American and European developers are far, far... More

Tencent Holdings has announced that it has purchased a minority stake in Epic Games. Neither the Chinese company nor Epic have revealed the terms of the deal, under which Epic maintains its independence. "We have a lot that we can learn from each other, and we look forward to supporting the Epic... More

Proving that the government doesn't always get it wrong, Uncle Sam has licensed Epic's ubiquitous Unreal Engine 3 for some of its training/simulation games. The multi-year partnership between the two covers a variety of platforms (including iOS, Android, Wii U, Mac, Xbox 360, PS3, and more) through... More

We haven't seen much of Unreal Engine 4 outside of that Samaritan tech demo released last year, but we'll be seeing more in 2012 according to Epic's Mark Rein. Speaking to G4 at DICE, he said "People are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4 and how much more... More

Free-to-play games aren't usually defined by outstanding graphics, but the upcoming Marvel Heroes is putting in some real effort by licensing Epic's popular engine. Developer Gazillion Entertainment announced that the PC-exclusive MMO will use Unreal Engine 3. Does that mean that all of the game's... More

Just in case you were still on the fence about the latest Gears of War, you can now download the free demo and check it out yourself. The only catch is that you do have to have a gold membership to Xbox Live. Click here to queue up the demo, and click here for our Gears of War 3 review, if you needed... More

It's all strictly rumor, but according to the upcoming issue of Official Xbox Magazine, the next Gears of War game could be a prequel, and it could be in the hands of developer People Can Fly. People Can Fly was recently acquired by Epic Games. Its first game Bulletstorm was published by the Gears... More