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E3 - Metal Gears, Jungle Beats, Unreal Tech?
Thanks to continuing coverage of the E3 Expo show from GameSpot, from 1UP, from GameDaily, and many other sources - highlights for the second day included Eurogamer's detailed write-up of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, apparently "an overwhelming spectacle" in both positive and other ways, GameSpot's first images of Unreal Engine 3.0, a "complete game development framework for next-generation consoles and DirectX9-equipped PCs", IGN Cube's hands-on impressions of DK Jungle Beat, allegedly "the sleeper hit of the show", 1UP's musings on The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age, an "attempt to make a Japanese-style turn-based console RPG in America", and even GameSpot's brief impressions of a mobile phone-embedded Turrican, as the Factor 5 classic returns "pre-loaded on Siemens 65 Series phones."
http://germanjulian.com/open/unreal3_0002.wmv
It really is quite awesome.
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Per the Unreal Technology site, Unreal Engine 3 is completed and ready to be licensed. As to when we will see games on it, I think it would be safe to say no sooner than mid next-year for PC games. Hopefully UT2k5 will be on this engine. For console gaming, wait for the next generation, about 2006 or so. This just announced: The Duke Nukem Forever team has announced that they are switching engines to the Unreal Engine 3! They apologize, but this will unfortunately add another year or 2 delay. :)
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Because DX 10 hasn't been released yet? Wouldn't it be nice to have something you can actually start using right now?
You might be interested to know that DirectX 9 is deemed the MINIMUM spec for Unreal Engine 3. If and when DX10 is released, i'm sure the engine will be ready to take full advantage of it. But we probably won't see UE3 until 2006 at the earliest.