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GTAIV to use Engine from Table Tennis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the expressive-thugs dept.

WedgeTalon writes "Joystiq reports that GTAIV will be using the engine that powered Rockstar's Table Tennis — Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE)." From the article: "I contacted MTV News' Stephen Totilo to see just how definite this was, and he returned, I met with Rockstar publicists and producers for Table Tennis twice prior to the game's release. Both times they volunteered that RAGE would serve as the engine for all next-gen Rockstar games. Including GTA? I asked both times. Including GTA they said both times."

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  1. Ping pong... by dubmun · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That game is pretty good looking. They could do worse than to use that engine.

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  2. This is surprising? by xswl0931 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I don't see why anyone would be surprised by this. You think Rockstar spend R&D $$$ to create an engine that would only be used for one game?

    1. Re:This is surprising? by mateo+demoni · · Score: 3, Insightful

      More specifically, did anyone think Rockstar spend R&D $$$ to create an engine that would only be used for one Ping-Pong game of all things?

    2. Re:This is surprising? by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Well, we're talking about very different purposes here so the engine would be very flexible.

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  3. Re:2d by lexarius · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!