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Silicon Knights Says Unreal Engine is Broken
Yesterday we discussed Too Human's absence from this year's E3 event, and briefly mentioned the just-announced lawsuit between Silicon Knights and Epic. Today there's a bit of a clarification. Silicon Knights is suing Epic because, according to Kotaku, Epic failed to 'provide a working game engine' to SK causing them to 'experience considerable losses.' Essentially Knights argues that the Gears of War version of the Unreal engine was withheld by Epic so that Epic products could show up competitors at trade events. For a deeper look at this, the blog runs down the allegations in detail, and concluded by noting that a slew of next-generation titles slated to use the Unreal Engine have been delayed several times. This includes Stranglehold, BioShock, Lost Odyssey, Mass Effect, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Turok, Frame City Killer, Fatal Inertia and Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway ... a somewhat persuasive list, when it's all laid out in front of you.
Don't use an unproven technology expecting to avoid all hurdles. Furthermore, Silicone Knights needs to stop wasting their time on things that aren't Eternal Darkness!
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
Dunno, today's bunch of enhanced whining (er, "clarification") still sounds like a dup to me.
If there's really a lawsuit at the heart of this thing, why don't you take it to court instead of pandering to the court of public opinion?
(In any case...it's really boring to read about.)
> Not I am not kidding but the PS3's programing model looks like a real bear to deal with I saw these comments in the article.
The game the lawsuit is over is a fucking 360 only game dimwit!
You are a fucking moron.