Epic Games "very interested" in Wii U

Creators of the Unreal Engine and Gears of War, Epic Games, recently expressed a strong interest in bringing more technically advanced projects to the Wii U.

As well as continuing the core Wii philosophies, the successor console intends to absorb more third party content and it looks like Epic Games may be on board given the improved hardware and HD. Some of the E3 demonstrations shown were running on the company's Unreal Engine, so there is strong prospect to bring Epic-based multiplatform, and even exclusive, games to Nintendo's new platform.

Epic President Mike Capps recently spoke to IndustryGamers, confirming that the studio is "very interested" in the Wii U, but currently doesn't have anything in development for it.

We haven't made an official announcement about that platform. And while we loved the Wii, it just wasn't a fit to make a game that would go across Xbox 360, PS3 and the Wii. It just wasn't possible. So going forward, we're working with those folks and we're very interested in the Wii U.

... At the launch event at E3, some of the products that you saw running on Wii U were based on Unreal Engine technology. So that kind of gives you an idea of where we are in that space. You can certainly use our engine on that platform it's a natural fit from a technology perspective. It opens up some doors that weren't open before on current generation consoles because it is going to be a powerful box. I'm sure [Epic VP] Mark Rein would love anyone who's interested to know how official our support is to get in touch with him!

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