Industry News | Capcom goes Unreal with Square Enix and Activision

In an increasing bid to spread the Unreal Engine 3 loving in various development studios, Capcom have announced an agreement to license the game-engine within future projects.

Epic Games's widely used engine brings powerful scripting and graphical capabilities to a studio, and in combination with a developer's own tools of the trade can open the potential for a completely versatile and interesting experience.

"The Unreal Engine is one of the most powerful and versatile tools available for next-generation game development. More than just a graphics engine, UE3 will empower the development team to create the quality experience that gamers expect from a Capcom product."
Mark Beaumont, executive vice president, officer and head of Capcom consumer software publishing in the Americas and Europe.

"Capcom is known for the quality and artistry of their games. We're glad that Unreal Engine 3 can be a part of their creative process."
Mark Rein, vice president, Epic Games.

Capcom joins an increasing number of well known developers to utilise the capabilities of Unreal Engine. In January Square-Enix, announced their acquisition.

Activision is also working on an unannounced action game based on the Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games.
Image Touting the deal today, Laird Malamed, head of production for Activision said, "The Unreal Engine is one of the most technically advanced engines on the market and is a perfect fit for our upcoming action game. The engine's robust suite of programming tools will enable our development team to deliver what is sure to be an amazing game experience."

Certainly top news for the various studios involved, opening even more possibilities for top quality titles in the future.