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| Square Enix Licenses Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 Square Enix has announced a licensing agreement with Epic Games that enables Square Enix to introduce Epic's Unreal Engine 3 middleware into its next-generation game development process. Square Enix has built some of its franchises such as Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Kingdom Hearts by pushing game consoles to their limits and providing unparalleled user experiences for more than 20 years. This was achieved through the company's proprietary technologies, which were mostly optimized for each game given the limited resources of game consoles. However, in order to ensure both game quality and development efficiency for next-generation game systems including consoles, PCs and network titles, Square Enix is now building a technology platform to be used throughout the company utilizing proprietary technologies as well as introducing third-party solutions such as Unreal Engine 3. Unreal Engine is known for cutting-edge graphics and a best-of-breed toolset. Unreal Engine 3 is expected to maintain those features while adding massive world support, multi-processor support, next-generation console optimizations, and one of the most mature tool pipelines in the industry. Unreal Engine 3's new toolset is designed specifically to accelerate developers' productivity for ultra-complex, next-generation content. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Game News :: home page |