Footage of the next Unreal Engine

Someone's been a naughty journo, but the rest of us get to see just how pretty the new Unreal Engine is. And it's VERY pretty...

At the recent Game Developer's Conference, Epic was keen to show off just how pretty and, well, epic, it's new Unreal Engine is going to be. Of course, such forward-looking tech demos and discussions are usually heavily NDA-ed (that is, you usually have to sign a non-disclosure agreement, usually keyed to a date, to be included). However, all it takes is one dude to decide to break ranks...

And suddenly it's open range.

That's what's happened with this reel of footage from Epic demoing its engine. It's obviously been recorded at a briefing - you see the audience and can hear the host talking about the highlights of the video. But forget all that - the star is the engine.

And it's looking... wow.

This is what Epic's touting as waaaaay too heavy an engine for modern consoles to handle. A lot of folks are pointing at that comment as proof that a new console cycle is just around the corner. Or is an engine of this quality a sign that PC gaming is looking at an upswing soon?

What do you guys think?

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9 Comments

st8smn Mar 10, 2011 11:18 AM	that looks awsome appart from the shotty video quality from the journo's iphone or whatever
nesquick Mar 10, 2011 12:04 PM	wonder how far away from completion it is, be cool if something like ME3 was on the unreal (now) 4 engine.
jdog Mar 10, 2011 12:56 PM	if i remember correctly this isnt the Unreal engine 4 its unreal engine 3 but with dx11 support,more rendering features and the the like. and all of these features are in the free UDK march release.
Hawkeye Mar 10, 2011 2:14 PM	Damn, jdog - props!
Mademan Mar 10, 2011 8:42 PM	yeah, looks very UE3 to me, particularly DM-Heatray. There's just higher levels of detail, and less of an obvious reliance on bump mapping.
Krispy89 Mar 10, 2011 9:02 PM	I awit the full HD 1080p version with great anticipation.
Sbot Mar 10, 2011 11:32 PM	Looking sweet. Though youtube has HD version, apparently added march 8. Go figure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgS67BwPfFY&hd=1
SabreWulf69 Mar 11, 2011 3:59 PM	The full 1080P uncompressed video can be found at Games.on.net, and cos it's an Aussie DL source, it will go as fast as possible
Krispy89 Mar 11, 2011 5:22 PM	@ SabreWulf69 F%#@ing Hell! It's definitely un-compressed at 3GB for the film!

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