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Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games (you know, those Gears of War guys), is well on his way to world domination. He's already managed to woo big-name developers like Capcom, Midway, and Square Enix to use Epic's Unreal Engine 3 and shows no signs of stopping. The latest addition to his sexy harem is none other than SEGA.

In an announcement made yesterday, Simon Jeffrey, of SEGA of America, said very nice things about UE3. Then Mark "il Duce" Rein said some nice things about SEGA. Then the two changed into their pajamas, played Twister, braided each other's hair, and talked about girls. Maybe they could also manage to talk about making a Sonic game that doesn't suck and doesn't sound wonderfully retarded.

It may be a little too late to implement UE3 in the upcoming NiGHTS (that, or the Wii can't handle the awesome), but Condemned 2 might get some of that nasty power. More details should be released later in the year.

[Via IGN, image via the fed]








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BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 13:58
BlindsideDork
And there was talks about scaling down the Unreal 3 engine for Wii...there was!
AngelsDontBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 14:00
AngelsDontBurn
The Unreal 3 Engine is a whore! A filthy, filthy whore! Everyone wants a piece! Who will come next?!
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 14:15
BlindsideDork
TRANSFORMERS!
908peruvian's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 14:21
908peruvian
thats going to be some kick ass, bloody,
dirty mouthed Sonic game!!!
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 15:28
Jordan Devore
Condemned 2 using UE3 would be amazing.

Sega better not pull another "We're going to create a Sonic with shiny graphics, but ninja-fuck the controls completely and make it so the player constantly falls off of ledges and into water."
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 15:44
Namelessted
Sonic is the new playable character in Unreal Tournament 3!
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 15:46
TheStripe
There's no good reason to try and scale the UE3 to the Wii, and epic knows that. What they may not know is that no one wants another sonic game. It's been thirteen years since anyone released a good sonic game, and I have no reason to believe that epic, with a focus on the HD UE3, would give sonic the time it needs to be a good game again.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/17/2007 22:11
Bob Muir
I remember reading somewhere that Wii supports Unreal Engine 2 but I have no way to back up that assertion.
lwesquire's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/18/2007 06:55
lwesquire
See, the problem they've yet to identify is that Sonic doesn't work in 3D. Keep the shiny graphics, sure, just limit it back to a side scroller, maybe whack some physics puzzles or something in to make it seem 21st century, put it up as a download and go buy a bigger wallet.
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