{"id":543,"date":"2012-02-28T09:35:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=543"},"modified":"2012-02-28T09:35:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T14:35:33","slug":"gears-of-war-studio-showing-off-unreal-engine-4-behind-closed-doors-at-next-months-game-developers-conference-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vgheaven.com\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"Gears of War studio showing off Unreal Engine 4 behind closed doors at next month&#8217;s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>By <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/users\/eddienoteddy\/\">Eddie Makuch<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/\"><em>GameSpot<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Posted <strong>Feb 27, 2012 8:14 am PT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What might the future of gaming look like? Epic Games is answering that question next month at the 2012 Game Developers Conference, where it will show off its next-generation technology behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.gamespot.com\/pages\/image_viewer\/index.php?single=1&amp;path=2011%2F130%2FGearsofWar_62931_screen.jpg&amp;caption=What%2Bwould%2BMarcus%2BFenix%2Blook%2Blike%2Bon%2Bnext-gen%2Btech%253F&amp;blog=1&amp;cvr=N091\" rel=\"popup:imageviewer nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/image.gamespotcdn.net\/gamespot\/images\/2011\/130\/GearsofWar_62931_embed.jpg\" alt=\"What would Marcus Fenix look like on next-gen tech?\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.gamespot.com\/pages\/image_viewer\/index.php?single=1&amp;path=2011%2F130%2FGearsofWar_62931_screen.jpg&amp;caption=What%2Bwould%2BMarcus%2BFenix%2Blook%2Blike%2Bon%2Bnext-gen%2Btech%253F&amp;blog=1&amp;cvr=N091\">What would Marcus Fenix look like on next-gen tech?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company today detailed its GDC 2012 presence, noting that it will bring its next-generation technology&#8211;the Unreal Engine 4&#8211;to the show, which runs March 5-9 in San Francisco. A preview of the engine will be offered to &#8220;select&#8221; licensees, partners, and prospective clients during the show, with those parties forced to sign a nondisclosure agreement.<\/p>\n<p>As for the next generation in general, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/big-risk-that-nobody-cares-about-next-gen-epic-prez-6325101\">speaking with GameSpot last summer<\/a>, Epic Games president Mike Capps said, &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to know exactly what&#8217;s going to happen. We&#8217;re bullish on the next generation. We&#8217;re excited about it. But there&#8217;s a big risk that nobody cares because they&#8217;re all too busy playing [Zynga Facebook game] Empire and Allies, and they don&#8217;t need a next-generation console box.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of the three major console makers, Nintendo is the only company with a next-generation console announced and on the horizon. The Wii U is due for a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/wii-u-arriving-this-holiday-season-6349231\">worldwide release this holiday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Epic also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/news\/cliff-bleszinski-hosting-gdc-2012-awards-6348726\">reiterated<\/a> that studio design director Cliff Bleszinski will host the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards. Fans who can&#8217;t attend the awards show in March can watch a live stream of the event here on GameSpot (and through GameSpot&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/gamespot\">YouTube channel<\/a>) the evening of March 7 at 6:30 p.m. PDT.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"460\" height=\"279\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XiQweemn2_A?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"460\" height=\"279\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XiQweemn2_A?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eddie Makuch, GameSpot Posted Feb 27, 2012 8:14 am PT What might the future of gaming look like? 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