Unreal Engine to power next gen Turok game

by: Chuck - posted: 9/27/2005 8:12:00 PM

Buena Vista games announced that they have licensed the Unreal 3 engine to power the next Turok game as well as a few other undisclosed titles. The game will be developed by Buena Vista games new Propaganda game studio.  Nice toe see the Turok franchise dusted off especially with all of the power of the Unreal 3 engine.

Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 to power BVG’s next generation content

Raleigh, NC and Burbank, CA – September 27, 2005 – Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), and Epic Games, world-class developers of cutting-edge video games and pioneer of the award-winning Unreal® Engine, today announced an agreement to license Unreal Engine 3 for multiple next-generation BVG projects. The first game under the agreement is based on the popular “Turok” franchise, and will be developed by BVG’s new Propaganda Games studio in Vancouver, British Columbia.

 â€œWe have ambitious goals for the future and a strategy to enhance Buena Vista Games’ position as a major force in interactive entertainment. BVG’s intellectual properties, combined with Epic’s leadership in underlying technology, ensures the best game content for consumers,” said Michael Ryder, vice president of worldwide production, Buena Vista Games.

“Licensing Unreal Engine 3 is a strategic move to provide cost-effective and timely delivery of new content, allowing our development teams to leverage the enormous capabilities of emerging next-generation systems,” he concluded.

Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder of Epic Games said, “BVG has some awesome IP to work with and we feel privileged to contribute to its success. It’s great to be working with the Propaganda Games team, an amazingly talented group of people, and with a management team that appreciates the importance of providing its teams with the best tools and technology to help them deliver.  We have no doubt that BVG will be one of the big success stories of the next generation.”

About Buena Vista Games
Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG) is the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company.  BVG publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide.  The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market.  For more information, please log on to www.buenavistagames.com.

About Unreal Engine 3
The award-winning 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. Additional information on Unreal Engine can be obtained at www.unrealtechnology.com.

About Epic Games
Epic Games Inc., based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a developer of cutting-edge computer and video games. The company is best known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games Unreal and Unreal Tournament, both award-winning blockbuster hits having each sold more than one million copies. Epic is also responsible for the Unreal Engine, which is the underlying technology for a wide range of games including, 2002 Console Game of the Year winner, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell  from Ubi Soft; PC Gamer’s 2000 Game of the Year, Deus Ex from Ion Storm/Eidos; America's Army: Special Forces, from the United States Army, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (PC) from Electronic Arts. Additional information can be obtained through Epic's Web site at www.epicgames.com.