Epic Games To Unveil Fortnite's Season 4 Theme This Week
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It looks like some superheroes are stepping out of the meteor and bringing some power to Fortnite in this next season.
READ MORE >Fortnite's Next Battle Royale Event Pits Five Teams Of 20 Against Each Other
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This would have been an absolute treat with jetpacks. Maybe next time.
READ MORE >"Too bad I can't stand Fortnite, because this sounds like a lot of fun"
see all 6 commentsFortnite's Sniper Shootout Game Mode is Live for a Limited Time
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The first significant event after the major map update to Fortnite is live and all you'll have at hand is your sniper and revolver.
READ MORE >Fortnite Devs: Cheaters Are The 'Highest Priority' Across Epic Games
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The free-to-play mode will be no breeding ground for cheaters as the development team seeks to get a handle on things early.
READ MORE >Beat Gears of War 3 on Insane, unlock Mission Impossible weapons
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to beat the Gears of War 3 campaign on Insane difficulty by December 25th. If you succeed, you'll be awarded the "exclusive Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocoal Weapon Skin Pack."
READ MORE >"Now a baguette weapon skin pack would be cool, no one could tell what you had equipped. Nice ..."
see all 14 commentsGears of War 3 free 'Versus Booster Map Pack' DLC available November 24
Yet another piece of Gears of War 3 DLC has been announced today. Unlike the others announced so far, this will be the first free update for Epic's popular shooter.
READ MORE >"I wouldn't be surprised if they are already on the disk. The Command pack's whooping 1.4 MB ..."
see all 5 commentsGears of War 3 art contest winners revealed
Check out the $10,000 winning Gears of War 3 art, and two runners up, announced by Epic Games and deviantART today.
READ MORE >"The third one is decent, except where Anya looks like a guy :P Great pics all together, though^^"
see all 7 commentsMeet the new Shacknews in a video tour
Welcome to the new Shacknews.com. Take a quick video tour of the new site with us and get familiar with the layout.
READ MORE >"Then you must be in the unicorn world and you see colours everywhere, because, YES, there is TOO ..."
see all 299 commentsReport: Gears of War Movie Scaled Back; Budget Cut
The LA Times is reporting that the Gears of War movie, based on the hit game from Epic and Microsoft, is being scaled back in both scope and...
READ MORE >"CG would be awesome. At least then you wouldn't have to worry about finding actors that kind of ..."
see all 29 commentsUnreal Dev Kit Tutorial Videos Teach the Ropes
A colossal 171-video series of Unreal Development Kit tutorials is now available on FileShack, teaching everything from the user interface and...
READ MORE >"That's the workflow we use at Epic and recommend to our licencees. The basic gameplay area is ..."
see all 42 commentsFree Unreal Dev Kit Surpasses 50,000 Users
The free Unreal Development Kit has exceeded 50,000 users since its release one week ago, developer Epic Games announced today. Providing...
READ MORE >"#1 Torque3D is horrible. It's TGEA with a little boost in rendering and tools they should have ..."
see all 34 commentsEpic Launches Free Unreal Development Kit
Gears of War and Unreal developer Epic Games today released its Unreal Engine 3 dev tools as a free download, aimed at providing noncommercial and educational use of the technology di
READ MORE >"Does anyone know what kind of support this has feature wise? Like do you have to use ..."
see all 126 commentsUnreal Engine 3 Trailer Shows Off Latest Additions
After demonstrating the latest additions to its multi-platform Unreal Engine 3 at Game Developers Conference, Epic has released a video to showcase said features. The additions include a content browser for artists to easily find game assets, t
READ MORE >"I'm curious about this too. I think it's really unfortunate that there isn't a good ..."
see all 89 commentsGears of War Writer Says Epic Has '10-Year Plan,' Suggests Single-player GoW2 DLC
During a panel at this year's New York Comic Con, Gears of War 2 writer Josh Ortega revealed that developer Epic has "a ten-year plan" for the...
READ MORE >"Not as clumsy or random as a flak cannon. An elegant weapon, from a more civilized age."
see all 30 commentsEpic: Xbox 360 Nearing Graphical Limit
Developers could soon hit the limits of the Xbox 360's graphics hardware, guessed senior Epic employee Rod Fergusson. "I think we're...
READ MORE >"This correct. But the consoles can and do display 60FPS @ 720p for some games. They are not ..."
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"Love how Epic has been teasing this in-game with subtle map changes all month. They're really ..."
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