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SDCC 2011: Epic regrets abandoning Unreal
Posted: 24.07.2011 02:37 by JonahFalcon Comments: 6
Unreal II: The Awakening
Epic Games president Mike Capps admitted Epic's former flagship Unreal series has fallen on the wayside with the company's backing of Gears of War for the past few years.

"It's been a long time since we shipped an Unreal game, and it's an awfully loved franchise that we hold pretty dear here," admitted Capps, "We haven't been giving it the attention it deserves because we've been focusing on Gears of War and we're still a relatively small company.

"At some point you wonder why we don't rename the engine the Gears Engine or something."

That's not to say an Unreal III or Unreal Tournament 4 wouldn't be counted out. Capps added, "We've been sort of focused on making new properties, which you've seen with Shadow Complex, Bulletstorm and Infinity Blade, but sometimes I think just as a businessman that maybe we should be spending some more time with our existing franchises."

The last game in the Unreal franchise was 2007's Unreal Tournament 3.
Source: Eurogamer

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By unsilviu (SI Core) on Jul 24, 2011
unsilviu
Not to mention the Unreal engine is the driving force behind a lot of games nowadays.
By Thibby (SI Core Veteran) on Jul 24, 2011
Thibby
I like the GeoW series more than the Unreal-games, so I'm fine with it :)
By janetmillsrice (I just got here) on Jul 24, 2011
janetmillsrice
the music in Unreal/Unreal Gold remains unmatched. The storyline in Unreal/Unreal Gold was very compelling--no matter how hard you tried, you could not save the Nali from invaders. I was much less impressed with The Awakening, after a long period of anticipation it was a huge letdown. if they make another Unreal with a story that is not just a hack-job shooter cranked out to make a buck, I would be READY for it, any time. they need to utilize the skills of Alexander Brandon and Michiel van den Bos, the original team that made the Unreal music.
By Knave (SI Core) on Jul 24, 2011
Knave
Unreal will be back one day! The franchise is too popular not to make another sequel a few years down the line. And there will be much rejoicing.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jul 24, 2011
herodotus
I thought "Unreal III" itself was initially simply a demostartion piece for the engine, as it had very little substance to it. Epic did continue to add to it, but without the SP element the first two had it was sorely lacking (the one it had was like "Battlefield 2"'s on PC).
By FoolWolf (SI Elite) on Jul 25, 2011
FoolWolf
I thought that Epic just didn't like the PC crowd and wanted to continue to sell their work one-way to MS and Xbox...
Epic really lost a lot on the way with Unreal Tournament IP going down the drain as well. Ut2003 was the last really good one, 2004 just an added value version. Unreal 3 - really poor game IMO. Best still is the Unreal Tournament game and o´f course Unreal. After that - downhill. They lost the game to the engine showoff...