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2 MMOGs using Unreal in production from NCsoft

Euphoric | March 26, 2008 | News | PC Misc 
It looks as if we may be seeing some MMOG's from NCsoft using the Unreal 3 engine given the success of such titles as Gears of War and Mass Effect. The company is refusing to comment but it has been confirmed that they have signed for the rights to use the latest version of the Unreal engine for 2 new productions.
While Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 has gained the most notoriety as the driving force behind hit shooters such as Gears of War and BioShock, the tech has proven itself to be versatile, having been implemented in several epic-scale role-playing games such as BioWare's Mass Effect and Mistwalker's Lost Odyssey. The engine has also been popular in the massively multiplayer online RPG scene, with the most recent adopter being Curt Schilling's 38 Studios.

Now, Korea-based MMOG stalwart NCsoft said it would be picking up the latest version of Epic's game engine for two as-yet-unannounced massively multiplayer projects. No stranger to Epic's brand of game-powering technology, NCsoft has used Epic's Unreal Engine 2 in Lineage II and the soon-to-be-released Exteel.

Aside from saying the games would be "top-tier" MMOGs, NCsoft gave no other details on the two upcoming projects. The publisher also didn't mention whether the games would appear on the PC or consoles.
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    Smoke | March 26, 2008
    Guild Wars 2 will likely be one, they've been working on it for quite some time.

    Be sure to remember that NCSoft stated a while back (correct me if I'm wrong) that they're developing two MMOs for the PS3, so these two might be the ones they're talking about.

    I'd kill for GW2 on PS3.

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