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The Borderlands E3 Interview: Gearbox Opens Up on Its Diablo/Halo Hybrid

The Mission: It's the last day of E3, and a tired team of Gearbox Software employees are willing to sit digg_url = 'http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53849'; digg_title = 'Borderlands Interview: Gearbox Opens Up on Its Diablo/Halo Hybrid'; down for an open interview. Your stoma...

Get Resistance 2 Beta Access via Pre-order or Qore; Online Co-op Campaign Uses Multiplayer Maps

Update: Insomniac Games has informed Shacknews that Qore represents "only one way into the public [Resistance 2] beta," which is planned for worldwide availability. "There will be many ways in, including a pre-order program we'll announce soon that will grant the earliest access to the public be...

Microsoft to Refund Games for Windows Live Fees

Now that the multiplayer features of Games for Windows Live-enabled PC titles are entirely free, Microsoft says it will refund subscription fees to Gold-level Live subscribers, Games for Windows senior global director Kevin Unangst has revealed. "There will be a benefit for customers who purchase...

Unreal Engine 4 Due Next Console Generation; Estimated by Epic as 2012 to 2018, PC Coming Last

Following Epic's statement that the next iteration of its popular Unreal Engine development tools will target the PlayStation 4 and next Xbox first, president Mike Capps has roughly estimated that the next generation will run from 2012 to 2018. digg_url = 'http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53846'; "We've got Unreal [Engine] 4 in production right now," Capps said at GamesFest, according to Gamasutra "It's going to be in the next console generation--our rough guess is 2012 [to] 2018." In its early years, Epic was primarily focused on PC software and technology with titles such as Jazz Jackrabbit and Unreal Tournament. Like many other formerly PC-centric companies, such as Microsoft, the studio has since become a major player in the console market. "Version 4 [of Unreal Engine] will exclusively target the next console generation," founder Tim Sweeney said earlier this year. "Microsoft's successor for the Xbox 360, Sony's successor for the Playstation 3--and if Nin...

Unreal Engine 4 Due Next Console Generation, Estimated by Epic as 2012 to 2018

Following Epic's statement that the next iteration of its popular Unreal Engine development tools will target the PlayStation 4 and next Xbox first, president Mike Capps has roughly estimated that the next generation will run from 2012 to 2018. "We've got Unreal [Engine] 4 in production right now...