Unreal Engine 3 is now on iPhone 3GS: another nail in the coffin of the iPod touch / iPhone older generations

CEO of Epic Games Mark Rein (Mark Rein) said in an interview for the website AnandTech an adaptation of Unreal Engine 3 for the iPhone 3GS / iPod touch 3G. Yes, yes, it is used in one of the best shooters for Xbox 360 - Gears of War 2.

On iPod touch the third generation Unreal Engine 3 demonstration and test program were pleased with a good frame transmission and excellent appearance speed was held. it management for traditional shooters on the iPhone platform - with the help of sensor units (developers yet they refused to use the accelerometer by the more traditional method of manual character). The sensor unit in the lower left corner is responsible for the movement of the hero, and the camera is operated from the bottom right corner. Shoot them in the game by simply touching the device screen with your finger.

Mobile version of the Unreal Engine 3 uses OpenGL ES 2.0, and since only the iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 3G has support for this The API, it is only compatible with them and new development of Epic Games, the previous generation of Apple gadgets, unfortunately, remained in side.

At the moment, the engine has not yet been finalized (Epic programmers are planning to implement additional visual effects, support for complex textures), but now it can be used to develop games for the mobile platform iPhone. When the tools for iPhone application developers, designed to work with the Unreal Engine 3, will be ready, we can expect the emergence of an entirely new generation of games.

By the way, at CES 2010 in January next year Epic Games will show the version of the game engine for yet another mobile platform, but what kind of - not yet known.

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