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Unreal Engine 3 - Gears of War tech demo

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It might only have been 14 months since the release of Epic's seminal tough-fest, but a lot can happen in the mind of Cliff Blezinski during that time. This is the presentation which was given by Epic during Microsoft's keynote speech at GDC this year, highlighting the technical strides which the engine has taken.

26/03/08 Duration: 6' 15"

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speedjack

26/03/08 @ 11:56

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/Darth Vadar voice on

Impressive.

DoomedSeraph

26/03/08 @ 12:00

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That looks pretty sexy, I dare say that Gears 2 (and others) will be far better games thanks to the developments made in the engine. (Loving the viscous blob thing)

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bad09

26/03/08 @ 12:01

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Watched this on live last night, looking pretty impressive, Gears 2 should be amazing. :)

Bloodkult

26/03/08 @ 12:02

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Mmmm.
Tasty chunks of meat.

GamesConnoisseur

26/03/08 @ 12:21

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I m hungry after watching that cube of meat!

Dark_Stranger

26/03/08 @ 12:25

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Tim Mumble Sweeny

Dizzy

26/03/08 @ 12:43

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*if* this is all in Gears 2, it's is gonna be the best looking game once again.

FireMonkey

26/03/08 @ 13:08

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They have stated before (somewhere, lost the links sorry), that this is JUST a UnrealEngine3 tech demo using Gears assests. NOT a Gears tech demo. So don't expect this all to appear in Gears (it probably will though)

Royal Fool

26/03/08 @ 14:03

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That humongous cube of meat needs to be a game enemy.

Genome

26/03/08 @ 14:34

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I always feel sorry for Sweeney when they push him up on stage. He always looks like he would rather sit in his coding dungeon, making things look more realistic as you blow them up.

Triggerhappytel

26/03/08 @ 15:17

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@ Genome - yeah, poor guy, he was obviously struggling there. They should just get someone else to read it who's a better public speaker.

Also, FireMonkey speaks the truth. This is an Unreal Engine 3 tech demo, not a Gears 2 tech demo. Although much - if not all - of this will probably feature in the game to some degree.

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DB2k

26/03/08 @ 15:23

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TIMMAH!!

this video is well old. not new in the slightest. Im sure i saw this last year.

optimusprym8

26/03/08 @ 16:34

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using what technology? Focking? lol

TWIGishere

26/03/08 @ 16:55

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Oooooohh, that water looks lush! Very impressive additions to the engine

MouzerMalti

26/03/08 @ 19:06

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I want that meat cube on my grill!

asap!

SBfistfun

26/03/08 @ 20:35

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nerddddddddddddddssssssssssssssss

i love nerds me

symmetry

27/03/08 @ 07:38

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I don't care what game/technology that was previewing, it was awesomeness!

CHAOS_BROON

27/03/08 @ 17:48

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i dont care what anyone says the water on drakes fortune is the best i have ever seen in a game it made that water in this vid look like mercury lol.
gears 2 should be awsome tho

Smugglarn

29/03/08 @ 15:10

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old news

mukki

03/04/08 @ 12:37

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wowzers....

thaz purdy!

Saii

28/04/08 @ 19:11

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They could easily release the tech demo and a mini-game add-on like Valve seem to do with their Half-life content. The Meat would be a companion cube :)

j4ttsoorma

27/07/08 @ 19:13

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