The Unreal Engine is one of the video game industry’s longest used game development engines and today Epic Games announced that the newst version of the development software will be usable on the Playstation 4.
Epic is providing the resources Sony need to fully implement the Unreal Engine 4 into the Playstation 4.
“Being on the ground floor of Sony Computer Entertainment’s Tools and Middleware program is part of our long-term commitment to Unreal Engine 4 developers, and we’re excited to help teams ship fantastic new games for PlayStation®4 , ” said Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic. “Unreal Engine 4 has been built from the ground up to take full advantage of high-end next-generation hardware capabilities.”
The use of the Unreal Engine 4 is very exciting for developers and gamers alike. The engine is so versatile across PC, console and mobile devices that the new engine can promise multi-platform releases of any games that developers wish to.
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