The 8th generation of consoles is off to a bit of a slow start, and it seems for a while yet that all we’ll be getting is sequels, reboots and rehashes. It’s very different from the previous generation, which spawned a wealth of great new IP, like Uncharted, Gears of War, Mass effect and countless others. Don’t worry, the new IP is coming. According to Epic, most of the games being made with their shiny new Unreal Engine 4 are new properties.
Speaking to Edge (via CVG), Epic’s Mike Gamble told the magazine that the split of games being developed using Unreal Engine 4 was “at least 50/50,? adding “If not 70/30 in favour of new stuff.”
The reason you’re seeing so many sequels and cross-generation ports is that the companies involved are using those “safe” games to fund new properties.
“There’s a lot of buffering. A lot of studios are doing a franchise iteration and a new IP,” he said.
When will we start hearing about all of these brand new games, then? Not this year, unfortunately – so expect a lot more sequels and cross-gen ports for the next while.
“It’ll happen this year, toward the Christmas period. Knowing the games that are in development, there are some crackers. The first quarter of 2015 is also where a lot of them seem to be aiming,” he said.
“This year there seems to be a lot of cross-gen, but that’s publishers and developers being safe, isn’t it? It’s still a good revenue stream.”
The first UE4 game out of the gate will likely be Epic’s own co-op survival sandbox Fortnite, which seems a bit like Minecraft-meets-Team Fortress. I also suspect that a certain new Gears of War game will be made using the engine. If the Xbox One is up to the task of rendering that many muscles.
Last Updated: January 28, 2014
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 28, 2014 at 13:05
X! will never be able to render those GoW necks
Hammersteyn
January 28, 2014 at 13:16
LOL, it won’t need to
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 28, 2014 at 13:24
He probably can’t even scratch his own chin… even though it’s huge
Hammersteyn
January 28, 2014 at 13:29
He’s so buff he can’t turn to wipe his own ass.
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 28, 2014 at 13:39
Makes me wonder if he had someone hired to do that…
http://funnycraigslistads.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Wipe-My-Butt-290×203.jpg
Hammersteyn
January 28, 2014 at 13:40
LOL!
Bectin330
January 28, 2014 at 22:33
?? ???e??’? ??e?-????e? ???e? $76 ?????? ?? ??e ??????. ??e ??? ?ee? ???? ??? ??? ?e?e? ?????? ??? ???? ????? ?e? ?????e?? ??? $1?946 ???? ??????? ?? ??e ?????? ??? ? ?e? ?????. ????? ??? ?e????e fox800.com
Hammersteyn
January 29, 2014 at 07:20
FUCKOFF!
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 28, 2014 at 13:26
Lol I think simple logs from a tree models will suffice for a neck
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 28, 2014 at 13:32
Mokujin! 😛
TiMsTeR1033
January 28, 2014 at 13:33
Isnt that the tree dude from Tekken?
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 28, 2014 at 13:33
yep, see added pic 😛
DrKiller
January 28, 2014 at 13:55
You should show better respect for Tekken! Its the reason for my existence 🙂
Umar Break Dancing Cyborg
January 28, 2014 at 13:33
HAHAHA, nice Tekken reference!
VampyricSquirrel Monk
January 28, 2014 at 13:33
With pic…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/Mokujin_Tekken.jpg
Sageville
January 28, 2014 at 15:24
….said nobody to Brock’s face
Hammersteyn
January 28, 2014 at 15:44
Very true
Rags
January 28, 2014 at 13:21
Epic need to turn this into a game:
http://youtu.be/RSXyztq_0uM
Amber Valletta
January 31, 2014 at 06:58
With the advancement in technology video games are becoming more attractive. Sound quality and graphics of recent video games are far better than previous one.
http://wordswithfriends.net/