Epic Games
| Epic Games | |
|---|---|
| Tip | Özel |
| Kuruluş | Rockville, Maryland (1991) |
| Konum | Cary, North Carolina |
| Önemli kişiler |
Tim Sweeney, Founder/CEO Mark Rein, Founder/Vice President Mike Capps, President Jay Wilbur, Vice President Cliff Bleszinski, Design Director Steve Polge, Lead Programmer |
| Alan | Video Oyunları |
| Ürün |
Oyunları ZZT Jill of the Jungle Jazz Jackrabbit Epic Pinball One Must Fall: 2097 Unreal serisi Gears of War serisi ve diğerleri. Game Engines Unreal Engine |
| Çalışan sayısı |
75 [1] |
| Ana sayfa | http://www.epicgames.com/ |
Epic Games (Epic veya eski adıyla Epic MegaGames olarak da bilinir), Cary, Kuzey Carolina merkezli bir video oyunu yapım ve geliştirme şirketidir. Daha çok Gears of War ve Unreal serileriyle tanınır. Oyun dünyasında standartları yükselten Unreal Engine'nın da yaratıcısıdır.
Tarihi
Epic Games 1991 yılında Potomac Computer Systems adı altında, aynı yıl ilk projeleri olan ZZT'yi çıkararak Tim Sweeney tarafından Rockville, Maryland'da kurulmuştur. Daha sonraları ise Epic MegaGames olarak bilinmeye başlanmıştır. Aralarında Epic Pinball, Brix, Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit ve One Must Fall: 2097'ın de bulunduğu oyunlar çıkarmışlardır. Zamanla Epic; Safari Software, XLand's Robbo, Hearlight, Electro Man, Renaissance's Zone 66 gibi firmaların oyunlarını yayımlayıp satmaya başlamıştır. 1997 Epic MEgaGames Safari Software'e tamamen sahip olmuş, bundan sonraki bütün oyunları Epic Classic adı altında çıkmıştır.
1998 yılında Epic MegaGames daha sonraları Unreal Serileri diye bilinecek olan serinin ilk basamağı 'Unreal' isminde bir 3B FPS oyunu çıkarmıştır. Bununla beraber şirket diğer oyun geliştirici şirketlere çekirdek teknolojisi ve oyun motorunu da sunuyordu. 1999 yılında şirket ismini Epic Games olarak değiştirdi ve ofislerini Cary, North Carolina'ya taşıdı. 2004 yılında Unreal Engine 2 motoruyala devasa bir içeriğe sahip olan Unreal Tournament 2004'ü çıkardı. 2006'da ilk XBOX oyunları olan, daha sonra PC versiyonu da çıkan, 'En İyi 360 Oyunu', 'En İyi Konsol oyunu', 'En iyi Aksiyon Oyunu', 'En iyi 360 Multiplayer Oyunu' gibi pek çok ödüle sahip olan Gears of War'u sürdü piyasaya. 2007'de ise tğm platformlar için uyarlamış olduğu Unreal Tournament 3'ü çıkardı. Aynı sene ismini Painkiller oyunuyla duyuran People Can Fly firmasını da bünyesine kattı.
Ödüller
Gears of War ve Unreal Tournament'in başarılarıyla beraber firma 'En iyi XBOX Oyunu Üreticisi', 'Yılın Oyun Firması', 'Yılın En İyi Oyun Stüdyosu', 'En İyi Stüdyo' gibi ödüller almıştır.
Oyun motorları
Epic bugüne kadar toplamda dört tane oyun motoru çıkarmıştır. Her bir Unreal Engine kendine özgü grafiksel render, ses işleme ve fiziksel özellikleri barındırır. Bu dört motor Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 2 (2.5 ve 2.x diye versiyonları mevcuttur) ve Unreal Engine 3 Unreal Engine 4 şeklinde sıralanır. Unreal Engine 1,2,3 ve 4 kullanılarak hazırlanan başlıca oyunlar şunlardır:
Unreal Engine 1
| Yıl | İsim | Yapımcı | Yayımcı |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Adventure Pinball: Forgotten Island | Digital Extremes | Electronic Arts |
| 2003 | Brother Bear | KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks | US: Disney Interactive UK: Ubisoft |
| 2001 | Clive Barker's Undying | Dreamworks Interactive | Electronic Arts |
| 2000 | Deus Ex | Ion Storm | Eidos Interactive |
| 2002 | Deus Ex: The Conspiracy | Ion Storm[2][3] | Eidos Interactive |
| 1999 | Dr. Brain's Thinking Games: Action/Reaction | Knowledge Adventure | Knowledge Adventure |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks | Electronic Arts |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks | Electronic Arts |
| 2002 | Mobile Forces | Rage Software | Majesco |
| 1999 | Nerf Arena Blast | Visionary Media, Inc. | Hasbro Interactive |
| 2002 | Mobile Forces | Rage Software | |
| 2002 | New Legends | Infinite Machine[4] | |
| 2000 | Rune | Human Head Studios | |
| 2001 | Rune: Halls of Valhalla | Human Head Studios | |
| 2001 | Rune: Viking Warlord | Human Head Studios | |
| 2000 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen | The Collective[5] | |
| 1998 | Star Trek: The Next Generation: Klingon Honor Guard | MicroProse[6] | |
| 2002 | Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror | Kamehan Studios | |
| 1998 | TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter | DreamForge Intertainment | |
| 1998 | Unreal | Epic Games | |
| 1999 | Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali | Legend Entertainment | |
| 1999 | Unreal Tournament | Epic Games | |
| 2000 | Unrealty | Perilith Industrielle[7] | |
| 1999 | Virtual Reality Notre Dame: A Real Time Construction | Digitalo Studios | |
| 1999 | The Wheel of Time | Legend Entertainment | |
| 2000 | X-COM: Enforcer | MicroProse | |
Unreal Engine 2
| Yıl | İsim | Yapımcı | Yayımcı |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Advent Rising | GlyphX Games | |
| 2008 | Inferno AGNI: Queen of Darkness |
FXLabs Studio | |
| 2002–2003 | America's Army | U.S. Army | |
| 2005 | America's Army:Rise of a Soldier | Ubisoft | |
| 2007 | America's Army (Arcade version)[8] | GlobalVR | |
| 2005 | Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30 | Gearbox Software | |
| 2005 | Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood | Gearbox Software | |
| 2006 | Brothers In Arms: D-Day | Gearbox Software | |
| 2008 | Brothers In Arms: Double Time | Gearbox Software | |
| 2007 | Close Quarters Conflict | Direct Action Games | |
| 2005 | Combat: Task Force 121 | Direct Action Games[9][10] | |
| 2007 | Crazy Shooter Online | Winner Online | |
| 2004 | Dead Man's Hand | Human Head Studios | |
| 2003 | Desert Thunder | Brainbox Games | |
| 2003 | Deus Ex: Invisible War | Ion Storm | |
| 2003 | Devastation | Digitalo Studios | |
| 2006 | Exteel | NCsoft[11] | |
| 2004 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks[12] | |
| 2008 | Huang Yi Online | Soft World | |
| 2005–2007 | Jinyong Online 2 | Soft World | |
| 2009 | Killing Floor[13] | Tripwire Interactive | |
| 2006 | Kung Fu: Deadly Arts | Bedlam Games | |
| 2007 | LandMass | WayPoint | |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead: Road to Fiddler's Green | Brainbox Games | |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Adrenium Games | |
| 2002 | Lineage II | NC Soft | |
| 2003 | Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds | Atari | |
| 2004 | Magna Carta: Crimson Stigmata | Softmax | |
| 2006 | Magna Carta Portable | Softmax | |
| 2004 | Marine Heavy Gunner: Vietnam | Brainbox Games | |
| 2007 | Marine Sharpshooter 3 | Groove Games | |
| 2008 | Marine Sharpshooter 4 | Groove Games | |
| 2008 | Martial Online | CATV NET | |
| 2008 | Martial Online 2 | CATV NET | |
| 2004 | Men of Valor | Vivendi Universal | |
| 2009 | MetalRage | GameHi | |
| 2008 | Mission Against Terror | Kingsoft | |
| 2006 | Open Season | Ubisoft | |
| 2005 | Pariah | Digital Extremes[14][15] | |
| 2003 | Postal² | Running With Scissors, Inc. | |
| 2008 | Priston Tale 2 | Yedang Online | |
| 2004 | Redemption Online | Teardust.Net | |
| 2007 | Ragnarok Online 2: The Gate of the World | Gravity | |
| 2007 | Redneck Kentucky and the Next Generation Chickens | City Interactive | |
| 2006 | Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | Tripwire Interactive[16][17] | |
| 2006 | Red Steel | Ubisoft | |
| 2009 | Red Steel 2 | Ubisoft | |
| TBA | R.O.C. | IF Studio | |
| 2009 | San Guo Online | Kingsoft | |
| 2003 | Sephiroth | IMagic Entertainment | |
| 2004 | Shadow Ops: Red Mercury | Zombie Studios | |
| 2004 | Shark Tale | Amaze Entertainment | |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 | KnowWonder | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Fizz Factor | |
| 2005 | Star Wars: Republic Commando | LucasArts[18][19] | |
| 2007 | StoneAge2 | Kingsoft | |
| 2007 | Surf's Up | Ubisoft | |
| 2005 | SWAT 4 | Irrational Games | |
| 2006–2007 | The Chronicles of Spellborn | Spellborn International | |
| 2006 | The Regiment | Kuju Entertainment | |
| 2004 | Thief: Deadly Shadows | Ion Storm | |
| 2004 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword | Ubisoft[20] | |
| 2004 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow | Ubisoft | |
| 2003 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | Ubisoft | |
| 2002 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | Ubisoft | |
| 2004 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow | Ubisoft | |
| 2005 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | Ubisoft[21] | |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent | Ubisoft | |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Essentials | Ubisoft | |
| 2009 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction | Ubisoft | |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 | Ubisoft | |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | Ubisoft | |
| 2004 | Tribes: Vengeance | Irrational Games | |
| 2003 | Twin Caliber | Rage Software | |
| 2003 | Unreal II: The Awakening | Legend Entertainment | |
| 2002 | Unreal Championship | Digital Extremes | |
| 2005 | Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict | Epic Games | |
| 2002 | Unreal Tournament 2003 | Digital Extremes | |
| 2004 | Unreal Tournament 2004 | Digital Extremes | |
| 2007 | Vanguard: Saga of Heroes | Sigil Games Online | |
| 2005 | World War II Combat: Road to Berlin | Direct Action Games | |
| 2006 | World War II Combat: Iwo Jima | Direct Action Games[22] | |
| 2006 | Warpath | Digital Extremes[23] | |
| 2003 | XIII | Ubisoft | |
| TBA | Unannounced MMORPG Project | DANAL | |
| TBA | Unannounced Casual Online FPS Project | DANAL | |
Unreal Engine 3
| Yıl | İsim | Yapımcı | Yayımcı |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand | Swordfish Studios | Vivendi Games |
| 2009 | A4 (sequel to A3) | AniPark | |
| 2009 | Aliens: Colonial Marines | Gearbox Software | Sega |
| 2009 | Alpha Protocol | Obsidian Entertainment | Sega |
| 2009 | America's Army 3.0 | US Army | US Army |
| 2008 | American McGee's Grimm | Spicy Horse | Turner Broadcasting System |
| 2009 | APB | Realtime Worlds | Realtime Worlds |
| 2008 | Army of Two | EA Montreal | Electronic Arts |
| 2007 | Alliance of Valiant Arms | RED DUCK | Neowiz Games |
| 2009 | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Rocksteady studios | Eidos Interactive |
| 2007 | Black College Football: BCFX: The Xperience | Nerjyzed Entertainment | |
| TBA | Black Powder Red Earth | Echelon Software | |
| 2009 | Blade and Soul | NC Soft | |
| 2008 | Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway | Gearbox Software | Ubisoft |
| 2007 | BioShock | 2K Boston/2K Australia | 2K Games |
| 2009 | BioShock 2 | 2K Marin | 2K Games |
| 2007 | BlackSite: Area 51 | Midway Austin | Midway Games |
| 2008 | Blitz | CJIG | |
| 2009 | Borderlands | Gearbox Software | 2K Games |
| 2008 | Crimecraft | Vogster Entertainment | |
| 2008 | Damnation | Blue Omega Entertainment, Point of View | Codemasters |
| 2009 | DC Universe Online | Sony Online Austin | Sony Online Entertainment |
| 2008 | Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon[24] | Sandblast Games | THQ |
| TBA | Duke Nukem Forever | 3D Realms | Take-Two Interactive |
| 2009 | Earth No More | Recoil Games / Radar Group | 3D Realms |
| TBA | Empire: Alpha Complex | Chair Entertainment | Chair Entertainment |
| TBA | Ender's Game: Battle Room | Chair Entertainment | Chair Entertainment |
| TBA | Elveon | 10tacle Studios[25] | |
| TBA | End | Faramix Enterprises | |
| 2009 | Fairytale Fights | Playlogic Game Factory | Playlogic |
| 2007 | Fatal Inertia | Koei[26] | Koei |
| 2008 | Frontlines: Fuel of War | Kaos Studios | THQ |
| 2007 | Fury | Auran[27] | Gamecock Media Group |
| 2006 | Gears of War | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios |
| 2008 | Gears of War 2 | Epic Games | Microsoft Game Studios |
| TBA | Global Agenda | Hi-Rez Studios[28] | Hi-Rez Studios |
| 2008 | Hail to the Chimp | Wideload Games [29] | Gamecock Media Group |
| 2008 | Highlander: The Game | Widescreen Games | Eidos Interactive |
| 2009 | Hei$t | inXile Entertainment | Codemasters |
| TBA | Hessian Boots[30] | IF Studio | |
| 2007 | Hour of Victory | N-Fusion Interactive | Midway Games |
| 2009 | Huxley | Webzen Games[31] | Webzen Games, NHN |
| Q2 2009 | I am Alive[32] | Darkworks | Ubisoft |
| TBA | Interstellar Marines | Zero Point Software | TBA |
| 2008 | Legendary | Spark Unlimited | Gamecock Media Group |
| 2009 | Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust | Team 17 | Codemasters |
| 2007 | Lost Odyssey | Mistwalker, feelplus Inc.[33] | Microsoft Game Studios |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | BioWare[34] | Microsoft Game Studios, Electronic Arts |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | BioWare | Electronic Arts |
| TBA | Magna Carta 2 | Softmax | |
| 2007 | Medal of Honor: Airborne | EA Los Angeles[35] | Electronic Arts |
| 2008 | Mirror's Edge | EA Digital Illusions CE | Electronic Arts |
| 2007 | Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia | Artificial Studios[36] | SouthPeak Interactive |
| 2008 | Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | Midway Amusement Games | Midway Games |
| 2009 | Mortal Online | Star Vault | |
| TBA | MU 2 | Webzen | |
| 2008 | Parabellum | Acony | |
| 2008 | Rise of the Argonauts | Liquid Entertainment | Codemasters |
| 2008 | Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy | High Moon Studios | Sierra Entertainment |
| 2006 | RoboBlitz | Naked Sky Entertainment[37] | Naked Sky Entertainment |
| TBA | Rogue Warrior: Black Razor | Zombie Studios | Bethesda Softworks |
| 2009 | Saw: The Video game | Brash Entertainment | Brash Entertainment |
| 2009 | Section 8 | Timegate Studios | Gamecock Media Group |
| TBA | Sephiroth 2 | IMagic Entertainment | |
| TBA | Sin City | Transmission Games / RedMile | |
| 2009 | Stargate Worlds | Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment[38] | FireSky |
| 2009 | Star Trek DAC | Naked Sky Entertainment | |
| TBA | Singularity | Raven Software | Activision |
| 2009 | Sky Gods | BlackFoot Studios | BlackFoot Studios |
| TBA | Soul Scream[39] | IF Studio | |
| 2007 | Stranglehold | Midway Chicago Tiger Hill Entertainment[40] | Midway Games |
| 2008 | Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars | Psyonix | Psyonix |
| 2010 | The Agency | Sony Online Entertainment Seattle | Sony Online Entertainment |
| 2008 | The Last Remnant | Square Enix | Square Enix |
| 2009 | The Punisher: No Mercy | Zen Studios | |
| TBA | The Scourge Project | Tragnarion Studios | |
| 2008 | TNA iMPACT! | Midway Studios - Los Angeles | Midway Games |
| 2008 | To End All Wars | Kuju Entertainment [41] | |
| 2008 | Tom Clancy's EndWar | Ubisoft Shanghai | Ubisoft |
| 2006 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft |
| 2008 | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft |
| 2008 | Turning Point: Fall of Liberty | Spark Unlimited | Codemasters |
| 2008 | Turok | Propaganda Games | Touchstone Pictures |
| 2007 | Undertow | Chair Entertainment | Chair Entertainment |
| 2007 | Unreal Tournament 3 | Epic Games | Midway Games |
| 2009 | The Wheelman | Tigon Studios | Midway Games |
| 2007 | Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction | NetDevil | NetDevil |
| 2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Raven Software | Activision |
| TBA | Shadow Complex[42] | Chair Entertainment | Microsoft Game Studios |
Eğitim Lisansları
- The Jim Henson Company
- University of Advancing Technology
- Louisiana State University in Shreveport
- Centennial College
- Expression College for Digital Arts
- Digital Media Arts College
- The Art Institute of California
- Stanly Community College
CG Animasyon Lisanları
- Warner Bros.
- Frantic Films
- Buena Vista
- HDFilms
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Columbia Pictures
- TriStar Pictures
- Square Enix
Kaynakça
- ↑ Epic Games 21/08/2007 tarihinde Polonyalı firma olan Triangle Business Journal'ı bünyesine kattı.
- ↑ Interview with the developers, mentions the issues porting UE to the PlayStation 2
- ↑ Review of DE:TC with mention of the use of the Unreal Engine
- ↑ Smart Computing Article - New Legends
- ↑ IGN: Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Fallen Preview
- ↑ GameLedge » Features
- ↑ Unrealty: Application of a 3D Game Engine to Enhance the Design, Visualization and Presentation of Commercial Real Estate - Vito Miliano
- ↑ http://service.globalvr.com/downloads/aa/040-0143-01_Americas_Army_Manual-web.pdf
- ↑ XGP Gaming: Combat: Task Force 121 Announced
- ↑ Extreme Gamer - Combat Task Force 121 Xbox Review
- ↑ Online Multiplayer Games Network (OMGN): Games Directory: Exteel
- ↑ Gamespot review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- ↑ http://www.killingfloorthegame.com: Killing Floor Official Website/
- ↑ Pariah - Games - Review - www.pcauthority.com.au
- ↑ IGN: Pariah
- ↑ PC Interview: Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - ComputerAndVideoGames.com
- ↑ Welcome to Gamepyre - Gamepyre
- ↑ IGN: Star Wars Republic Commando
- ↑
- ↑ Raven Shield: Athena Sword
- ↑ Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory for PC Reviews - PC Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Reviews
- ↑ World War II Combat: Iwo Jima
- ↑ http://www.groovegames.com/Games/Warpath/index.php
- ↑ 1UP Preview
- ↑ Gamer's Hell news - "Elveon Powered By Unreal Engine 3"
- ↑ Fatal Inertia
- ↑ Fury Homepage
- ↑ Global Agenda Game
- ↑ Gamasutra - Wideload's Seropian Talks XBLA, Outsourcing, UE3
- ↑ http://www.if7000.com/sub/ifgames_hessianboots.asp
- ↑ GameSpot Preview of Huxley
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/gregori/clauzel
- ↑ IGN: Lost Odyssey Preview
- ↑ EA signs Unreal Engine 3 for next-gen games - News at GameSpot
- ↑ Medal of Honor: Airborne First Look
- ↑ Pre-E3 2006: Hands-on with Monster Madness
- ↑ |||| || | RoboBlitz |||| || |
- ↑ Stargate Worlds MMORPG To Employ Unreal Engine 3 ~ Game Invasion
- ↑ http://www.if7000.com/sub/ifgames_soulscream.asp
- ↑ IGN: John Woo Presents Stranglehold
- ↑ Ghostlight-published Kuju game to use Unreal - News - www.developmag.com
- ↑ Link text, additional text.
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