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Activision licenses Epic engine for action game

Activision announced today they had licensed the Unreal 3 engine from Epic Games for an upcoming as-yet-unannounced action game. Though the Xbox 360 has not been announced as a platform, we'll assume it ends up being one of the outlets for this title given Epic's history of Xbox 360 FPS game tie-ins. The Unreal 3 engine is described as

"The award-winning Unreal Engine is known for cutting-edge graphics and a best-of-breed toolset. Unreal Engine 3 is expected to maintain those features while adding massive world support, multi-processor support, next-generation console optimizations, and one of the most mature tool pipelines in the industry. Unreal Engine 3's new toolset is designed specifically to accelerate developers' productivity for ultra-complex, next-generation content."