Mark Rein applauds BioShock for using Unreal Engine

Good games crafted using Epic Games‘ Unreal Engine seem to come in good numbers, but BioShock (Xbox 360, PC) stood out after receiving much praise. Even Epic Vice President Mark Rein himself is proud that 2K Games produced a title of high caliber using the engine.

The last big video game that used Unreal was Gears of War, which achieved phenomenal sales and easily became the fastest selling Xbox 360 game. However, BioShock doesn’t fall far behind in second place.

Rein recognized 2K’s achievement, saying the devs did a fantastic job with the game. He added:

Regardless of whether its developed by us or not, nothing would make me happier than to see our engine in the number one selling game of all time or the number one highest reviewed game of all time.

Epic has been under fire recently because of licensing issues, but Rein offered the company’s full support to licensees. “We give our licensees the opportunity to take what weÂ’ve done and do something even better with it,” he said.

Just a few weeks back, developers Silicon Knights filed a lawsuit against Epic for “sabotaging efforts by Silicon Knights and others to develop their own video games.” What magic turned BioShock into such a hit, we can only guess.

Buy: [Bioshock (Games for Windows)]
Buy: [Bioshock (Xbox 360)]

Good games crafted using Epic Games‘ Unreal Engine seem to come in good numbers, but BioShock (Xbox 360, PC) stood out after receiving much praise. Even Epic Vice President Mark Rein himself is proud that 2K Games produced a title of high caliber using the engine.

The last big video game that used Unreal was Gears of War, which achieved phenomenal sales and easily became the fastest selling Xbox 360 game. However, BioShock doesn’t fall far behind in second place.

Rein recognized 2K’s achievement, saying the devs did a fantastic job with the game. He added:

Regardless of whether its developed by us or not, nothing would make me happier than to see our engine in the number one selling game of all time or the number one highest reviewed game of all time.

Epic has been under fire recently because of licensing issues, but Rein offered the company’s full support to licensees. “We give our licensees the opportunity to take what weÂ’ve done and do something even better with it,” he said.

Just a few weeks back, developers Silicon Knights filed a lawsuit against Epic for “sabotaging efforts by Silicon Knights and others to develop their own video games.” What magic turned BioShock into such a hit, we can only guess.

Buy: [Bioshock (Games for Windows)]
Buy: [Bioshock (Xbox 360)]