Unreal Engine 4 to focus on next generation of consoles

While us gamers wonder what the next generation of consoles can bring to the table, Epic Games is preparing the future’s Unreal Engine. According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, Unreal Engine 4 will target the next generation of consoles, and he predicts that technology to put tens of cores on one processor may be available as soon as 2010. See the full article for more details.

In a recent interview, Epic Games‘ CEO Tim Sweeney revealed the next version of its widely adopted Unreal Engine will be focused on the next console generation. Unreal Engine 3, which has been licensed by other prominent video game companies such as Activision, Electronic Arts, and Square Enix, is planned to last this generation according to the Epic head honcho.

Speaking to TG Daily, Sweeney was quoted saying:

There is a long life ahead for Unreal Engine 3. Version 4 will exclusively target the next console generation, Microsoft‘s successor for the Xbox 360, Sony‘s successor for the Playstation 3 – and if Nintendo ships a machine with similar hardware specs, then that also. PCs will follow after that.

Sweeney explained that Unreal Engine 4 would have to be capable of working with multiple cores. He mentioned that following Moore’s Law, it could very well be possible in 2010 to equip a machine with tens of CPU cores on one processor chip considering how many cores the Xbox 360 has now.

While we’re pondering whether there’s gonna be Xbox 720 or not in a couple of years from now, you can hit the “via” link below for more of Sweeney’s interview.

Via TG Daily