Ubisoft says they got the Unreal Engine running on 3DS

I dunno why I’m up so late tonight, but since I am, I figured I might as well update the site once or twice! Check this out:

“The 3DS is powerful, and we are able to run the Unreal engine on this console, which is pretty impressive for a handheld machine, and the 3D doesn’t affect the performance (thanks to my amazing programmers). The architecture is different compared to a Wii or some other platforms that we had to work with here at Ubisoft Montreal.” – Ubisoft’s Fabrice Cuny

Now, that’s pretty darn cool if I do say so myself! But it doesn’t just prove that Ubisoft Montreal is a super awesome company. Take a look at this quote from Epic Games’ Mark Rein a few weeks back:

“If we felt it could run [Unreal Engine] and deliver the kind of experience people license our technology to build, we’d be on [the 3DS].” – Epic Games’ Mark Rein

I know this is technically called “bad journalism” and “inciting flame wars”, but I figure I can do it just once without getting in trouble. Take that, Epic Games! Even though I totally dig Epic and the people who work over there… Haha.

Via GoNintendo

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