Buena Vista Games Signs up Multiple Unreal Engine 3 Licenses; Epic's Unreal Engine 3 to Power BVG's Next Generation Content.RALEIGH, N.C. & BURBANK, Calif. -- Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG BVG Bundesverfassungsgericht (highest German court) BVG Bureau du Vérificateur Général du Canada (auditor general) BVG Best Value Guarantee BVG Berliner Verkehrs Gesellschaft BVG Borrowdale Volcanic Group ), the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DIS), and Epic Games Epic Games, also known as Epic and formerly as Epic MegaGames, is a computer game development company based in Cary, North Carolina, United States. History Epic Games was initially founded under the name Potomac Computer Systems , world-class developers of cutting-edge video games See video game console. and pioneer of the award-winning Unreal(R) Engine, today announced an agreement to license Unreal Engine The Unreal Engine is a widely-used game engine developed by Epic Games. First illustrated in the 1998 first-person shooter game Unreal, it has been the basis of many games since, including Unreal Tournament, , , Red Steel, Gears of War, 3 for multiple next-generation BVG projects. The first game under the agreement is based on the popular "Turok" franchise, and will be developed by BVG's new Propaganda Games Propaganda Games is a video game development studio based in Vancouver, B.C., Canada which was formed in 2005. Owned by Disney Interactive Studios, the interactive division of the Walt Disney Company, the studio was formed by former employees of EA Canada, including Josh Holmes, studio in Vancouver, British Columbia. "We have ambitious goals for the future and a strategy to enhance Buena Vista Games' position as a major force in interactive entertainment. BVG's intellectual properties, combined with Epic's leadership in underlying technology, ensures the best game content for consumers," said Michael Ryder, vice president of worldwide production, Buena Vista Games. "Licensing Unreal Engine 3 is a strategic move to provide cost-effective and timely delivery of new content, allowing our development teams to leverage the enormous capabilities of emerging next-generation systems," he concluded. Mark Rein, vice president and co-founder of Epic Games, said, "BVG has some awesome IP to work with and we feel privileged to contribute to its success. It's great to be working with the Propaganda Games team, an amazingly talented group of people, and with a management team that appreciates the importance of providing its teams with the best tools and technology to help them deliver. We have no doubt that BVG will be one of the big success stories of the next generation." About Buena Vista Games Buena Vista Games, Inc. (BVG) is the interactive entertainment arm of The Walt Disney Company. BVG publishes, markets and distributes a broad portfolio of multi-platform video games and interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses properties and works directly with third-party interactive game publishers to bring products for all ages to market. For more information, please log on to www.buenavistagames.com. About Unreal Engine 3 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. Additional information on Unreal Engine can be obtained at www.unrealtechnology.com. About Epic Games Epic Games Inc., based in Raleigh, NC and established in 1991, is a developer of cutting-edge computer and video games This article is about the British magazine covering computer and video games. For the American magazine, see Computer Games Magazine. Computer And Video Games (CVG . The company is best known as the creator of hit PC 3D action games "Unreal" and "Unreal Tournament," both award-winning blockbuster hits having each sold more than one million copies. Epic is also responsible for the Unreal Engine, which is the underlying technology for a wide range of games including 2002 Console Game of the Year winner, "Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell This article is about the Splinter Cell video game series. For the first video game in the series, see Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game). For the novel with the same name, see Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (novel). (TM)" from Ubi Soft; PC Gamer's 2000 Game of the Year, "Deus Ex" from Ion Storm/Eidos; America's Army: Special Forces, from the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local , and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (PC) from Electronic Arts. Additional information can be obtained through Epic's Web site at www.epicgames.com. Unreal is a registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. |
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