Features
Unreal Engine 3 is a complete game development framework for PCs, Xbox 360®, iOS, and PlayStation® 3, providing a vast array of core technologies, content creation tools, and support infrastructure content. Contact us for licensing opportunities.
Unreal Engine 3 Game Development Tools
Every aspect of the Unreal Engine 3 game development toolset has been designed with ease of content creation and programming in mind, with the goal of putting as much power as possible in the hands of artists and designers to develop assets in a visual environment with minimal programmer assistance, as well as giving programmers a highly modular, scalable and extensible framework for building, testing, and shipping games in a wide range of genres.
Unreal Engine 3 is integrated with numerous leading middleware technologies through Epic Games’ Integrated Partners Program. Continual optimizations are made to the Unreal Engine’s highly mature game development tool pipeline, massive world support and multi-processor performance. Unreal Engine 3’s advanced toolset is designed specifically to accelerate developers’ productivity for ultra-complex, next-generation content.
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Animation
Make your world more vibrant and add more personality with detailed animations.
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Artificial Intelligence
Use AI to bring your game world to life.
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Audio
The Unreal Audio System.
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Cascade
UnrealCascade, the visual particle effects system.
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Cinematics
Unreal Engine 3 provides mature tools for creating visually stunning in-game cinematics and cut scenes.
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Editor
The Unreal Game Editor.
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Kismet
Unreal Kismet, the visual scripting system.
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Lightmass
Unreal Lightmass, an advanced global illumination solver.
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Terrain
Terrain in Unreal Engine 3 is easy to edit and alter to create compelling levels and worlds.
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Networking
Unreal Engine 3 currently offers full LAN and direct IP connectivity for online game networking.
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Physics
Unreal Engine 3’s physics engine, powered by NVIDIA’s PhysX.
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Real-time Shaders
Experience a powerful visual interface comparable to the non-real time functionality of XSI and Maya.
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Rendering
Unreal Engine 3 brings you Gemini, the multi-threaded rendering system.
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UnrealScript
UnrealScript is a simple, high-level programming language that gives complete scripting control.
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Unreal Swarm
Take advantage of Unreal Engine 3’s multi-core support with Unreal Swarm, a distributed computing system.
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More Features
Additional features of Unreal Engine 3.
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User Interface
Create menus, UI elements, and 2D graphics for modern 3D games