Hi-Rez Studios Licenses Unreal Engine 3!

ATLANTA, Georgia

Hi-Rez Studios, Inc., a developer of online interactive entertainment software, announced that it has licensed Epic Games’ Unreal® Engine 3 for a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) currently in development. The newly founded studio has assembled an impressive team of industry professionals and this agreement supports their commitment to deliver next generation graphics to the MMOG genre.

“We selected the strongest toolset available to accelerate our project”, says Erez Goren, CEO of Hi-Rez Studios. “Unreal Engine 3 technology is allowing our team to rapidly implement new game play elements and deliver stunning high resolution content.”

This agreement combines the talents of an experienced application service provider with the premier game engine provider. “Our development team, experienced designers of online platforms, will provide a robust persistent world architecture and innovative game design. Epic’s technology provides cutting edge visuals on next generation client hardware”, says Todd Harris, Vice President Hi-Rez Studios. “This combination will result in an exceptional online experience”

“We're very excited to be working with Hi-Rez Studios.” said Mark Rein, Vice President of Epic Games Inc. "In their previous business the management team at Hi-Rez proved their ability to create innovative software and won many awards doing so. Unreal Engine 3 helps developers deliver outstanding games and we look forward to an innovative online game from this promising new developer.”

About Hi-Rez Studios
Hi-Rez Studios, Inc. was established in 2005 to create exceptional online interactive entertainment and is located just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.   For more information, visit www.hirezstudios.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. 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 ™ from Ubi Soft; PC Gamer’s 2000 Game of the Year, Deus Ex from Ion Storm/Eidos; America’s Army: Operations, from the United States Army, 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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