DF Retro Super Show #007: How Unreal Engine 3 Dominated A Console Generation

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of Unreal Engine 3 on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 console generation.

History is repeating itself. Unreal Engine 5 is dominating the current-gen console generation, but it's not the first time that Epic tech has had a huge amount of influence - both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 had a huge amount of Unreal Engine 3-powered games. John is joined by Coury Carlson and Marc 'Try4ce' Duddleson to examine the wealth of games powered by UE3 during the seventh generation console era.00:00 - Introduction01:42 - What've we been playing?18:06 - Main Topic: Unreal Engine 3 Overview23:02 - Game Engines. What Are They?37:26 - UE3: The Early Games1:23:06 - UE3: Gears 3 and Beyond Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: John

Guests: Coury Carlson, Marc 'Try4ce' Duddleson

Topics covered

• Unreal Engine 3
• console generation
• game development
• video games
• Epic Games
• game engines

Keywords

• Unreal Engine 3
• Unreal Engine 5
• Xbox 360
• PlayStation 3
• game engines
• video game history
• Epic Games

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Epic

Products: Unreal Engine 3, Unreal Engine 5

Places: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

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