Epic Games announces a deal between them and Square Enix was recently signed which will allow Square Enix long-term access to both the Unreal 3 and Unreal 4 engine.
The deal is a multi-title deal which covers both engines and will allow all the studios of Square Enix to fall under the single license given by Epic Games. Also revealed under the terms, Epic Games Japan branch will provide exclusive local support for developing games through the use of their Epic Games Japan branch.
Square Enix might also be dropping their own in-house White Engine which was originally designed to be a competitor of the Unreal engine and as a showcase for their Final Fantasy series.
http://www.destructoid.com/square-en...e-237261.phtml
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Daily Recap:
* IGN denies recent allegations of their scoring system is completely influenced by bribes almost since the start of their existence by a former employee.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ex-i...e-swayed-money
* Hackers managed to fully hack the PS3 again but this time also found the actual master key used by Sony.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/play...ked-psn-access
* Zynga announces another round of layoffs have hit the company with roughly 5% of their worldwide workforce being affected.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/major-...-updated/4427/
http://www.destructoid.com/zynga-lay...s-237289.phtml