Infinity Blade became a global hit across iPhone and iPad devices over the past year.
Epic is also showing off Unreal Engine 4 technology and its new iOS game, Infinity Blade: Dungeons.
Infinity Blade is also currently outselling that other popular game Angry Birds on the iPhone and iPad.
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Infinity Blade was recently named the best iPhone game of the year by industry publication IGN.
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How were you able to streamline the technology pipeline and collaborate with Epic Games on Infinity Blade II?
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Using the same technology that allows thousands of players to connect in "Infinity Blade II's" ClashMobs multiplayer experience, "Vote!!!"
Really sit down and define the story arches, the character arches, and what the pillars of Infinity Blade are.
"Infinity Blade, " meanwhile, is Apple's answer to serious gamers who think the iPhone is only for silly casual games.
Having made Infinity Blade, we knew what we were doing a lot more and the engine was a lot more polished.
Going into the original Infinity Blade, we certainly had ideas for how we could extend the brand and make it bigger.
At the end of the day, I think that we have a really interesting story to tell with the Infinity Blade universe.
What are the benefits of expanding the Infinity Blade universe across media?
Even with popular role playing games, such as Infinity Blade II and Dungeon Hunter II, iPad games can only go so deep.
Unreal Engine is a world-class game development platform that's powered classic franchises including Gears of War, BioShock, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Infinity Blade.
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There were crowds around them the whole time trying to get their hands, literally, on these huge touch screens to play Infinity Blade.
The current plan is to launch the original Infinity Blade game in the arcade machines and then add Infinity Blade II down the line.
How are you developing Infinity Blade as a brand beyond gaming?
Could be good, though I suspect it will do away with all the defensive moves that make the Infinity Blade games good in the first place.
But the part you might not know is how much mental attitude and team work actually goes into making that game and others like Infinity Blade.
Using the same game mechanics of the "Infinity Blade" games, players will be able to rack up some seriously high scores through those additional weapons, accessories and costumes.
And now the team of about a dozen are ready to unleash the much larger sequel, Infinity Blade II, to gamers on the new iPhone 4S and other Apple devices.
And while Angry Birds was the type of simple, yet addictive casual-style game that smartphone and tablet users have eagerly snacked on, Infinity Blade brings something meatier to the table.
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Titles like Infinity Blade 2, Real Racing 2 and The Dark Meadow showed how the additional power could be used to change the conception of what a mobile game can look like.
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Originally developed by Epic Games, creators of blockbuster gaming franchises such as Gears of War and Infinity Blade, Unreal Engine 3 is considered a category leader with more than 20 technology awards.
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Infinity Blade runs just fine on an iPad.
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While I might not be able to get my 60-year-old mom to play Infinity Blade on her tablet, I could probably get her to read the book and she could enjoy the universe that way.
His brother and co-founder, Geremy, and bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, who wrote the new Infinity Blade: Awakening ebook, also give a behind-the-scenes look into the making of this new action adventure game in the videos below.
The game is so gorgeous, and the enemy models so detailed and fun, it would really be amazing to see a version (not a port) of the Infinity Blade series come to a real gaming machine.
User comments I have read suggest that not all of the new iPhones are equally sensitive, and then only for users, like Fruit Ninja or Infinity Blade players, who routinely make this kind of diagonal swiping action on their phones.
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