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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Developer Infinity Ward has designed new game-engine technology to take advantage of Sony's PlayStation 4 and the new Microsoft console, both due by year's end.

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Will Infinity Ward make any major adjustments to its engine?

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Epic is also showing off Unreal Engine 4 technology and its new iOS game, Infinity Blade: Dungeons.

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Having made Infinity Blade, we knew what we were doing a lot more and the engine was a lot more polished.

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