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Ignition Entertainment Leasing Unreal Engine for New FPS

Ignition Entertainment Leasing Unreal Engine for New FPS

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Ignition Florida will be developing a new FPS scheduled for release in Holiday 2009. Ignition is riding a wave of recent successes and expanded industry relationships in order to capitalize in the shooter genre.

Interestingly, the VP of Epic Games, Mark Rein, has specifically cited that “Ignition Florida is pushing Unreal Engine 3 in a very exciting direction, especially in terms of environmental capabilities.” We’ll see if this truly translates into an interesting and fresh experience. We will bring you more details and previews as they become available. The press release tells the tale:

Gainesville, FL, July 7, 2008 – Ignition Entertainment, Ltd. (www.ignitionent.com), a UTV enterprise, today announced that the company entered into an agreement with Epic Games to license Unreal Engine 3 for its upcoming, groundbreaking FPS, currently under development at its Florida studio.

“Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is an extremely versatile engine,” said Jeremy Stieglitz, Game Director and Lead Designer, Ignition Florida. “So when deciding on technology for Ignition Florida’s first next-generation video game, there was no questioning that Unreal Engine 3 is the way to go.”

“Ignition Florida is pushing Unreal Engine 3 in a very exciting direction, especially in terms of environmental capabilities,” said Mark Rein, Vice President, Epic Games. “These guys have the chops to create some remarkable games, and we have complete faith in their technical and creative abilities.”

Ignition Florida is developing an original IP for release in late 2009 and is confident of bringing something fresh and exciting to one of the industry’s core genres.

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