Epic Games: PC-Exclusive game in the works.

Gears of War and Fortnite dev Epic Games is getting back to its roots with a PC-exclusive project, creative lead Cliff Bleszinski and president Mike Capps announced today during a PAX East panel. "We might be working on a PC-only title," Capps teased, before Bleszinski picked up where he left off: "Let me say that again: we are working on a PC game."

The panel is still going on, but we'll be sure to chat to the Epic folks as soon as it's over.

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/07/epic-games-has-a-pc-exclusive-in-the-works/

Update: Epic Games prez Mike Capps told us after the panel that the unannounced PC project is currently underway, and that the current plans are to keep the game exclusive to the PC platform. Unsurprisingly, he wouldn't tell us anything else.

FTP Unreal Tournament

I'm almost sure enough to make a bet.

if its not a new ip, i bet its a new UTTH1Sx1SxSPARTA

FTP is the only thing that makes sense because otherwise they would never exclude consoles.Cherokee_Jack

Didn't Epic say that they were trying to aim for a more casual audience now?

I highly doubt they're going to make another UT exclusive to the PC.

Didn't Epic say that they were trying to aim for a more casual audience now?

I highly doubt they're going to make another UT exclusive to the PC.

peterw007

[QUOTE="peterw007"]

Didn't Epic say that they were trying to aim for a more casual audience now?

I highly doubt they're going to make another UT exclusive to the PC.

Cherokee_Jack

FTP Unreal Tournament

I'm almost sure enough to make a bet.

Cherokee_Jack

This. Or simply UT with even less or no single player content at all.

FTP Unreal Tournament

I'm almost sure enough to make a bet.

Cherokee_Jack

This. Or big game that will ported to next gen consoles.

[QUOTE="peterw007"]

Didn't Epic say that they were trying to aim for a more casual audience now?

I highly doubt they're going to make another UT exclusive to the PC.

Cherokee_Jack

Very little is known about Fortnite, the next game from the team that developed the Gears of War trilogy. Its debut trailer surprised many, with a cartoony look that was a stark departure from the dude-bros the team has become infamous for. What kind of game is it? Well, we still don't know. However, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney has promised that it will be less "hardcore" than its Xbox 360 franchise.

Fortnite is "for an entirely different audience," Sweeney said, emphasizing its casual appeal. "It appeals to a wider audience than a hardcore game like Gears of War. We are branching out, but we tie it all together with AAA production values."Shacknews

http://www.shacknews.com/article/72091/fortnite-aiming-for-more-casual-audience-than-gears-of-war

Another obscure generic low budget shooter that will be forgotten before it even hits the market

Very little is known about Fortnite, the next game from the team that developed the Gears of War trilogy. Its debut trailer surprised many, with a cartoony look that was a stark departure from the dude-bros the team has become infamous for. What kind of game is it? Well, we still don't know. However, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney has promised that it will be less "hardcore" than its Xbox 360 franchise.

Fortnite is "for an entirely different audience," Sweeney said, emphasizing its casual appeal. "It appeals to a wider audience than a hardcore game like Gears of War. We are branching out, but we tie it all together with AAA production values."Shacknews

thats talking exclusively about fortnite. no where do they say. " from now on our games will focus on the casuals"

[QUOTE="Shacknews"]Very little is known about Fortnite, the next game from the team that developed the Gears of War trilogy. Its debut trailer surprised many, with a cartoony look that was a stark departure from the dude-bros the team has become infamous for. What kind of game is it? Well, we still don't know. However, Epic Games' CEO Tim Sweeney has promised that it will be less "hardcore" than its Xbox 360 franchise.

Fortnite is "for an entirely different audience," Sweeney said, emphasizing its casual appeal. "It appeals to a wider audience than a hardcore game like Gears of War. We are branching out, but we tie it all together with AAA production values."TH1Sx1SxSPARTA

thats talking exclusively about fortnite. no where do they say. " from now on our games will focus on the casuals"

Did I ever say that?

I said that Epic is trying to aim for a more casual audience.

I didn't say that Epic is "only going to produce casual games."

Here's another quote.

Mike Capps, el presidente of Epic Games, recently spoke at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, saying that his company had lost some of its "nimbleness" as a blockbuster producing studio. With massive titles like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament on its plate, its looking to explore new franchises on the cheap, specifically through comic books.

Develop reports that Capps also expressed plans to utilize the recently purchased Chair Entertainment to increase its stable of intellectual property. "We want to learn from casual games," he's quoted as saying, telling casual game developers on hand "we're really jealous of the things you do and we're going to steal all your ideas."

Kotaku

http://kotaku.com/5030646/epic-games-exploring-new-ips-through-comic-books

Another obscure generic low budget shooter that will be forgotten before it even hits the market

loosingENDS

I said that Epic is trying to aim for a more casual audience.

I didn't say that Epic is "only going to produce casual games."

Here's another quote.

[QUOTE="Kotaku"]

Mike Capps, el presidente of Epic Games, recently spoke at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, saying that his company had lost some of its "nimbleness" as a blockbuster producing studio. With massive titles like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament on its plate, its looking to explore new franchises on the cheap, specifically through comic books.

Develop reports that Capps also expressed plans to utilize the recently purchased Chair Entertainment to increase its stable of intellectual property. "We want to learn from casual games," he's quoted as saying, telling casual game developers on hand "we're really jealous of the things you do and we're going to steal all your ideas."

peterw007

Neither of those statements imply that they're aiming for a more casual audience. What they're doing is broadening their scope to include more casual games, which does not at all preclude them from making more "core" games.

Another obscure generic low budget shooter that will be forgotten before it even hits the market

loosingENDS

[QUOTE="peterw007"]

I said that Epic is trying to aim for a more casual audience.

I didn't say that Epic is "only going to produce casual games."

Here's another quote.

[QUOTE="Kotaku"]

Mike Capps, el presidente of Epic Games, recently spoke at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, saying that his company had lost some of its "nimbleness" as a blockbuster producing studio. With massive titles like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament on its plate, its looking to explore new franchises on the cheap, specifically through comic books.

Develop reports that Capps also expressed plans to utilize the recently purchased Chair Entertainment to increase its stable of intellectual property. "We want to learn from casual games," he's quoted as saying, telling casual game developers on hand "we're really jealous of the things you do and we're going to steal all your ideas."

Cherokee_Jack

Neither of those statements imply that they're aiming for a more casual audience. What they're doing is broadening their scope to include more casual games, which does not at all preclude them from making more "core" games.

Broadening scope implies that, at least for a little while, Epic is going to trend away from "100% core" titles like Gears of War.

Epic is looking for new, more diverse franchises.

They're developing five smaller games instead of blockbuster titles.

I just don't see how a new UT or a "hardcore" title fits into this.

They might return to it in the future, but right now, given Epic's statements, I just can't see this new PC exclusive being core-related.

Another obscure generic low budget shooter that will be forgotten before it even hits the market

loosingENDS

Today you cant get a break loosingENDS, Dark Souls on pc, your favorite company(Epic Games) now make an exclusive for pc, witcher 2 still not on 360 :lol:

loosingENDS today...

PC finally gets an exclusive after 3 years.Chrome-

Wat?

PC finally gets an exclusive after 3 years.Chrome-

I bet it's some low budget casual game like gears of war franchise AAllxxjjnn

Another obscure generic low budget shooter that will be forgotten before it even hits the market

loosingENDS

Star Wars Kinect flopped, Dark Souls coming to PC... loosingENDS is going crazy :lol:

Hopefully they don't screw it up like they did with UT3.

When does the panel end?

I hope it makes use of the 'samaritan' engine

Hopefully they don't screw it up like they did with UT3.

When does the panel end?

N30F3N1X

[QUOTE="Cherokee_Jack"]

[QUOTE="peterw007"]

peterw007

Neither of those statements imply that they're aiming for a more casual audience. What they're doing is broadening their scope to include more casual games, which does not at all preclude them from making more "core" games.

Broadening scope implies that, at least for a little while, Epic is going to trend away from "100% core" titles like Gears of War.

Epic is looking for new, more diverse franchises.

They're developing five smaller games instead of blockbuster titles.

I just don't see how a new UT or a "hardcore" title fits into this.

They might return to it in the future, but right now, given Epic's statements, I just can't see this new PC exclusive being core-related.

Well, like I said, a F2P UT makes sense, and it most likely would not be a huge or particularly expensive project. They may even take the Quake Live route and base the game on UT 2004 or UT 1.

It is over, but he didn't say what it would be. Just a PC title.

ShadowDeathX