UE3 Powers Fable: The Journey and Kinect Fun Labs

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A press release reveals Unreal Engine 3 is powering Fable: The Journey and the Xbox 360 Kinect Fun Labs. Well, actually is just says Fable: The Journey. You'll have to trust me on the Kinect Fun Labs bit.

Microsoft Studios, Lionhead Studios and Epic Games, Inc. announce that Lionhead is developing "Fable: The Journey" using Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine 3. Revealed today during the Xbox 360 E3 2011 Media Briefing, "Fable: The Journey" is poised to take the cherished action-adventure series to Kinect for Xbox 360. Under Microsoft's licensing agreement with Epic, Lionhead is equipped with the latest Unreal Engine technology to bring powerful new experiences to the critically acclaimed Xbox 360 exclusive franchise that has sold more than 9 million copies.

"In using the Unreal Engine with its excellent tools for crafting cinematic in-game experiences, it allows our developers to focus on the quality and uniqueness of 'Fable: The Journey,'" said Peter Molyneux, creative director of Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios Europe. "Already we are seeing a more beautiful, vivid and unique world full of dramatic moments and have crafted new, never seen before gameplay experiences."

"The world of Albion has always been a beautiful place, and Lionhead embellishing it using the bells and whistles of Unreal Engine 3 makes it even more magical," said Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games. "Furthermore, Lionhead truly impresses with their proficiency for Kinect, with intuitive and natural feeling player interactions using voice and gesture controls in demonstrations we have seen firsthand. That gripping experience combined with stunning UE3 visuals truly make this is a world-class union of imagination and technology."

 

[nELsOn]

Fable: The Journey is not Fable 3. Fable 3 is.
But it's cool to see, anyway

 

[ambershee]

Fable 3 used Fable Engine. Fable: The Journey uses Unreal 3 and makes use of Kinect.

Also, it's awesome.

Preorder it now.

 

[hal]

whoops!

 

[Unregistered]

why did they swap engines?

 

[ambershee]

Because Fable engine is beginning to get a bit long in the tooth, whereas Unreal is nice shiny and new.

 

[inferyes]

NB4 someone complains that using Unreal engine will make Fable look grey and brown with lots of bloom.

 

[Vaskadar]

64 shades of brown.
Quayola Quayons.