Warner Bros Interactive announced today that it has signed a studio-wide license agreement with Epic Games to use Unreal Engine 3 for ongoing game development. Studios under the Warner Bros Interactive banner can use the engine for developing titles for consoles, PC, and mobile platforms, until the agreement’s end in 2014. In addition, Unreal Engine 3 will be the exclusive engine for Rocksteady Studios and NetherRealm Studios, developers of Batman: Arkham City and Mortal Kombat, respectively.
"Unreal Engine 3 is one of the leading development tools available for today's creative teams and it is a perfect fit for both NetherRealm and Rocksteady," said Samantha Ryan, Senior Vice President, Production and Development, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Mortal Kombat and Batman: Arkham City use the engine's state-of-the-art capabilities to provide the important foundation in bringing gamers the experience they are looking for."
"We're very excited that the talented production teams at NetherRealm and Rocksteady will continue to make Unreal Engine 3 their exclusive core technology for the next few years to create the exceptional titles they are so known for," said Mark Rein, Vice President, Epic Games. "We look forward to seeing how the engine will contribute to the upcoming games from these teams and potentially other Warner teams and external developers who develop or publish with Warner."
Epic previously announced that Unreal Engine 3 will support Sony’s Next Generation Portable, meaning we could see either Batman: Arkham City or Mortal Kombat on that platform.
