Square Enix becomes first publicly confirmed Unreal Engine 4 licensee

[Blacksite]

Epic Games announced today Square Enix now has full access to Unreal Engine 3 and 4, making the Japanese company the first publicly confirmed UE4 licensee. Epic disclosed the agreement is "long-term" and will span multiple games. In other words, the deal is a very, very big deal.

"Epic has a strong relationship with Square Enix, and it's an honor to provide their creative and technical talent with the best game technology available for licensing," said Taka Kawasaki, Epic Games Japan territory manager. "We look forward to supporting their developers with world-class tools for years to come."

Earlier this year Epic revealed Fortnite as the first game to use Unreal's new engine. It's expected to launch next year, so it'll likely be a while yet before we see what UE4 does for Square Enix going forward.

via Joystiq.

[Silver_Knight]

Unreal engine 4 = FF7 remake. I bet my soul on it.

[btbam]

Unreal engine 4 = FF7 remake. I bet my soul on it.

I'll take that wager against my golden fiddle.

[Silver_Knight]

I'll take that wager against my golden fiddle.

You must be down in Georgia?! (catch that?)

[Dave-The-Rave]

I'm guessing this is Square-Enix Europe? (AKA. Eidos).

The main Square-Enix has their own brand new Luminous Engine.

[mickice]

This has to be for Europe Square, Japanese Square would rather build their own.