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Former Epic tech director announces The Immense Engine, his AI-heavy "European alternative" to Unreal
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Former Epic tech director announces The Immense Engine, his AI-heavy "European alternative" to Unreal

Rock Paper Shotgun·Edwin Evans-Thirlwell·22 days ago
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Guerilla Games co-founder Arjan Brussee already touting military applications Image credit: ZME Science Guerilla Games co-founder and former Epic Games technical director Arjan Brussee is making what he styles a "European alternative" to US-developed videogame engines like Unreal and Unity (the latter originally conceived in Denmark, to be fair). In a show of true generosity towards internet wisecrackers, he's calling his WIP creation "The Immense Engine". Love to see an entrepreneur just absolutely faceplant any and all Freudian undertones. Brussee is also touting both "full" generative AI integration and possible applications for the defence industry, where game engines have long been used for simulation and training. I write about this less for the news that somebody is making a new game engine – there are plenty of other engines in development all across the globe – than for how it seems to fit a wider political picture.…

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