Details on Epic’s Project Sword, now called Infinity Blade

During last September’s press event, representatives from Epic Games demonstrated “Project Sword,” an impresive title running the Unreal Engine inside iOS. Today, that game has been re-named Infinity Blade and new screenshots have been released.

Slide to Play notes that Infinity Blade will be the first iOS game to use the Unreal Engine 3. They expect it to hit both the iPad and iPhone “this holiday season.” As for gameplay, expect the typical fantasy/medieval RPG stuff, like raging monsters, experience points, items galore and so on. In the new screenshots we see our hero battling a ridiculously oversized baddie. Let’s hope that’s a boss.

Right now there’s no word on pricing or a solid release date. If you just can’t wait, check out the demo called Epic Citadel (free). It doesn’t do much other than let you explore the town from a first-person perspective, but boy is it gorgeous, especially on a retina display. We’ll let you know when Infinity Blade finally comes out.

Details on Epic’s Project Sword, now called Infinity Blade originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Game Center coming in iOS 4.1, Epic Games working on Project Sword

Steve Jobs just showed off some screenshots and functionality for Game Center, which will be officially releasing with iOS 4.1 next week. The official app will provide social networking features for App Store games, including friends lists, achievements, “auto matching” (the rest of the world calls that matchmaking), challenges and a host of other cross-platform features for gamers on Apple’s mobile platform.

Jobs also invited a few gentlemen from Epic Games onstage to show off “Project Sword,” a gorgeous title running in the Unreal Engine inside iOS. It’s an action RPG title that’s coming soon with full Game Center integration, and the demo featured practically instant multiplayer fighting from a third-person perspective, as well as first-person world exploration. Seriously, this thing looked great, but you don’t have to take my word for it — Epic has already uploaded the very same environment shown in the demo as a free app, so go download and check it out now. It does require an iPhone 3GS or better, but man that’s a good looking game.

Game Center is finally coming out with iOS 4.1, which Jobs said would be available next week. Looking forward to it!

TUAWGame Center coming in iOS 4.1, Epic Games working on Project Sword originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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