We have some really exciting news to share with you. At GDC this week Palm and Epic Games are demonstrating Unreal Engine 3 on Palm webOS. Unreal Engine 3 powers Epic’s popular Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War along with a large number of titles from leading game developers. This is exciting news because it means licensees of Unreal Engine 3 will soon be able to build games for Palm webOS.
Earlier this week at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Palm announced the public availability of the beta release of the Plug-in Developer Kit [PDK] for developers seeking to expand their options for creating apps for Palm webOS phones.
Together, the PDK and the Unreal Engine 3 will make it easy for developers to bring visually rich exciting games to Palm webOS phones. Developers can check out Unreal Engine 3 for free at www.udk.com. More information about Palm’s PDK can be found here.
To give you a taste of what the Unreal Engine will bring to webOS, take a look at this video shot at the GDK:
Video courtesy Engadget who also have a cool webOS App
Excellent move. I had hoped this, or something comparable, was possible; when discussing and pre-gaming webOS application concepts. Matching this with your more recent announcement concerning the HP acquisition, and HP then canceling their Slate project; I’m enjoying your opportunities much more than your direct competitors, right now. Keep it going.