Epic Sued Over Unreal Engine 3

From a gamers standpoint, Unreal Engine 3 is nothing but impressive. However, it appears Silicon Knights, developers of Too Human, have found enough bugs to warrant a lawsuit. The suit regards a breach of contract and fraud, namely because UE3 doesn’t do certain things it claims to, and also because bugs have slowed development of the game.

Lawsuits for such things seems foolish, but SK has claimed to have taken these issues to Epic time and time again, only to have them brushed off. Mark Rein, of Epic, states that they believe all the charges are unfounded, and they intend to fully defend themselves.

The lawsuit further alleges that Epic in fact never intended to deliver Unreal Engine 3 as a fully functional game engine as promised. Instead, Epic collected licensing fees from Silicon Knights and others in order to fund the development of its own video game, Gears of War.

Source: DailyTech