据Venturebeat报道，因《Gears of War》等PC、掌机游戏而闻名于世的Epic Games公司目前正准备将其招牌产品Unreal Engine植入iPad等移动设备。Epic去年12月在App Store发布的《Infinity Blade》迅速热卖，登上了iPad和iPhone游戏的冠军宝座。

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游戏邦获悉，Unreal Engine可支持3D游戏在智能手机及平板电脑上的运行。传统游戏玩家青睐高端的个人电脑及掌机游戏，就是因为这些平台的操作系统可以更完美地再现3D图像效果，所以Epic将其3D软件植入手机设备后，就可以让移动设备上的游戏吸引更多硬核玩家，他们正好是目前智能手机游戏市场无法征服的用户。

让智能手机完美再现3D图像效果一直是个很大的技术难题，只有安装了强大的3D图像运行芯片的平台，才能再现出色的3D画面效果。但目前性能最卓越的平板电脑和智能手机的3D功能仍然很低端，如果平板电脑可以顺利运行Epic的高质量游戏，则必将大大加强该平台游戏的创收能力。

Epic Games总裁Mike Capps表示，公司正准备把Epic技术引入Android等更多平台，虽然有些平台并不具备运行3D游戏的性能，但安装了Nvidia Tegra 2的平板电脑可以展现出色的3D图像效果。

不过Capps认为《Infinity Blade》现在还不能在Android平板电脑上运行，表示Epic正与苹果就该游戏在iPhone平台上的运行进行紧密合作，同时称赞了索尼NGP极其出众的3D图像性能。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Epic Games is known for titles like Gears of War on the PC and on consoles. But the company is also working hard to make its Unreal Engine run on mobile devices such as the iPad. Epic’s Infinity Blade game (pictured) took the App Store by storm when it launched in December, taking the No. 1 spots for both top iPad and iPhone games.

The company’s Unreal Engine enables 3D games to run on smartphones and tablet computers. One reason serious gamers have been hooked to their high-end PCs and consoles is that those systems can really show off 3D graphics. So by getting its 3D software to run on mobile devices, Epic could bring hardcore gamers to portable devices — and those types of gamers are currently an under-served market on smartphones.

Getting 3D graphics to work right on a smartphone is one of the biggest technical challenges there is. Good 3D usually requires a powerful 3D graphics chip, which typically consumes a lot of power. But the best tablets and smartphones feature low-power 3D. If a high-end Epic Game can run on a tablet, that’s a big statement and a money generator.

Mike Capps, president of Epic Games, said in an interview that Epic is working to bring Epic’s technology to more platforms such as the Android operating system. Some of the game platforms may not be capable of running the best 3D games, but a number of theNvidia Tegra 2-powered tablets will likely have great 3D quality.

Will Infinity Blade run on Android tablets? Capps isn’t saying yet. He does say his company has a close relationship with Apple, which supported Epic closely on the iPhone launch of Infinity Blade. He also said that Sony’s NGP, a portable game player launching this fall, has outstanding 3D graphics capability.（source:venturebeat）