At the 2011 Game Developers Conference, new details about the updated version of Unreal Engine 3 have been revealed. It will feature Subsurface Scattering and Deferred Rendering. Basically these two things will help make games look more realistic.

 

An explanation on exactly what these two things are can be found here.

 

For those too lazy to read the article, here are some screenshots explaining most things.

 

For some reason this image won't load here so here is a direct link

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/article/115/1153284/reflection_mapping1_1299179518-000.jpg

Wow, you could probably convince someone that these images are real pictures. This engine looks epic and will probably blow up my computer if I were to run a game that used it.

i don't know what game it is that will use it, but i am getting it anyway.

 

that beat avatar quality. and that's saying something

I literally have no idea what you just said, but I see pretty pictures, so I'm just going to go ahead and say awesome.

Quick update, here is a trailer for "Samaritan", which is the game featured in the screenshots posted earlier. This trailer displays the overall look of Unreal Engine 3.

 

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*Claps* A-amazing! I can't believe how far gaming has come, but this...THIS.

Quick update, here is a trailer for "Samaritan", which is the game featured in the screenshots posted earlier. This trailer displays the overall look of Unreal Engine 3.

 

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*molests video*

 

i want that gamer so badly.

it looks like terminator, but even more badass