Ignition Entertainment's Florida studio is stepping into the next-gen arena and it has a "ground-breaking FPS" inbound. To make the development process as smooth as possible, they licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for the effort. More details after the jump.

And better yet, this is no rumor. An official statement has been worded out: Sega, the guys who've planned to go all out on game adaptations of other media franchises, have licensed the third iteration of the Unreal Engine from Epic Games for an as yet unidentified project. More to come at the full story.

Epic Games announced that it has recently acquired Chair Entertainment, the dev studio behind the Xbox Live Arcade title Undertow.

Chair's also working on a game series based on the "Ender's Game" novels, so it'll be interesting to see how this new arrangement will affect that project. More details on the acquisition are available in the full article.

After Master Chief and Cloud came to Unreal Tournament 3 (Sony PlayStation 3, PC), you'd think mods can't get any better. Yet, here's another that can put a grin on your face. We'd never even imagine Epic Games and Nintendo joining hands, but if you want to see Super Mario powered by Unreal Engine 3, look no further than the full article.

If you enjoyed the last Nordic Game conference and are looking forward to this year's event, we've got some news for you. Quite a number of big name speakers will be sharing their thoughts at the Business and Production part of the program. To find out who will at the event, head on over to the full article.

The Sony PlayStation 3 certainly had its share of ups and lows last year, but this year the black console may have more ups and less downs. In the recent GDC 2008 event, BBC blogger Darren Waters shares what Sony representatives revealed to him: MotorStorm 2's release window, and a secret game in the works. More details in the full article.

We've probably all heard this before, especially all the UT fan outcries after the release of the Unreal Tournament 3 Beta demo in late fall last year. Epic Games admitted that the third installment of the series considered god of the multiplayer shooter arena isn't perfect, especially the console-friendly UI used for the PC version of the game. The game company explains at the full story.

Though Epic Games may be optimistic about Unreal Tournament 3 modifications on Xbox 360, they've recently claimed that they haven't made and headway into making that happen on Microsoft's next generation console. While its all just sad news in the green front, Epic Games did address shortcomings in modification support on the Sony's PlayStation 3. More on that at the full story.

Epic Games' Mark Rein sure loves 'em interviews, and here's another one in which he sheds some light on Unreal Tournament 3 and running the hectic first-person shooter in 720 for "a super rich experience with really high levels of detail on the graphics." Head over to the full article for more details.

The PS3 mod tools for Unreal Tournament 3 are finally released to a lucky few, but how about those who weren't granted access? You may not have the tools in your hands, but at least you get some dibs on what to expect upon their full release. The details in the full article!