Midway is now owned by Warner Bros. -- by default. The LA Times report that the media conglomerate has won the bidding rights to Midway for US$ 33 million. So how come they won it by default? According to reports, the big WB was the only one who had a "serious offer".

It's Unreal Engine 3's fault. This is what the former employees of Midway are claiming after the much publicized downspiral of the publishing company. But how did they pinpoint the technology to be the source of their woes? Find out after the jump.

Epic Games China has released a press release officially informing the general gaming public (i.e. us) the opening of Titan Studios. Seems we have a lot to look forward to from the studio; apparently they already have three unannounced games in the works, all running on the Unreal Engine 3. Details after the link.

After their takeover bid of Take-Two Interactive fell through, Electronic Arts may be on the hunt once again for another studio to buy out. Rumor has it that this time, EA's eyes are set on Epic Games.

While fans of Frank Miller's Sin City still have a long wait before they see their favorite comic book heroes' (or anti-heroes in this case) debut on consoles, publisher Red Line has decided to replace Transmission Games as the developer for the said video game title. Find out the reason behind the sudden shift in gears occurred by reading our full article on it.

Capcom has announced that it has once again licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 for another to-be-announced title. Further details regarding this news are available in the full article.

Unreal Engine.">Epic Games, known for setting the bar with its powerful Unreal Engine 3 which powered Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3, makes it well known that licensees of its engine can expect bleeding edge graphics. According to the company's president Michael Capps, that's why there won't be an Epic game on the Wii. Get the drift? Find all the details at the full article.

Unlike western developers favoring middleware like the Unreal Engine, Square Enix built different technology from scratch for every game they have developed.

It's only recently that they began to standardize their technology, from the White Engine to the Crystal Tools. In this interview of Taku Murata, he talked about the philosophy behind Crystal Tools. Find out more after the jump!

NaturalMotion Ltd. has announced that it has shipped morpheme 1.3, a middleware solution for popular consoles such as the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and the Wii This version of the application adds support for Epic's Unreal Engine 3, live debugging of remote runtime targets, implementation of Inverse Kinematics and more. If you want to find out what else this middleware solution can deliver, head on over to the full article for more information.

2K Games, the studio that brought us such games as Bioshock, Civilization IV, and the Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, has announced that they are developing a new lineup of games that will be using the Unreal Engine 3. Not that 2K Games is a stranger to the Unreal Engine: Bioshock ran on it. If they're set to come out with new Bioshock-quality games then we're all for it. More in the full article.