No more texture pop-in?

Epic Games’ outspoken gaffer, Mark Rein, dropped an unexpected bombshell during his speech at the DICE summit overnight.

The executive – who oversees the Unreal Engine – said that the latest version of the middleware software was already functional on “systems [he] can’t name yet”. Juicy, huh?

It makes sense; Epic is usually one of the first outfits to get new development kits purely because they are so pivotal to the development process. If you consider just how many games released on PS3 using the Unreal Engine, it makes sense.

Of course, the big question is which next-gen system is Mark Rein talking about? Guesses on a postcard (or in the comments section) please.

[source thesixthaxis.com]