Unreal Tournament 3

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Btw, for those who doesn't know it:

http://www.unrealtechnology.com/html/te ... ue30.shtml

[Fletch]

I don't think it's any harder or easier to learn UE3 than any other engine on the market right now. I'd say it's much easier than past Unreal iterations; I was up and running on production work almost immediately with only minimal unreal knowledge when I started here at Gearbox, and save for bsp being a bit slow it didn't take long for everything to become really natural.

Agreed. I was up and running within a week or two. Most of it is just figuring out the shortcuts and setup. However, I will say that if you want a really easy path to a job in the industry, learn UE3. All signs seem to be that this current tech generation is going to be extended because Sony and MS want a return on their investment, which means knowing UE3 will give you market level skills for 5 years. The level designer market is really dry right now, so anybody with any talent is going to get looked at. Anybody with talent and UE3 experience is gold.

[aevirex]

Wth do I have no job then?!

I got five years of UE2-3 experience... :<

[Thrik]

Lack of drive and passion, or at least the ability to demonstrate it.

[Hourences]

The unreal engine job market in europe is downright disastruous compared to the us, thats why.

[dux]

Isn't like the entire EU job market games wise disastrous?

[^Slick]

It's annoying, America seems to be the only place to get jobs, but I don't wanna move there really. Unless I get to work at Valve. =P

[Skjalg]

It's annoying, America seems to be the only place to get jobs, but I don't wanna move there really. Unless I get to work at Valve. =P

Even if you wanted, you couldn't. That's what really suck about the US.

[Sentura]

well yeah but alot of people want to move to the us without jobs, thats why green cards are of such high value right now. if you got a job in the us before moving there, things are different: you can get a working visa instead.

[KungFuSquirrel]

Work visas for the games industry are virtually non-existent right now, and they've changed things recently to make it even more difficult. One guy from Raven basically got deported back to Canada when they shifted things over, though he's far more successful now as a contract artist so that worked out for him

If you can't prove that you can't find that person's equivalent in the US, it's basically not going to happen. :\ Not to say it's not worth trying if you're wanting to work in the US job market, but be prepared for disappointment.

[dux]

Americas hates the foreigners.

[KungFuSquirrel]

Damn terrorists.

[Defrag]

If you give a European a job, the terrorists win!

[Sentura]

Work visas for the games industry are virtually non-existent right now, and they've changed things recently to make it even more difficult. One guy from Raven basically got deported back to Canada when they shifted things over, though he's far more successful now as a contract artist so that worked out for him

If you can't prove that you can't find that person's equivalent in the US, it's basically not going to happen. :\ Not to say it's not worth trying if you're wanting to work in the US job market, but be prepared for disappointment.

wow. just wow. i didnt realize they would actually sink that low. this actually means people WILL have to get green cards regardless of whether or not they have a job. i... am speechless.

[^Slick]

I've no idea what all that stuff means but that really sucks hard. I was actually planning on moving to america as I don't think the job market for game development here in the UK is very good, but damnit. That sucks.

There goes my plans