Epic Games and Mozilla have announced Epic Citadel, from Epic Games, is now playable on PC in a web browser for free. no Plug-ins are needed, the game runs using HTML 5 in Firefox Nightly Version 23 or above. Both teams boast that it took just 4 days to port Epic Citadel to Firefox and features:
· Amazing
visuals. Through the latest advances in Unreal Engine 3
technology, “Epic Citadel” pushes the envelope for modern game
visuals on the Web.
· Realistic
reflections and animations. Environment mapping and other
high-end rendering techniques produce lifelike reflections, while
vertex deformation and skeletal animation bring trees and banners to
life with dynamic movements.
· Global
illumination. Unreal Engine 3’s built-in global illumination
system, Unreal Lightmass, provides realistic lighting and shadows
with minimal development resources.
· Dynamic
specular lighting with texture masks. Sophisticated graphics
features impart a tangible quality to cobblestone roads and vivid
reflective marble surfaces, while lens flares and light coronas add
dramatic emphasis when panning across light sources.
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