Of specific interest to AI.implant users: "Also interesting in this context was Mark Rein’s discussion of Epic’s Integrated Partner Program at GDC London. With the company’s Unreal Engine 3 now signed up by the majority of the top Western publishers (EA, Sony, Microsoft, Midway, Ubisoft et al.), it’s become a defacto standard, which smaller middleware companies can use in order to hone their technology integration, as well as make easier sales into.

Rein said ten companies had been signed up the program that will mean the partners make sure they remain up-to-date with released builds of the Unreal 3 Engine, as well as providing high levels of support to developers. Companies announced as part of the scheme include networking provider Quazal and AI company Engenuity."Read more at Gamasutra