Mike Williams Reviews Editor, USgamer Thursday 6th December 2012 Share this article Share

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Defense IT and software firm IPKeys Technologies has licensed Epic Games' Unreal Engine 3 from Applied Research Associates to develop military training simulations. IPKeys flagship simulation is the IED Gaming and Modeling Environment (I-GAME), which will now be powered by Unreal Engine 3.

I-GAME's focus is the training of Counter-IED techniques and tactics, providing a state-of-the-art 3D virtual environment for mission planners and Warfighters.

With Unreal Engine 3, IPKeys can now create the most realistic maps, locales, conditions, materials and virtual soldiers to match exactly what the Warfighter sees, uses and knows, said Kirk Hymes, director for Modeling and Simulation Applications and U.S. Marine Corps Programs at IPKeys.

We are extremely proud to offer the battle planner and Warfighter tactical, strategically-based, premier tools from the best sources - government and commercial alike. Specifically, deployed Warfighters who need reliable and trusted data can now use a lightweight platform to keep them out of harm's way and allow for them to reach their objectives with the situational awareness they deserve, said Mark Pappas, president of IPKeys.

More information about I-GAME can be found here.