Speaking to VideoGamer.com at a Fracture press event in London last week, LucasArts assistant producer Jeffrey Gullett has revealed that developer Day 1 Studios had to create a brand new engine for forthcoming action game Fracture.

"It was a brand new concept so it wasn't really something we could just take an existing tech and modify it. It really had to be built from the ground up," said Gullett.

Fracture is one of an increasingly small number of next-gen games that doesn't use an off the shelf game engine, such as Unreal Engine 3.
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1 Jun 2008

PS3 Fracture: "challenging and scary at first"

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At an event for LucasArts' Fracture last week it didn't slip anyone's attention that the game was only playable on Xbox 360, but according to the game's assistant producer Jeffrey Gullett this wasn't to do with the PS3 game lagging behind in development.

Speaking about initial development of Fracture on PS3 Gullett said: "It was one of those things that was really sort of challenging and scary at first," but he went on to say that the team has "gotten over most of the major hurdles and now we've had them running side by side simultaneously, and they look flawless."
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30 May 2008

Fracture Community Site Launches; New Preview Tonight

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PS3 - Fracture - Fracture Community Site Launches; New Preview Tonight

LucasArts' upcoming terrain-deforming FPS game, Fracture, has a new community website. The developers will be sharing exclusive videos and information on Fracture. You can check it out and join at community.fracturegame.com. There are desktop wallpapers, developer diaries and profiles, and more to be found on the game.

LucasArts also sent word that GameTrailers TV will have an exclusive preview of Fracture tonight (5/30/08) at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
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29 May 2008

Fracture demo due in autumn

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Lucas Arts has told CVG that a demo of Fracture will be released simultaneously on PSN and XBL in "August or September".

The third-person shooter takes a punt at innovation with a terrain deformation system that allows you to literally morph hills and craters into the ground using a gun called the Entrencher.
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15 May 2008

Fracture documentary to ship with 12-rated Force Unleashed in UK

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PS3 - Fracture - Fracture documentary to ship with 12-rated Force Unleashed in UK

VG247: A BBFC rating of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has shown that a Fracture documentary will ship with the game in the UK.

The footage of the action game is 7.28 minutes long.
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19 Mar 2008

Fracture "one of few" pushing PS3 & 360 limits

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Many games use the current gen consoles to make pretty pictures, but Fracture is "one of the few games" that really pushes the hardware on a gameplay front, LucasArts says. Fracture features an innovative Terrain Deformation system that allows players to use various unique weapons and tools to bend, warp and deform the ground below their feet. This, says LucasArts, was a challenge to get working, and pushes the high-performance consoles to their ... » Read More

19 Mar 2008

Fracture "one of few" pushing PS3 & 360 limits

PS3 News from N4G | Fracture

Many games use the current gen consoles to make pretty pictures, but Fracture is "one of the few games" that really pushes the hardware on a gameplay front, LucasArts has told CVG.

Fracture features an innovative Terrain Deformation system that allows players to use various unique weapons and tools to bend, warp and deform the ground below their feet. This, says LucasArts, was a challenge to get working, and pushes the high-performance consoles to their limits.
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23 Feb 2008

GDC '08: Fracture

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Kotaku: After the Star Wars: Force Unleashed presentation, we sat tight in the Lucas Arts auditorium to check out some bits of their new game, Fracture. Lucas Arts has been working with Day One studios to create what they hope will be a fresh new IP in their corral. Unfortunately from what I saw it doesn't seem to be much of a contender, at least at this point.
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6 Jan 2008

LucasArts Shows off Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Fracture at CES

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PS3 - Fracture - LucasArts Shows off Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Fracture at CES

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At the Consumer Electronics Show, LucasArts is set to unveil two of the most anticipated titles that rely on technology never used in video games production before. "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed" uses DMM, or digital molecular matter. "Fracture" sets itself apart from all other games with Terrain Deformation.
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20 Sep 2007

UT3 preview and Jeff Day interview for PS3

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PS3 - Fracture - UT3 preview and Jeff Day interview for PS3

Latest issue of P3Zine has a 6 page preview/interview with emphasis on how the user-built maps work on the PS3. Also has Stranglehold, Warhawk, Fracture and Fallout 3.
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10 Aug 2007

Video Games: Electronic Gaming Expo winners named; Penny Arcade next

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PS3 - Fracture - Video Games: Electronic Gaming Expo winners named; Penny Arcade next

Jon and Chip Carter of Tulsa World give their breakdown of the latest news happenings in the world of gaming. They let us in on the best of show winners from this year's E3, the happenings at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo, the Square-Enix Fan Festival 2007 and the first North American winner of the professional Championship Gaming Series.

More after the jump...
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17 Jul 2007

E3 07: Part 1

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E3 is the biggest event in the gaming community, it has all the ingredients to make for a great event: mega-games, exciting announcements, upcoming titles, console rivalry, and much more. Not surprisingly, E3 was a big this time as well; what made the extra special is the fact that Sony had a point to prove to the world.

E3 has brief description on each of it's announcements. Since it was a big event and thee were a lot of announcements E3 will be covering it in two parts. First part includes details on MGS4, Killzone 2, Halo 3, GT HD, Home and many more.
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13 Jul 2007

E3 07: Fracture video interview

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We had a chance to speak with David Perkinson, producer of Fracture at LucasArts. The first time you see the game, you might wonder what's special about it. It becomes clear after a few moments. Hidden under its vaguely Halo-like exterior is a new type of gameplay. Your weapons can literally reshape the world of the game, raising hills or opening pits beneath your opponents. Want to know more? Watch the video! July 13, ... » Read More

3 May 2007

Fracture revealed

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Whats your idea of the perfect handheld weapon? A gun? A bazooka? A glowing laser blade? Yeah, thats all pretty good; but the minds at publisher LucasArts and developer Day 1 Studios (they made the MechAssault games for Xbox) think they may have found something even better for Fracture, their new third-person shooter due mid-2008 for PS3 and 360 – how about a mountain? Okay, not exactly a mountain, but not far from it. In Fracture, you play Mason Briggs, a futuristic soldier whose ... » Read More