According to Epic Games announced,

Next week at the Game Developers Conference , where the latest Unreal Engine 3 engine features will be demonstrated alongside free advanced training sessions for existing users, the introduction of an integrated MMOG back-end environment, and closed door presentations for its prospective customers, evaluators, licensees, members of its Integrated Partners Program and the media.

Unreal Engine 3 is the third generation of Epic Game's Unreal Engine designed for DirectX 9/10 PCs, the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.Unreal Lightmass, a new global illumination solver, will be shown for the first time at GDC.A new content browser and search engine will also be unveiled allowing designers to easily locate game assets without having to manually open up files to find them.Another feature to be shown is the Unreal Master Control Program or MCP.

GameSalad:it is an open platform that allows non-programmers to create games for the web, social networks, Facebook, and also for iPhone.The free program allows users to create games using a visual, drag-and-drop interface, and easily move them to the iPhone for testing.

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NASA wanted a massively multiplayer online game(MMO),called "Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond." This game,which will ship next year.It was Virtual Heroes work on another Unreal Engine 3 game, America's Army , that opened the door for Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond .

"Players will pick a profession like a roboticist, space geologist, astrobiologist or mechanical engineer and work together as a team as they explore space and complete missions, establishing bases and outposts and traveling to the farthest reaches of the solar system," explained Jerry Heneghan, founder and CEO of Virtual Heroes, which has previously worked on the US Department of Defense's "America's Army" videogame."The game will offer both individual challenges and team-based objectives to encourage players to use real-life applications of science, math and engineering to unlock new in-game vehicles, spacesuits, robotics and mining apparatus that will propel them further into space."