Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
It's the Digital Foundry Supporter Program that makes the DF Retro Super Show possible! Support the team, support the show: patreon.com/digitalfoundry
History is repeating itself. Unreal Engine 5 is dominating the current-gen console generation, but it's not the first time that Epic tech has had a huge amount of influence - both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 had a huge amount of Unreal Engine 3-powered games. John is joined by Coury Carlson and Marc 'Try4ce' Duddleson to examine the wealth of games powered by UE3 during the seventh generation console era.
00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - What've we been playing?
18:06 - Main Topic: Unreal Engine 3 Overview
23:02 - Game Engines. What Are They?
37:26 - UE3: The Early Games
1:23:06 - UE3: Gears 3 and Beyond
It's the Digital Foundry Supporter Program that makes the DF Retro Super Show possible! Support the team, support the show: patreon.com/digitalfoundry
History is repeating itself. Unreal Engine 5 is dominating the current-gen console generation, but it's not the first time that Epic tech has had a huge amount of influence - both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 had a huge amount of Unreal Engine 3-powered games. John is joined by Coury Carlson and Marc 'Try4ce' Duddleson to examine the wealth of games powered by UE3 during the seventh generation console era.
00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - What've we been playing?
18:06 - Main Topic: Unreal Engine 3 Overview
23:02 - Game Engines. What Are They?
37:26 - UE3: The Early Games
1:23:06 - UE3: Gears 3 and Beyond
![DF Retro EX: Outlive 25 - The Cult Classic PC RTS Remastered [Sponsored]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4V1wozZNXwE/mqdefault.jpg "DF Retro EX: Outlive 25 - The Cult Classic PC RTS Remastered [Sponsored]
Video sponsored by Continuum Entertainment.
Check out Outlive 25 on Steam, wishlist it and download the demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2948680/Outlive_25/
Outlive 25 is a full remaster of a cult Brazilian real-time strategy game that was perhaps overlooked on its release in Western markets back in 2001. In this video, Alex returns to the roots of the game and the environment it was developed in, while revisiting its 2D pre-rendered art - which was criticised at the time but explains how its visuals have aged gracefully over the years. So gracefully in fact, that the game still holds up nicely in the Outlive 25 remaster with its higher-resolution assets, widescreen UI, campaign tweaks and added content.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:39 Outlives legacy in NA and EU
00:08:39 What Outlive 25 brings to the table")
