Former Epic Director and Guerrilla Games Co-Founder Is Building a European Game Engine to Rival Unreal and Unity

Former Epic director and Guerrilla Games co-founder is building a European game engine to rival Unreal and Unity

Arjan Brussee, best known as a co-founder of Guerrilla Games and a former global director of product management for Unreal Engine at Epic Games, says he's developing a new platform called The Immense Engine. The idea, as he describes it, is to create an alternative to the dominant engines that...Read Entire Article

Europe May Soon Get a Non-U.S. Alternative to Unreal Engine

But it sounds like it will be built with AI.

Guerrilla Games co-founder developing European game engine to rival Unreal and Unity

Guerrilla Games co-founder and former Epic tech director Arjan Brussee is working to build a new game engine as an "European alternative" to US-centric engines like Unreal and Unity.

Former Epic director is building a European rival to the Unreal and Unity game engines — 'The Immense Engine' dev sees opportunity for AI agents to 'do the work of ten or fifteen people'

A heavyweight games industry veteran says he is building a fully European alternative to popular games engines from American and Chinese companies.

Arjan Brussee’s Immense Engine: A Veteran Developer’s Bid for European Tech Independence

Arjan Brussee knows his way around game engines. The Dutch developer co-created the 1990s hit Jazz Jackrabbit. He co-founded Guerrilla Games, the studio that delivered Horizon Zero Dawn and its sequel. He spent years at Epic Games in senior roles, including global director of product management for Unreal Engine. Now, as a free agent back in the Netherlands, he wants to build something new. He calls it the Immense Engine. And he frames it as a f…