Epic needs competition so not to get complacent

Design director Cliff Bleszinski believes Crytek has made an intelligent decision moving into the console sector.

Speaking to Develop, Epic Games' Cliff Bleszinski has revealed he likes the fact Epic's Unreal Engine 3 has competition from other game engines such as Crytek's CryEngine 3.

Bleszinski said: "If there wasn't a competitor out there we wouldn't have [Epic founder] Tim Sweeney coming in shouting 'oh my god we have to upgrade this, that and this! We've got to stay competitive!'

"Without a competitor you just get lazy and fat and complacent. I like the fact that there's competition out there, it keeps our programmers up at night."

Bleszinski also said he believes Crytek's decision to move into the console market was an "intelligent" decision.