Scaleform Corporation announced today that they have joined Epic Games' Integrated Partners Program. This means that Scaleform GFx has now been integrated with Epic's Unreal Engine 3. Scaleform has developed a production-ready GFx integration for the user interface production tool for hardware-accelerated scalable vector graphics, which is available now to licensees of the Unreal Engine 3.

"A growing number of high-profile UE3 developers are now using Scaleform GFx such as BioWare, the powerhouse behind Mass Effect," said Brendan Iribe, chief executive officer of Scaleform. "The Unreal community has been instrumental in helping us create an integration package that not only leverages the full feature set of GFx, but truly raises the bar by delivering a seamless visual development path from Flash to UE3. For instance, we recently added an easy-to-use communication layer from UnrealScript and Kismet to Flash ActionScript. We are fully committed to Epic's Integrated Partners Program and will continue to enhance our integration as we work with the exceptional UE3 developers."

"We strive to not only enhance UE3 constantly, but also make sure that it works hand in hand with other premier middleware technologies. The incorporation of Scaleform GFx into UE3 is a significant milestone," said Dr. Michael Capps, president of Epic Games. "The GFx integration gives our licensees better access to Scaleform's best-selling technology, and lets them focus programming resources on making great games."