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GCDC: Epic's Four Strategies For Winning The Industry 'Arms Race'

GCDC: Epic's Four Strategies For Winning The Industry 'Arms Race' [08.18.08] Epic knows the bar is high for Gears of War 2, especially in an environment that's more competitive than ever -- "an arms race," president Mike Capps calls it, presenting at GCDC Epic's four strategies for winning.

Epic's Capps On EA Partners: 'They Give Us What We Want'

Epic's Capps On EA Partners: 'They Give Us What We Want' [08.15.08] Epic president Mike Capps sat down with Gamasutra to explain why the studio signed its new IP with Electronic Arts and its EA Partners label, explaining of the world's largest publisher: "They give us what we want, checklist-style."

Electronic Arts Signs Publishing Deal With Epic

Epic, developer of the Unreal Engine, said it will be distributing an "all-new action title for the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3" through publisher Electronic Arts (EA). The new game is currently in development by Epic’s People Can Fly studio in Poland.

Epic: Nothing About Gears 2 Family Friendly

Spong: Epic Games' VP, Mark Rein, has confirmed to SPOnG that there will be filters in Gears of War 2 to moderate more adult content. He's keen to stress, however, that this does not make Gears 2 a game for kids and casuals.

Epic impressed by EA partners

Mike Capps, boss of Epic Games, has told GameSpot that EA's existing relationships with major developers like Valve and id Software persuaded them to sign their new IP with the publisher.

Judge games on quality, not size - Epic's Capps

Epic Games president, Michael Capps, has bemoaned the "arms race" in videogames development, saying it makes creating sequels tougher.

Epic: 'We're aiming for casual gamers'

With just weeks until the highly anticipated release of Gears of War 2, Epic design director Clifford Bleszkinski has told MCV that the developer is targeting the casual gamer.

Epic win: SimCity and Sims 3 coming to iPhone and iPod touch

This weekend, when not being taxied home by Transport For London as a result of its epic incompetence, we've mostly been playing Spore -- the most intelligently designed piece of modern games craftsmanship since 1999's 70's Robot Anime Geppy-X: The Super Boosted Armor.

Epic Becomes an EA Partner

Along with the announcement that Grasshopper Manufacture has joined the EA partner program, Electronic Arts announced one more surprise partner today: Epic Games. Specifically, Polish studio People Can Fly, the creators of the Painkiller games, will be working on a new intellectual property on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC for their EA debut.

Begin the Epic Journey! Critically-Acclaimed Xbox 360 Exclusive "Fable II" Arrives at UAE Retailers on Oct. 24

Begin the Epic Journey! Critically-Acclaimed Xbox 360 Exclusive ā€œFable IIā€ Arrives at UAE Retailers on Oct. 24

Dyack lambasts Epic

A day ahead of Too Human's launch in America, Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has attacked Epic Games, accusing the engine maker of "defrauding" a large chunk of the games industry.

Libertarian Barr, EPIC Outline Privacy Agenda

The Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. president aren't giving enough emphasis to privacy and civil rights issues, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president, said Friday.

Libertarian Barr, EPIC outline privacy agenda

The Democratic and Republican candidates for U.S. president aren't giving enough emphasis to privacy and civil rights issues, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Bob Barr, the Libertarian candidate for president, said Friday.

SK v Epic: 'Justice will be done' says Dyack

Denis Dyack has told Develop that he thinks 'justice will be done' in the still-in-progress legal spat between his studio Silicon Knights and Unreal Engine creator Epic Games.

Gala-Net Inc. to Release Epic V, Part II to its Fantasy MMORPG Rappelz

Sunnyvale, CA - September 12, 2008 - Gala-Net Inc. announced today that it will release “Rappelz Epic V: The Dragonic Age, Part II” later this fall to its free-to-play game portal, gPotato.com in the North American market.

Gears of War 2 Is "Epic's Best Work Yet"

Gears of War 2's moved a step closer to its November 7 release, with developer Epic announcing that work on the game's done and dusted.

Unique US war painting gets epic restoration

Tourist look at French painter Paul Philippoteaux's newly restored panorama painting "The Battle of Gettysburg," on September 27, at the new Gettysburg Museum in Pennsylvania. Five years ago the Gettysburg Foundation launched "the largest conservation project of its kind ever undertaken in North America" to save Philippoteaux's epic work.

Gears of Wars 2 not coming to PC

In an interview with IGN, Epic's Cliff Bleszinski confirmed that Epic will not be porting Gears of War 2 to the PC platform:

New Gears of War 2 Details, No PC Version

IGN has an interview with Cliff Bleszinski, design director for Epic Games, in which he discusses the achievements and unlockable content in Gears of War 2. He mentions that the game won't be getting a PC version as its predecessor did. Gamasutra has a related interview with Epic's Rod Fergusson, who talks at length about developing the new game after experiencing the popularity of the old one, and how he manages the franchise's growth into other forms of media. He also explains the decision-making process behind issuing Title Updates.

Gears of War 2 has gone gold

"After two years of pouring our heart and passion into ā€˜Gears of War 2,’ the team is immensely happy with what we’ve created," said Epic Games Design Director Cliff Bleszinski. "This is Epic’s best work yet, and we can’t wait to see the response from fans and newcomers to the series alike."

RENOWNED FILM COMPOSER TYLER BATES SIGNS ON TO SCORE CODEMASTERS' RISE OF THE ARGONAUTS

Friday 8th August/... CodemastersĀ® today announced that the acclaimed film and TV composer, Tyler Bates, has signed on to score Rise of the Argonautsā„¢, an epic action/RPG in development by Liquid Entertainment and set to release Autumn 2008. With more than forty film and television scores under his belt, Bates’ most recent credits include the epic filmā€œ300ā€ and Showtime’s dark comedyā€œCalifornicationā€. Rise of the Argonauts will the first video game to release with Bates’ composition. To hear a sample of the score, watch the new gameplay video now available at www.rise-of-the-argonauts.co.uk.

Epic Games' Jay Wilbur and Digital Investments' Cyrus Lum to Co-Present at DWGS

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Epic never considered four-player Gears 2 co-op

Cliff Bleszinski says game would no longer be about story and instead would be about 'shooting shit'.

Epic Announces Finalists for the 'Best Weapon' Category of Phase 1 in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest

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Epic Games Announces Winners of Phase 1 in the $1 Million Intel Make Something Unreal Contest

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