Epic Games and Scion Studios Merge
RALEIGH, NC (March 18, 2003). The employees of Scion Studios have joined
Epic Games in a move that doubles Epic’s in-house development capacity. This
will increase Epic’s ability to develop multiple games, including those in its
award-winning Unreal® franchise, internally for both PC and console platforms.
Michael V. Capps, Ph.D., former CEO of Scion Studios, will head Epic’s
development and production management in his new role as president of Epic
Games. Tim Sweeney remains Chairman and CEO of the company. Before founding
Scion, Dr. Capps designed and produced America’s Army, the hugely popular
multiplayer US Army game built with Epic’s Unreal Engine technology.
"Mike has done an outstanding job managing development and establishing teams
that were able to leverage the Unreal Engine technology," says Mark Rein, Vice
President and co-founder Epic Games, "The combination of Epic’s and Scion’s
world-class development teams makes Epic Games an even stronger technology
leader and one of the top independent game development studios in the world.”
Attendees of this year’s Game Developer Conference in San Jose, California will
be able to get a glimpse of the company’s latest engine technology when Epic
showcases the stunning new Unreal Engine3, as well as massive improvements and
rendering enhancements for UnrealEngine2 which will be demonstrated on Xbox.
Game developers and publishers interested in checking out the new Epic
technology should contact Mark Rein by email at mrein@epicgames.com to make an
appointment.
Unreal is a registered trademark of Epic Games Inc.
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