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Epic VP Mark Rein has confirmed that a story claiming he said Unreal Tournament III's PC servers had been hit by 40 million pirated keys is incorrect. "I don't recall saying ... Read more..Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, Piracy, Shooter | 2 Comments »
This TG Daily report reckons Epic's received more than 40 million attempts to access Unreal Tournament servers using pirated keys, claiming the figure came from studio boss Mark Rein. That's ... Read more..Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark rein reckons there are distant plans to create another single-player Unreal. Remember them? "I'm sure that at some point in our future we will make another Unreal, single-player, ... Read more..Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
In an OXM interview this week, Epic boss Mark Rein confirmed that user mods will be coming UTIII 360 in some shape or form, although exact details were still being ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Development, Nordic, Nordic Game 2008, Sweden, Trade | 2 Comments »
Epic head Mark Rein is to speak in the business and production track at this year's Nordic Game. Rein will sit on a round-table discussion called Art of the Deal, which ... Read more..Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has told videogaming247 that the company does know a release date for Unreal Tournament 3 on Xbox 360, but you're going to have to wait a ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Shooter, Trade | No Comments »
Epic chief Mark Rein has told Eurogamer that the fourth Unreal Engine won't be happening anytime soon, and is planned to accompany the next hardware cycle. "It's just a research project ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Action, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has told videogaming247 that the Game Informer Gears of War 2 article that hit the web yesterday is just a "tidbit", and that the best is ... Read more..Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Development, EA, Trade | No Comments »
In an exclusive interview with videogaming247, Epic VP Mark Rein has hinted that today's Unreal Engine 3 deal with EA - in which the publisher extended its license to use ... Read more..Sunday, April 6th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PS3, Shooter | 2 Comments »
Steadfastly aiming to keep the dream alive, Epic VP Mark Rein's posted on the company's forum that the 360 version of UT3 is still on the way and may be ... Read more..Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 Posted in Action, Comic Con 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 30 Comments »
Following a press release saying there would be a games panel at Comic Con in New York later this month, and that Gears of War 2 would be shown at ... Read more..Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | 9 Comments »
Epic really needs to sort its message out. Tim Sweeney, the developer's tech boss, has gone on the record to say that PC gaming has been outpaced by consoles. "Consoles have ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | No Comments »
Cliff Bleszinski, the Gears of War 2 dev head now infamous for saying PC gaming is in disarray, has now decided that the PC Gaming Alliance Epic signed up for ... Read more..Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, GDC 2008, PC, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
Funny. Epic head Mark Rein can seriously talk. Like, really. Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell can do the same. See what happens when they're put in the same room. Taste: Eurogamer: So apart ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, PS3, PSN, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking to videogaming247 (by proxy) at GDC last week, Mark Rein has revealed that the company isn't currently working on any XBLA or PSN games at the moment. "No," said Rein ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Development, PC | No Comments »
According to this, Epic boss Mark Rein thinks that Gears of War 2 leads Cliff Bleszinski's recent claim that PC gaming is in "disarray" was a bit of a laugh. ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Here. Mark Rein, Tim Sweeney and Cliff Bleszinski all being interviewed after last night's demo of the Unreal Engine and the Gears of War 2 announcement. The picture quality's very ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Development, GDC 2008, Midway, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
According to this, Epic boss Mark Rein has said that no headway has been made with Microsoft on getting Unreal Tournament 3 working with user-content on Xbox Live. He said the ... Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 5 Comments »
It really does. And it's very red. Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 2 Comments »
Right there! We're not even lying! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 4 Comments »
Here! There it is! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
Here! Right there! Read more..Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Action, GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | 9 Comments »
Gears of War 2 has been announced during Microsoft's GDC keynote. It's set for a November 2008 release, said Cliffy B, and will, obviously, be exclusive to Xbox 360. In addition, Epic ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Midway, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
UT3 has sold more than you think. Or maybe it hasn't. Maybe we're just naive. "Factoring in the launch of the PS3 version in North America on the 11th December, Midway ... Read more..Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Posted in Development, Microsoft, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
Epic boss Mark Rein has said that GamePro's rumour of Microsoft being in the running to buy the developer is a little shy of the money. "I have not seen the ... Read more..Monday, February 18th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, Microsoft, PC, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 12 Comments »
According to this, the latest issue of GamePro predicts that Microsoft will buy Epic this year for $1 billion. “Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer,” said. Travis ... Read more..Friday, February 15th, 2008 Posted in Action, Development, GDC 2008, Rumour, Shooter, Xbox 360, Xbox Live | No Comments »
Speaking here, Epic chief Mark Rein has yet again indicated that a Gears of War 2 announcement may be a little way off. "You know how it is," he said. "People ... Read more..Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in 2K, Development, Trade | No Comments »
Epic's confirmed that 2K has licensed its Unreal Engine 3 tech for "for unannounced games". “We are excited about continuing our relationship with 2K based on our past success with the ... Read more..Monday, February 11th, 2008 Posted in America, Development, Microsoft, Trade | No Comments »
Epic head Mark Rein has clarified the appointment of former EA Chicago boss Kudo Tsunoda to general manager of the Gears of War franchise at Microsoft saying, "Kudo will be ... Read more..Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Posted in Action, Journalism, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
Read it here. It's basically a guess at what to expect and, in total, it's seven paragraphs long. "In Gears 2, expect a slight graphical boost," said the piece. "We also ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
Just in case you thought GamePro had anything of consequence to say about Gears of War 2 in its next issue, it doesn't. Mark Rein said so. Mark Rein should ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in GDC 2008, Microsoft, Shooter | 4 Comments »
According to Eurogamer, Epic boss Mark Rein has responded to rumours that Gears of War 2 will be shown at this month's GDC by saying it's "the show where we ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Shooter | 1 Comment »
Epic boss Mark Rein has said in an interview that user-generated mods for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 - which still has no release date - is ... Read more..
