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Scion Studios joins Epic Games
by Jolex Del Pilar
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Merger will double Epic's development capacity.
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.”
--- Jolex Del Pilar |
