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Lack Of Innovation In PC Graphics Hardware? Blame Intel, Says Epic’s Mark Rein

These days, only a few triple-A games really stress out modern 3D hardware. With the plethora of less-demanding indie titles making up a fair chunk of the average gamer’s library, grabbing a new video card isn’t the regular ritual it once was. But is there something else to blame for the slowed pace of GPU innovation? Epic head honcho Mark Rein thinks so.


Japan’s Indie Games Are An Untapped Resource Of Cool

The entire room was packed. This has to be a fire hazard, someone said. It probably was, but no one cared. They were too busy looking at cool games they had never seen before and meeting game creators they had heard of and never heard of before.


Epic Citadel Shows Mobile Gamers Just How Pretty Android Can Be

Back in 2010, Epic Games released an Unreal Engine 3 tech demo for the iPhone and iPad that opened gamers’ eyes to the potential for console-quality gaming on Apple’s portable devices. Now it’s out for Android, and it’s prettier (and more useful) than ever.


Do You Remember All The Game Developers Bought Out In 2012?

The division and sale of THQ into smaller, more manageable portions has served as a full stop on the wheeling and dealing of 2012. True, the sale itself occurred in 2013, but it was last year that the industry at large and perhaps more so gamers, became fully aware of the dire straits the company was in.


Epic Games President Mike Capps Retires

Epic Games president Mike Capps is stepping down from from his role as company president to take on a more advisory role, he announced today in a blog post on the Epic site. Capps cited his coming baby boy as a primary reason for the move.


Silicon Knights Must Destroy Unsold Games

In 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic over issues with the Unreal Engine (that it was unfinished and, thus, sabotaged Silicon Knights’ work). Epic won the legal tussle earlier this year and was awarded US$4.45 million. The headaches for Silicon Knights don’t end there.


Cliff Bleszinski Leaves Epic Games

The creator of Gears of War has left his position at development studio Epic Games. Epic announced the news in a blog post today, saying that designer Cliff Bleszinski has left to “chart the next stage of his career”.



Mark Rein: Tablets May Run The Same Games As Consoles Next Gen

We all know that tablet devices are catching up to consoles in a very big way, but Mark Rein, VP of Epic, believes that a close meeting point in terms of power isn’t that far off. Considering the fact that the current gen iPad has more usable RAM than both the PS3 and the 360, he may have a point.


BioShock Infinite Update: Multiplayer Modes Cut, Gears Maestro Joining

A string of bad news about one of the most anticipated games on the planet might be giving BioShock Infinite fans cause for concern. But the game’s creative director, Ken Levine, tried to allay concerns during a call with Kotaku today. He did so on the heels of us learning some surprising details about Infinite‘s development from sources close to the game.


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