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Mark Rein: PCs Can “Simulate The Future”

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9:45AM July 11, 2011 | Mark Serrels

We had Cervat Yerli from Crytek claiming that consoles were holding PC gaming back, now Epic’s Mark Rein, speaking to Eurogamer, has claimed that PCs have “shot by” consoles. More »

Nintendo

Report: Developers Working With ‘Underclocked’ Wii U Hardware

11:00AM June 16, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

There’s a good reason that Nintendo showed off video game footage culled from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of third-party games, not the Wii U, at last week’s E3 unveiling of the console. According to a new report, Wii U games just weren’t looking so hot on current hardware. More »

Report: Gears Of War Getting Kinect Control

11:40AM November 16, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Epic Games’ beefed up Xbox 360 shooter series may be adding a little motion control to its Locust-chainsawing action, according to one report that says Gears of War is getting Kinect enabled. More »

News

Gears Of War Devs Say Future PlayStation, Xbox Will Be Portable

11:00PM October 4, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Epic Games, video game engine tycoons and the developers behind Gears of War, have a vision for the future. And that vision includes Xboxes and PlayStations that you can unplug from your TV and carry around with you. More »

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Mark Rein Is Sorry For Being A "Jerk"

6:00PM July 20, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

So Epic’s Mark Rein interrupted a discussion last week at a conference, and got people upset. It made for good theatre at the time, but now the dust has settled, Rein has issued an honest apology. More »

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Indie Dev Says Epic Can "F**k Off"

10:00PM July 16, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

If the Develop Conference in Britain earlier this week was good for one thing, it was a healthy dose of games industry shit-talking. Like this rant from Positech’s Cliff Harris, in which he says “Mark Rein is a jerk”. More »

News

Gears Of War Maker Calls iPhone, iPad, Android ‘The Consoles Of The Future’

11:00AM June 30, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Epic Games, the people who make Unreal Tournament and Gears of War, could eventually bring Gears of War to your iPhone or Android, the future destination of big budget, “AAA” games. More »

News

Unreal Engine 4 “Still A Long Ways Off”

8:00AM February 23, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

Attending the DICE gaming summit to promote his company’s Unreal Engine technology and celebrate the conclusion of the Make Something Unreal modding contest, Epic Games’ Mark Rein said that the next generation of Unreal game-making tech is a ways off. More »

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What Does Epic Games’ Mark Rein Think Of The iPad?

8:00PM January 28, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

We ran into Epic Games vice president Mark Rein at Apple’s iPad demo event today, happily tapping and gesturing to his heart’s content with one of the sleek new tablets. Will Epic bring its Unreal Engine to the iPad? More »

Hands-On With Unreal Engine On The IPhone, Nvidia Tegra

2:00PM January 11, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Epic Games VP Mark Rein brought with him the latest platforms on which the company’s Unreal Engine 3 officially runs, iPhone 3GS hardware and Nvidia’s Tegra 2 “system-on-a-chip” platform, giving us a chance to go hands-on with the tech demo. More »