Late (very late!) last night, we reported on the possibility that Legendary Pictures, co-financers of the Gears of War Film, sought to purchase Epic Games. Well, lo and behold, these have been officially dismissed by Mark Rein himself.
Rumor Of Epic's Purchase Just Another Rumor
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If those rumors were true, Epic would be smart to entertain the notion of being acquired. They're on a plateau right now, and in between fan bases. Few game companies start a second upward trend, and I doubt that the hail of recent UE3-powered game-craters is the harbinger of good things to come.
With their traditional fan base in retreat, and their own forums becoming an intolerant wasteland, I'd expect the Epic crew to jump on the first boat that comes along. Just ask John Carmack how easy it is to stay relevant after the tides shift.
With their traditional fan base in retreat, and their own forums becoming an intolerant wasteland, I'd expect the Epic crew to jump on the first boat that comes along. Just ask John Carmack how easy it is to stay relevant after the tides shift.
Lizard Of Oz
Demented Avenger
clever you!
they actually said that before they were sold to microsoft and ea,
both of them bought epic... (sarcasm off)
At least the UT3 expansion isn't a rumor!
I wonder when they'll actually give us some details.
"Just another rumor" falls nicely along side "Two weeks" and "Bread and Butter"
We shall see.
Lruce
We shall see.
Lruce
Well just for that here are some others.
“This is the best game ever made, because we made it, ... It's going to be a lot of fun to play. We found the Xbox 360 to be more powerful than we thought it would be.”
“They were able to clear a lot of their assortments out without having to resort to big sales.”
“People are going to be blown away when they get a PS3 and play it.”
“It's like saying people are going to stop browsing on the Internet. It's idiot
“Oh yeah, it's a lot of fun. Mark Rein equals target practice!”
“I expect by the time Unreal Engine 3 is dead and buried, we'll ship 200 titles. Maybe 300.”
Lruce
“This is the best game ever made, because we made it, ... It's going to be a lot of fun to play. We found the Xbox 360 to be more powerful than we thought it would be.”
“They were able to clear a lot of their assortments out without having to resort to big sales.”
“People are going to be blown away when they get a PS3 and play it.”
“It's like saying people are going to stop browsing on the Internet. It's idiot
“Oh yeah, it's a lot of fun. Mark Rein equals target practice!”
“I expect by the time Unreal Engine 3 is dead and buried, we'll ship 200 titles. Maybe 300.”
Lruce
i knewed! rape the infidels for this LIES! cliffy come here!!!!! don´t run ! get ur ass over here!!!! 
cliffy come here!!!!! don´t run ! get ur ass over here!!!! He did post it at the closed down Infogrames forums. I don't know why you state it's false, when it is in fact true. I was around anticipating the UT2003 demo just as much as anybody at that time.
But it's the statement that sparked the "two weeks" craze. He honestly couldn't expect that many people miss the "more than" part.
