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Founded: 1991 Independent Location: Cary, NC, USA
www.epicgames.com
As famous in the development community for its tools as it is for its games, Epic has thrived as a business in the past year. 2011 saw the Unreal Engine
continue to rise in status, Gears of War 3 cause a sensation at retail with three million sales in one week, and Epic subsidiary ChAIR Entertainment again prove the potential of triple-A on iOS with the second game in the Infinity Blade series. Initially founded under the name of Potomac Computer Systems in 1991 by Tim Sweeney, today Epic plays home to a number of games development ‘celebrities’, including Cliff Bleszinski and Mark Rein. They seem to check their star-status at the door though, and the firm is best known for spotting the next big thing in games tech.
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WWW.DEVELOP100.COM BEST KNOWN FOR
Gears of War titles • Unreal Engine • Sister team’s Infinity Blade STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS
GEARS OF WAR 3
GEARS OF WAR 2
GEARS OF WAR
UNREAL TOURNAMENT III
FORMATS XBOX 360 TOTAL
XBOX 360 TOTAL
XBOX 360 TOTAL
PC TOTAL
PUBLISHER MICROSOFT
MICROSOFT MICROSOFT MIDWAY
RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV SEP 2011 £24.19m £24.19m
NOV 2008 £0.50m £0.50m
NOV 2006 £0.06m £0.06m
NOV 2007 £0.01m £0.01m
EPIC GAMES
develop 100 UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011
£24.76m
THE WORLD’S BEST GAMES STUDIOS
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