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History

Epic Games was initially founded under the name Potomac Computer Systems in 1991 by Tim Sweeney in Rockville, Maryland. Potomac Computer Systems released its flagship product, ZZT, the same year. During the latter portion of ZZT's life span, the company became known as Epic MegaGames. Gradually, the Epic brand grew with the advent of its shareware games, including Epic Pinball, Jill of the Jungle, Jazz Jackrabbit and One Must Fall: 2097. During this time, Epic also published and sold games developed by other developers such as those by Safari Software and also XLand's Robbo, Heartlight, and Electro Man; and Renaissance's Zone 66. In 1997 Safari Software was acquired in whole by Epic and some of their titles as well as other pre-1998 games are sold under the Epic Classics brand. Tim Sweeney is a computer game programmer and the founder and president of Epic Games, previously known as Epic MegaGames. ... Location in the State of Maryland Coordinates: Country United States State Maryland County Montgomery County Founded 1717 Incorporated 1860  - Mayor Larry Giammo Area    - City  13. ... ZZT is an ANSI-based computer game, created in 1991 by Tim Sweeney, of Epic Games, who later designed Unreal. ... Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Epic Pinball is a 1993 pinball computer game developed by Digital Extremes and published by Epic MegaGames (now Epic Games). ... Jill of the Jungle is a trilogy of platformer computer games released in 1992 by Epic MegaGames. ... Jazz Jackrabbit title screen Jazz Jackrabbit is a platform game produced by Epic MegaGames, now known as Epic Games. ... Rebranded Safari Software after purchased by Epic. ... Bryan Robson OBE (born January 11, 1957) is a former England, West Bromwich Albion, and Manchester United footballer who also captained his country. ... Heartlight can refer to any of these things: Heartlight (game) was a late 80s computer game. ... Renaissance ASCII logo by Untouchable. ... Zone 66 is a top down shooting video game released in 1993 for the PC, that initially was released using the Shareware model. ...

In 1998, Epic MegaGames released Unreal, a 3D first-person shooter, which expanded into a series of Unreal games. The company also began to license the core technology, or Unreal engine, used for the series to other game developers. In 1999, the company changed its name to Epic Games and moved its offices, including its Rockville headquarters, to Cary. In 2006, Epic released the Xbox 360 bestseller Gears of War and is currently working on Unreal Tournament III. A port of Gears of War for Windows and Mac OS X is also in the works.^[2]. On August 20th 2007 they acquired a majoirty shareholding in Polish developer People Can Fly^[3]. Unreal is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and published by GT Interactive (now owned by Atari) on May 22, 1998. ... 3D computer graphics are different from 2D computer graphics in that a three-dimensional representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images. ... This article is about video games. ... The Unreal series is a computer game franchise that began with the original Unreal, a single-player first-person shooter computer game which was published on May 30, 1998 by Epic Megagames, now known as Epic Games. ... It has been suggested that Xbox 360 Elite be merged into this article or section. ... Gears of War is a tactical third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games (the creators of the Unreal series) using Unreal Engine 3. ... Unreal Tournament 3, codenamed Envy and formerly known as Unreal Tournament 2007, is part of the Unreal series of games and is the sequel to 2004s Unreal Tournament 2004. ... In computer science, porting is the process of adapting software so that an executable program can be created for a computing environment that is different from the one for which it was originally designed (e. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wikiquote using the Transwiki process. ...

Developers at Epic Games include the aforementioned Lead Programmer Tim Sweeney and game designer Cliff Bleszinski. In 2003, Jerry O'Flaherty was named Studio Art Director. Tim Sweeney is a computer game programmer and the founder and president of Epic Games, previously known as Epic MegaGames. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Image:JerryO a. ...

Game Engines

Main article: Unreal Engine technology

Epic is the proprietor of three successful game engines in the videogame industry. Each Unreal Engine has a complete feature set of graphical rendering, sound processing, and physics that can be widely adapted to fit the specific needs of a game developer that does not want to code its own engine from scratch. The three engines Epic has created are the Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 2 and its 2.5 point release adding support for ingame vehicles and improved netcode. Epic's latest release is Unreal Engine 3. The Unreal Engine is a widely used game engine for action games. ... In computing, a game engine is the core software component of a video game. ...

References

1. ^ "Epic Games buys control of Polish company", Triangle Business Journal, 2007-08-21. Retrieved on 2007-08-26. 
2. ^ E3 2007: Gears Of War PC Impressions (2007-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-07-12.
3. ^ Epic Games buys People can fly studios.

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External links

• Epic Games official site
• Epic Games official forum
• Epic Games Unreal Engine site
• Epic Games Inc. on Mobygames