This is some really cool news to kick off E3 week. Everyone in the industry felt pretty bad about Big Huge Games, the developers behind Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning all getting their pink slips as 38 Studios was shut down last month. Today, to the rescue comes Epic Games, the studio behind the massively successful Gears of War franchise.
Dr. Michael Capps, President of Epic, explained the situation in a blog post:
On Wednesday, the ex-BHG leadership team contacted us. They wanted to start a new company and keep together some of the key talent displaced by the layoff, and hoped that they could use an Epic IP as a starting point for a new game. We loved that they all wanted to keep working together, but it was pretty clear they’d have trouble building a demo and securing funding before their personal savings ran out.
In one of life’s coincidences, Epic’s directors had spent the morning discussing how we’d love to build even more successful projects with our growing team, but that we’d need a dramatic infusion of top talent to do so. Which, we all knew, was impossible.
So now we’re planning to start an impossible studio in Baltimore.
In one of life’s coincidences, Epic’s directors had spent the morning discussing how we’d love to build even more successful projects with our growing team, but that we’d need a dramatic infusion of top talent to do so. Which, we all knew, was impossible.
So now we’re planning to start an impossible studio in Baltimore.
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