Tag Archives: mark rein
Thu, May 09, 2013 | 16:19 BST
Sony and Microsoft to go ‘heavily’ on free-to-play next gen, says Epic’s Rein
Epic Games VP Mark Rein has said that both Sony and Microsoft are to chase the free-to-play and in-app purchase business models with their next generation of hardware.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, PS4
Tags: Epic Games, free-to-play, in-App Purchases, mark rein
Wed, May 08, 2013 | 19:22 BST
Consoles don’t need a five year turn-around unless there’s a “big enough leap,” – Epic VP
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein doesn’t believe console manufacturers have dropped the ball by not releasing a new console every five years.
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Posted in: Development, PS3, PS4, Xbox, Xbox 360, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, game horizon, mark rein
Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 08:35 BST
PS4 like “the world’s best PC”, says Epic boss
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein seems fairly enamoured with the PlayStation 4, going as far as describing it as a “really perfect gaming PC”.
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Posted in: PS4, Sony
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein
Sat, Jul 14, 2012 | 17:46 BST
Unreal Engine 4 is “supremely scalable,” games could be ported to Wii U
Epic VP Mark Rein has said the firm doesn’t intend to “bring Unreal Engine 4 to Wii U,” the console will, however, support ported games developed with the tech.
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Posted in: Develop 2012, Development, PC, Wii U, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein, unreal engine 3, unreal engine 4
Thu, Jul 12, 2012 | 17:40 BST
Infinity Blade was “a rehash of an idea,” Chair Entertainment had for Kinect, says Epic
During a session at Develop, Epic’s Mark Rein said the idea for Infinity Blade was derived from “a rehash of an idea,” Chair Entertainment had for Kinect.
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Posted in: Develop 2012, Development
Tags: chair entertainment, epic, mark rein
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 | 10:38 BST
Unreal Engine 4 demo’d, UDK hits 1.5 million installs
Lots of exciting news for fans of the tech behind games as well as the final products. Check out the next generation of Epic’s ubiquitous Unreal Engine.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein, UDK, unreal, unreal development kit, unreal engine, unreal engine 4
Fri, Jun 08, 2012 | 01:15 BST
Mark Rein pours cold water on Reckoning sequel hopes
Despite wholesale hires of the Big Huge Games team, Epic doesn’t look likely to back a sequel to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
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Posted in: RPG
Tags: big huge games, epic, Epic Baltimore, Epic Games, Kingdoms of Amalur, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, mark rein
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 16:08 GMT
Rein says he’ll be “shocked” if Wii U “doesn’t do well”
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein feels if Nintendo’s Wii U tablet-like controller isn’t a hit when the consoles releases, it will be surprising.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012, Nintendo, Wii U
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein
Tue, Mar 13, 2012 | 05:29 GMT
Unreal 4 makes Samaritan look like “a piece of crap”
Unreal Engine 4 won’t be shown to the public till later this year, but Epic’s Mark Rein has set the expectation bar high by describing it as well beyond last year’s amazing Samaritan tech demo – and wanred console manufacturers that they need to keep up.
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Posted in: Development
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein, Samaritan, unreal engine, unreal engine 4
Wed, Mar 07, 2012 | 23:50 GMT
Epic wants Unreal Samaritan demo running in Flash
Epic brought its latest Flash-based Unreal Engine demos to GDC, and has some seriously lofty goals for the browser tech.
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Posted in: Development, GDC 2012
Tags: epic, Epic Games, flash, mark rein, Samaritan, unreal engine, unreal engine 4
Fri, Feb 10, 2012 | 16:48 GMT
DICE 2012: Unreal Engine 4 to be revealed “later this year,” says Epic
Epic Games vice president Mark Rein has told G4 that the firm plans to unveil Unreal Engine 4 later this year. Speaking with the site during DICE 2012, Rein was quoted as saying: “People are going to be shocked later this year when they see Unreal Engine 4 and how much more profound an effect it will have.” G4 expects more on the firm’s engine to he shown at DICE later today. If the firm is showing anything like it did at GDC 2011 with its Samaritan tech demo, then, wow.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012, Development, hardware
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein
Fri, Feb 03, 2012 | 05:47 GMT
Epic to celebrate 20th birthday at D.I.C.E. Summit
Gears of War, Unreal Engine and Fortnite developer Epic has a string of fancy pants events planned for the annual Design Innovate Communicate Entertain Summit in Las Vegas next week.
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Posted in: DICE Summit 2012
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein, mike capps, Tim Sweeney
Wed, Jul 20, 2011 | 16:07 BST
Epic’s Rein “not in a huge hurry” for next-gen consoles
Epic boss Mark Rein has said the company isn’t in a “huge hurry” for the next hardware cycle from Sony and Microsoft.
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Posted in: Development, Microsoft, PS4, Sony
Tags: crytek, Epic Games, mark rein, Mark Tully, Pete Hall
Sat, Jul 09, 2011 | 20:34 BST
Quick Quotes: Epic’s Mark Rein on the importance of PC to the future of gaming
“We’re at the stage in the life of the consoles where the PC has shot by them in terms of capabilities. Don’t forget every game that’s ultimately built is built on a PC. PCs are always going to be the tools through which all games get made. With the PC you can simulate the future – you can put enough hardware in a PC to show you what a future console will look like.” – Mark Rein speaking to Eurogamer in The Future Of PC Gaming Pt.1. (Thanks EvilAvatar)
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Posted in: Development, PC
Tags: Epic Games, mark rein
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 15:28 BST
Apple announces over 15 billion apps sold to over 200 million users
Apple has announced 15 billion apps have been downloaded from the App Store by the more than 200 million iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users worldwide.
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Posted in: App Store, Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod
Tags: chair entertainment, Epic Games, Infinity Blade, mark rein
Thu, Jul 07, 2011 | 01:16 BST
Epic “dying to be a part of” Kinect line-up
Mark Rein has said Epic is “dying” to be a part of the next batch of Kinect games.
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Posted in: Games for Windows, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein
Thu, Jun 23, 2011 | 21:53 BST
Thursday Shorts II: Gears in Japan, Monkey Island, SWTOR, classic Lit games
Get more bang for your shorts below.
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Posted in: Shorts, VG247
Tags: bioware, classic lit games, ddo, epic, FFXIII-2, FIFA 12, Gears of War 3, Just Dance 2, lotro, mark rein, Monkey Island Tales, Pottermore, super mario 3, swtor, the thirty nine steps
Tue, Jun 14, 2011 | 23:37 BST
Epic’s Rein keen on Vita, Wii U
Mark Rein is a key figure behind one of the most successful and prevalent engines in our industry, so when he likes a new bit of tech – say, the PS Vita, or the Wii U – it’s time to pay attention.
Thu, Mar 31, 2011 | 23:13 BST
Rein: Apple could have latest Unreal tech on iDevices within years
Epic president Mark Rein has said at its current rate of progression, Apple will have portable devices running the latest and greatest Unreal Engine in a few years.
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Posted in: Apple, Development, hardware, iOS, iPad, iPhone
Tags: epic, Epic Games, mark rein
Fri, Mar 11, 2011 | 06:42 GMT
Mark Rein: “Possible” that Samaritan could become a full game, UE4 when next consoles arrive
After dropping enough jaws to cause a minor seismic event during last week’s GDC, Epic’s been unsurprisingly inundated with questions. Question numero uno? “Gee willikers golly goodness gosh, will we ever be able to play that?”
We might have paraphrased a bit.
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