A recent article in the popular gaming magazine Gamepro hinted that the FPS giant Epic might be the next company to be picked up by the evil empire Microsoft for a cool $1 billion. Travis Moses, assistant editor, points out in his article that due to their work on Gears of War, intimate knowledge of the 360, and it’s success with the Unreal engine it would be an ideal partner for Microsoft in an attempt to create a tighter grip on the console market.
However, unlike other developers that have joined forces with Microsoft, Epic’s VP Mark Rein scoffed at the possibility that they would be bought for such a low price. When contacted, Rein stated that if Epic ever were to sell its price would be at least double the $1 billion figure speculated by Moses. Rein stated, “I have not seen the actual GamePro article but if they’re going to make predictions about us selling Epic we would prefer if they started at $2 billion, because we don’t want anyone thinking that we’re cheap.”
With the recent announcement of Gears of War 2 at GDC and Cliffy B’s comments of PC gaming being “in disarray,” Epic seems to be pretty comfortable being independent on the 360. Although, with Bungie departing in 2007 and Microsoft looking to fill the void left by Master Chief, $2 billion may not seem like such a big number to Mr. Gates.
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