Microsoft to buy Epic Games?

[i4g]Medic · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 08:55 Post subject: Microsoft to buy Epic Games?

This summer, Microsoft plans to buy Epic Games for the sum of $1 billion.

Travis Moses, magazin assistant editor for GamePro said:
"Microsoft will buy Epic Games for $1 billion this summer. Microsoft has lots of cash on hand, and in buying Epic, could collect royalty rights for Unreal technology across other platforms."

The relationship between Microsoft and Epic Games is already pretty tight. Microsoft invested a few millions of dollars into the development of Gears of War.
This shows that Microsoft clearly wants more. Epic Games is licensing its Unreal Engine to quite a few companies that develop games on PC, PlayStation and X-Box. This is an important source of royalties.

With Microsoft in control of the Unreal Engine, this would question the future of the portability of this one. It's no secret that Microsoft is not really a Linux fan. So will future releases of Unreal Tournament still offer a Linux port and a Linux dedicated server? And what about the current and long awaited Linux port of Unreal Tournament 3 for Linux?

More information on wral.com.

[i4g]Medic · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 09:01 Post subject:

Mark Rein just reacted on this:

"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. Smile

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(Source: Epic Games forum)

DanBennett · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 15:30 Post subject:

I can't see this going through and hopefully will not go thru at all.
Microsoft have their own gaming platform anda their own game studio ... I see no reason for them to buy Epic.

[i4g]Medic · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 15:33 Post subject:

Look at the number of companies who licensed the Unreal Engine...

DanBennett · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 16:10 Post subject:

True True.
But... meh... Piss off Microshite.

Cobra · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 19:34 Post subject:

i hope its not ture Sad

then UT4 is only for Xbox or only for Vista Mad

TP987 · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 21:42 Post subject:

if there will be a UT4 then, ...
i still remember the good old times and Microsoft overtook the rights of the "MechWarrior" series, they f*cked the 4th MechWarrior totaly up imo Wink

i hope it wont happen the same with ut then Oo

]MeRc[Kraken · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 23:31 Post subject:

im totally aginst this. Microsoft are taking epic games due the games that are made so they can make a profit withonline servers

[i4g]Vainkeygirl · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 09:14 Post subject:

think that's the general idea of taking over something, to make profit, why else would they be interested in buying things Wink

DanBennett · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:21 Post subject:

Yes indeed.

I think microsofts stragedy is to get further into the gaming scene.
They've become a big player for games to run on - Window based PC's and the XBOX/XBOX 360.
They've only really had one successful game so far and that is Halo.

They must of seen the preview for UT3 which I shall be buying for my sexbox360 next week Very Happy

nierd_2 · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 17:38 Post subject:

}ElitE{Scorp!o · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 23:02 Post subject:

Yeah. Other games just kick UT's ass now tbh. If you compared CoD4 to UT3, I think most people would pick CoD4 as their favourite.

DanBennett · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 23:24 Post subject:

[i4g]ConAir · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:13 Post subject:

I think COD 4 is just way easier to copy (Especially the PC version is copied a lot, I heard) and easier to run on most PC's, which makes the game far more popular. And least but not least; COD4 is a finished game, while UT 3 is still being built with patches....

Horcruxes · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 14:02 Post subject:

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