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Added by Jeff Gerstmann on Oct. 23, 2008
With terms like "Epic" and "Legendary" being tossed around, this whole article is starting to read like a UT kill spree. MONSTER ACQUISITION!
There aren't really any hard details out there about this, through Fritz cites "multiple sources" as confirming the news.
Burbank-based Legendary has been responsible for films like The Dark Knight, 300, Beerfest, and Superman Returns. The company also has more films in production, including the World of Warcraft movie. The company will also be co-financing the Gears of War movie.
Considering that Epic is practically printing money via its licensing deals for the Unreal Engine and is on the verge of shipping an hotly-anticipated sequel in Gears of War 2, I can't imagine they're cheap. Either way, it'll be interesting to watch this unfold, if it's happening. The last time a major engine licensor was purchased was EA's 2004 buy of Criterion, which internalized the popular RenderWare engine and, in the process, probably helped pave the way for Epic's current success with UE3.
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That sentence sounds awesome on so many levels.
Jeez, if it goes down I hope it doesn't mean Epic making movie licensed video games... huge waste of talent.
Clever, I'm hoping this goes the other way and we see some good movie licenced games being developed by Epic...
imagine a Dark Knight game by them *mouth watering*
imagine a Dark Knight game by them *mouth watering*
It wouldn't surprise me if movie studios buying development studios became standard. The game industry generates a lot of revenues, of course the hollywood types want in. What better way to do that then buying up popular developers and their IP's?
GILLETE should buy Epic, so I can have gears themed razors.
Or even better, a chainsaw-gun electric razor.
Or even better, a chainsaw-gun electric razor.
epic? EPIC????????? ----EPIC---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAg5KjnAhuU
LEGENDARY
Pictures buysEPIC
Games.That sentence sounds awesome on so many levels.
I am calling BS on this one. Then again i called BS on payton working on halo....so who knows.
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