Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina.
History of Epic Games
The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, Maryland. Following his first commercial video game release, ZZT (1991), the company became Epic MegaGames, Inc. in early 1992 and brought on Mark Rein, who has been its vice president since. Moving their headquarters to Cary in 1999, the studio's name was simplified to Epic Games.
Games Developed
Year | Title | Genre(s) | Platform(s) | Released |
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1993 | Epic Pinball | Pinball | MS-DOS | |
1994 | Jazz Jackrabbit | Platform game | MS-DOS, Game Boy Advance | |
1998-2007 | Unreal | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
2006-2019 | Gears of War | Third-person shooter | Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, iOS, Xbox Series X/S | |
2010 | Infinity Blade | Fighting, action role-playing | iOS | |
2011 | Bulletstorm | First-person shooter | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch | |
2017 | Fortnite | Survival, battle royale, sandbox | Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android | |
2020 | Shadow Complex | Platform-adventure | Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, OS X |