Watch this space, Epic Games plans to double in size

by Jason Dobson { Jan 14th 2008 at 11:30AM }

Having tired of rubbing actual elbows with fellow teammates, Epic Games' always verbose VP Mark Rein has confessed that he and his squad of developers have "pretty much run out of space" in the company's North Carolina base of operations, and that plans are well underway for an expansion to "at least" double the facility's current size. According to a report by North Carolina's News Observer, the devs coughed up a cool $1.57 million for the new office space, which will be positioned on a five-acre lot adjacent to Epic's current 31,000-square foot HQ.

Headcount at Epic currently stands at 94, with current growth of around one new employee a month expected to continue for the next couple of years. So with all of this added space, will the developers get to spread out, and maybe quit knocking over each others' Mt. Dew as they reach for their mouse? Unlikely, as the report notes that the new facility will instead be largely used to house the numerous play testers that visit Epic, rather than have to rent out space down the street. We understand the need completely, though until the devs get additional space of their own we'd suggest judicious application of lids.

Tags: epic, epic games, EpicGames, gears of war, GearsOfWar, mark rein, MarkRein, play test, PlayTest, unreal, Unreal Tournament 3, UnrealTournament3, ut3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

upz @ Jan 14th 2008 11:38AM

I wonder how much dough Epic is rolling in these days, considering they've got the most popular game engine this generation and licensing costs are anything but cheap.

Shawn @ Jan 14th 2008 11:50AM

Yeah, I believe they make more dough on licensing than selling games, kinda like id software back in the day. Good for Epic, although I'm still bitter about them cutting assault mode :(

I just wonder if UE3 will ever be as easy and popular as the source engine in the modding scene.