Epic games, inc is an american video game and software developer and publisher based in cary, north carolinathe company was founded by tim sweeney as potomac computer systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in potomac, marylandfollowing his first commercial video game release, zzt (1991), the company became epic megagames, inc in early 1992 and brought on mark rein, who. Tencent games own epic games. Tencent games showcased a new open-world fps cyberpunk themed game in their latest tencent conference the game is codenamed syn that seems to be just the case with tencent the videogame company have announced their own game in the cyberpunk genre, code-named ‘syn’ epic games are involved.
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Just to jog your memory, tencent bought 40 per cent ownership in epic games back in 2013, after shelling out $330 million other than the cash, the deal provided epic with a seasoned veteran in the games as a service model, which indirectly paved the way to fortnite. Massive chinese internet company tencent snatched up 48.4 percent of epic games' available capital shares for $330 million last summer, giving the company the right to nominate directors to the. Back in june, chinese company tencent holdings purchased a minority stake in epic games, but it turns out that stake is substantial. tencent snatched up 48.4% of epic games shares last year.
