Yesterday, we went to an appointment with “Epic Games China” to see a game called Mercenary Ops. The game, built in Unreal Engine 3 and full of Gears of War-esque gameplay, wasn’t particularly thrilling, but it was revealed as the first game from “Epic Games China.” As it turns out, that’s not quite true. “Mercenary Ops is being developed by Ying Pei Games, which was formerly Epic Games China. However, as with our many development and publishing partners, they are utilizing Unreal Engine technology,” Epic Games’ US reps told The Verge.
More bizarre? Ying Pei in Mandarin means “Epic,” making “Ying Pei Games” still (kinda sorta) “Epic Games.” When we asked Epic Games about the confusion, we were told, “We do own a minority stake in Ying Pei Games and we do work with them as with our other Unreal Engine developers, but Epic Games is not developing Mercenary Ops.”
Additionally, EpicGamesChina.com directs to the Ying Pei website, and we were told by reps yesterday that the studio is a “subsidiary” of Epic Games US. The game’s publisher, “Delkans,” is brand new to North American publishing and has two mystery owners from the tech sector, making this whole story all the more strange. And yes, if you just read all of this and are still super confused, we’re right there with you.
Epic Games China isn’t quite part of Epic Games (but kinda sorta) originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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