Kotaku: Mike Capps

Bulletstorm Didn't Make Money, But it Was Worth It

Stephen Totilo — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:00:00 EDT

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Mike Capps, president of Gears of War development studio, doesn't regret Bulletstorm. That game got a lot of hype—and some extraordinarily odd press coverage—when it was released earlier this year. It was an odd first-person shooter that was vulgar in tone and creative in execution, rewarding players for, well, being creative in how they executed kills in the game—more points, for example, if you shotgunned a guy into a giant space cactus. More »

Bulletstorm Gives Us One Epic Shower Scene

Mike Fahey — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:20:00 EST

I don't know how you should feel about seeing Epic Games president Mike Capps in the shower. I'm still trying to figure out how I should feel about a game that urges me to preorder by calling me "dick tits." More »

Project Sword Is Epic's First Unreal Engine iPhone Game

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:20:00 EDT

Gears of War and Unreal Tournament creators Epic Games will bring competitive multiplayer sword-based combat, powered by its Unreal Engine, to the iPhone later this year with slash-em-up Project Sword. More »

Epic Games Expands To Tokyo, Teases "Secret Plans" For Studio

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:30:00 EDT

Epic Games president Mike Capps announced at his Tokyo Game Show panel today that the Gears of War and Unreal Engine developer is expanding its empire into Japan. It may also have grander plans for Epic Games Japan. More »

How'd You Like Your Game Ending to Be DLC?

Owen Good — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST

Downloadable content as a weapon against second-hand resales is, nothing new, but Epic's Mike Capps has heard other ideas for how it can be used with devastating effect. If you hated the idea of DLC weapons in Bad Company, well, you're really going to hate this. More »

Epic Prez Says Xbox Winning Online Battle With "Cool Stuff"

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:40:00 EST

Epic Games president and connoisseur of "cool stuff" Mike Capps believes that Microsoft is winning the battle for online dominance, partly because of the soon-to-launch New Xbox Experience. Capps tells GamesIndustry.biz that the Xbox 360's expansion of the "Live presence" and, in particular, the streaming of Netflix content are what's putting Microsoft in the "winning" position. More »

Epic Boss: Lower Scores for PC GoW are "bullshit"

Owen Good — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

A month later, E3 quotes, comments and tidbits are still coming out in dribs and drabs. Here's one: Outspoken Epic honcho Mike Capps, in a lengthy video interview elsewhere, is a bit pissed at the fact reviewers hated on Gears of War for the PC. More »

Epic Games Exploring New IPs Through Comic Books

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:00:22 EDT

Mike Capps, el presidente of Epic Games, recently spoke at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle, saying that his company had lost some of its "nimbleness" as a blockbuster producing studio. With massive titles like Gears of War and Unreal Tournament on its plate, its looking to explore new franchises on the cheap, specifically through comic books. More »

Epic Preps Unreal Engine 4 For "Next Console Generation"

Leigh Alexander — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Epic president Mike Capps guesses the next console generation will begin anywhere between 2012 and 2018 — and when it does, Unreal Engine 4 will be already waiting for it. At least, that's what Capps told an audience Microsoft's Gamefest 2008 in Seattle this week, according to a Gamasutra report. More »

Why The Chainsaw Gun Exists (Boring Edition)

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:27 EDT

Gun plus chainsaw? There must be more to that than simply "looks cool." There is! Epics president Mike Capps says while he was originally against the idea, he told a Comic Con panel: More »

Epic's Mike Capps Reiterates Hate on Wii

ogood — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:00:00 EDT

In an interview with IGN Saturday at the New York Comic-Con, the Epic Games president Mike Capps lays down the law: No Wii game is ever forthcoming from his company. The reason? "We go forward, not back." Apparently the Wii is not next-gen to him. More »

Gears of War Almost Ditched Multiplayer

Mark Wilson — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:20:28 EDT

Mike Capps, President of Epic Games, revealed two horrible judgments that he almost made regarding Gears of War. The first regarded multiplayer:

I was going to cut multiplayer from Gears because I thought it wasn't coming together fast enough...The day before E3 I'm like "no guys, it's not pulling together". And they made it, they pulled it together, and then we won every award.

But maybe Gears multiplayer is only good because he almost cut it. Oohh, deep, we know. But Capps had another opinion that was just plain wrong. More »