Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.
Cloud Imperium Games is a new kind of independent studio dedicated to delivering AAA experiences outside the established publisher system, founded by Chris Roberts, creator of the best selling Wing Commander and Freelancer series. Cloud Imperium is currently in development on two AAA titles; Star Citizen an epic Sci-Fi MMO and Squadron 42 an equally epic single player narrative driven variety game with A-list cast. Both titles combine classic space sim gameplay with Hollywood-caliber visuals.
Cloud Imperium paves new ground in game development by sharing the process with the players. Where game development was once hidden, Cloud Imperium has opted to share the process with the gaming community. The community is closely engaged and their feedback is considered in all aspects of game development.
Cloud Imperium has studios in Austin, Texas ; Manchester, UK and Frankfurt, Germany.