Epic hires former Big Huge Games staffers, opens new Epic Baltimore studio

Just when you thought there was nothing good left in this world, Epic Games has hired up a bunch of unemployed former Big Huge Games staffers following the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning studio’s sudden and dramatic closure last week amid financial crisis.

“On Wednesday, the ex-BHG leadership team contacted us. They wanted to start a new company and keep together some of the key talent displaced by the layoff, and hoped that they could use an Epic IP as a starting point for a new game. We loved that they all wanted to keep working together, but it was pretty clear they’d have trouble building a demo and securing funding before their personal savings ran out,” writes Epic president Mike Capps on the company’s website.

“In one of life’s coincidences, Epic’s directors had spent the morning discussing how we’d love to build even more successful projects with our growing team, but that we’d need a dramatic infusion of top talent to do so. Which, we all knew, was impossible.

“So now we’re planning to start an impossible studio in Baltimore.”

Noting that there’s still a whole lot to get done – including the acquisition of adequate quantities of Nerf weaponry and Dr Pepper – Capps adds that they’re hoping to set these guys up “as soon as we can”.

Awwwww. Fuzzy-wuzzy kittens available separately.