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Rumors are flying all over the web on a daily basis, most are too pointless to even receive a comment from those supposedly involved. Yesterday, a rumor from GamePro suggested that Microsoft was interested in acquiring Epic for $1 billion. Epic’s ever present VP Mark Rein jokingly commented on the rumor, saying,

“I have not seen the actual GamePro article but if they’re going to make predictions about us selling Epic we would prefer if they started at $2 billion,” he said. “Because we don’t want anyone thinking that we’re cheap. ”

Obviously, Epic would like to stay independent, as any other studio. And with blockbusters like Gears of War and UT3, plus their lucrative software business (Unreal Engines), there’s no need to sell off. However, everything has its price, as we’ve been reminded so many times.