Mike Capps No Longer at Epic Games

<p>Mike Capps&comma; former president of Epic Games who <a title&equals;"Mike Capps&comma; President of Epic Games&comma; Retires" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;mike-capps-president-epic-games-retires&sol;">stepped down last year<&sol;a>&comma; is no longer at the company&period; The news comes from a post he made on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;michael&period;capps&period;351&sol;posts&sol;10151285241732680">his Facebook page<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;When we announced that I wanted to transition out of my leadership role at Epic&comma; the plan was for a continued but less active role&comma; service on the board of directors&comma; and ideally&comma; being that eccentric semi-retired guy who still comes to playtests and gold parties&period; I’m sad to say that plans have changed&comma; and as of February 11th&comma; I’m no longer affiliated with Epic Games&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This isn&&num;8217&semi;t a completely out of nowhere announcement&comma; as the staff at Epic was made aware of the news before Capps made it known to the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;So what’s next for me&quest; Games have been so good to me&comma; and I’m delighted to have the time to give back&period; I’m a member of several game industry boards&comma; and I’m proud to serve as an advocate for our art in Washington&period; I’m considering seats on a few company and advisory boards&comma; as well as options for teaching at one of the world-class universities in the North Carolina Triangle area&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he continued&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Capps ends his post by stating that he&&num;8217&semi;s preparing to be a father soon and that he has several games he wants to get through before sleep becomes scarce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;