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Former Unreal Engine President Joins Another Huge Game Engine Company

Mike Capps now working as an "internal advisor" for the Unity engine.

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Former Epic Games president Mike Capps--who oversaw the Gears of War and Unreal Engine properties at the studio--is now working for another major game engine company. Unity Technologies, the company behind the popular Unity engine, has announced that Capps has come aboard as its "internal advisor."

Mike Capps
Mike Capps

As explained in a blog post by Unity CEO John Riccitiello (the former chief of Electronic Arts), Capps will spend about one week per month working on behalf of Unity. His work will begin early this month with a trip to Copehagan, Riccitiello said.

"He's a very strong supporter of Unity's core principles of solving hard problems so our developers don't have to, and the movement to democratize game development," Riccitiello said about Capps. "He'll be a huge boon to us in Unity continuing down that path."

The Unity game engine is one of the biggest in the business, powering popular games like HearthStone: Heroes of Warcraft and Cities: Skylines, among many others. Microsoft recently reached a deal with Unity for HoloLens.

Capps also provided a statement of his own regarding his move to Unity.

"Unity is in such an enviable position in the industry," he said. "I see so much exciting potential, and opportunities where I might be able to help, that this role was a logical next step. I'll do my best to advise John and the leadership team to keep Unity's tools driving innovation and creative self-expression in ways we can’t even imagine."

Capps announced he would be stepping down from Epic Games back in December 2012, ultimately parting ways with the company for good a year later. He's not the only prominent Epic Games figure to have left the company in recent years, as Gears of War creator and producer, Cliff Bleszinski and Rod Fergusson, respectively, also moved on.

In addition to his new role at Unity, Capps currently sits on the board of directors for a range of game industry companies, including the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the Game Developers Conference, and Alan Wake developer Remedy Entertainment.

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