Epic Hoping to Better Serve European and Russian Players With New Office

Unreal Tournament and Gears of War creator Epic Games today announced the formation and opening of a office in Berlin, Germany. This is a publishing office, not a game development studio.

It represents Epic's first branch in the country. In a statement, Epic said this office will help the developer to better serve its players in Europe and Russia specifically.

"The best way to serve our players is to have a local presence," Epic president Paul Meegan said. "Our European and Russian community is important to us, and establishing our Berlin office is the first step to ensuring they'll have a great day one experience with our games."

Epic has recruited Paw Larsen (director of publishing for western Europe) and Sergey Galyonkin (director of publishing for eastern Europe) to lead the office. Before epic, Larsen and Galyonkin worked at Riot Games (League of Legends) and Wargaming (World of Tanks), respectively.

The new Epic office in Berlin is currently looking to fill positions in the marketing communications, community, and player support fields. You can visit this page and this page for more on job opportunities.

Epic's headquarters is in Cary, North Carolina. Its other US-based studios include Epic Games Seattle and Chair Entertainment in Utah. Internationally, Epic has offices in the UK, Japan, Korea, and China.

The studio is currently working on Paragon, Fortnite, and an ambitious-sounding game titled Spyjinx, which Chair Entertainment is making with Star Wars director JJ Abrams and his Bad Robot team. Epic also runs and licenses the Unreal Engine, which is used in many high-profile games.

Epic sold the Gears of War franchise to Microsoft in 2014.