Mark Rein (software executive)

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Mark Rein
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Rein at the 2012 Develop Conference in Brighton, UK
NationalityCanadian
OccupationEntrepreneur
TitleVice president of Epic Games

Mark A. Rein is a Canadian entrepreneur and the vice president of video game and software development company Epic Games.[1][2][3] He is also a co-owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.[4]

Rein is known to often give assessments of the progress of his company and gives a monthly update in the magazine Game Developer where he provides a short update on the state of the Unreal Engine. He resides in Raleigh, North Carolina, though he was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[5]

Career[]

Rein first got involved in the video game industry when he got in touch with John Romero, who at that time worked for id Software. Since Rein was a fan of the previous Commander Keen games, Romero got him to playtest the then under development Commander Keen 4. Rein was then brought in to handle the business side of id as its "probationary president". He then negotiated a deal with FormGen to publish a retail Commander Keen game, Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter. This business relationship with id lasted until Spear of Destiny (which again, he negotiated as a retail version of Wolfenstein 3D). During the development of Wolfenstein 3D, he was later let go from id after a difference of opinion with the rest of the staff. He was also later joined at Epic by Jay Wilbur, id's ex-business manager, and Rein's involvement in id did mean that he was briefly mentioned in the book Masters of Doom.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Chidley, Joe (17 February 1997). "Intel Unveils New MMX Pentium Chip". Maclean's. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ Kohler, Chris (5 February 2007). "Interview: Epic's Mark Rein". Wired. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. ^ Stuart, Keith (30 January 2008). "The Mark Rein interview". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  4. ^ Makuch, Eddie (28 February 2013). "Epic Games co-founder buys stake in NHL team". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. ^ Preston, Ken (28 February 2014). "Hurricanes Welcome New Investors. Mark and Tara Rein, Chuck Hammel join Peter Karmanos Jr.'s ownership group". Carolina Hurricanes. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  6. ^ Kushner, David (2003). Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. United States: Random House. ISBN 978-1-58836-289-6. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

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