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.jpg) Rein at the 2012Develop Conference inBrighton, UK | |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Title | Vice president of Epic Games |
Mark A. Rein is a Canadian entrepreneur and thevice president of video game and software development companyEpic Games.[1][2][3] He is also a co-owner of theNHL'sCarolina Hurricanes.[4]
Rein often gives assessments of the progress of his company and gives a monthly update in the magazineGame Developer where he also provides updates on the state of theUnreal Engine. He resides inRaleigh, North Carolina, though he was raised inToronto, Ontario, Canada.[5]
Rein first got involved in the video game industry when he got in touch withJohn Romero, who at that time worked forid Software. Since Rein was a fan of the previousCommander Keen games, Romero got him to playtest the then under developmentCommander Keen 4. Rein was then brought in to handle the business side of id as its "probationary president".
He then negotiated a deal withFormGen to publish a retailCommander Keen game,Commander Keen in Aliens Ate My Babysitter. This business relationship with id lasted untilSpear of Destiny (which again, he negotiated as a retail version ofWolfenstein 3D). During the development ofWolfenstein 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 bookMasters of Doom.[6]
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