Scion Studios

Scion Studios
Company info
Status	Defunct
Foundation details	In: ~January 18, 2003 At: Raleigh, CA By: Mike Capps
Defunction date	March 18, 2003
Owned by	Mike Capps
Key people	Mike Capps Jim Brown Pete Hayes
Laboral info
Worked in	Unreal Tournament 2004 Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict

Scion Studios was a company which helped in the development of Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict.

Bio

"Scion Studios, LLC, was established in 2002 to explore development opportunities within Epic Games' established action titles, and beyond. Scion's owner-employees are creative industry veterans who are brought together by a passion for intelligent development of highest quality action games. Scion currently has two unannounced titles under production, and is actively seeking top talent for both teams."

– Scion Studios

The studio was founded as a subsidiary of Epic Games at the beginning of 2003. It was composed by around 10 people, topping at 20 at some point. It was led by Dr. Michael Capps, who led the U.S. Army's efforts to develop their own computer game, America's Army, as a recruitment tool. Other notable members were level designer Jim Brown, long-time Unreal community member and also level designer Jean 'El Chicoverde' Rochefort (who also developed the Unreal Tournament 2004 map CTF-MoonDragon) and former Legend Entertainment artist Anthony Pereira.

The initial plan was for Epic to lead the company until they developed two games, after which control of the company would be left to Scion's employees. Their offices were located down the hall from Epic's offices in the Capitol Center off Jones Franklin Road.

On March 18, 2003, the studio merged with Epic Games, with all of its staff becoming part of the company. Mike Capps was named Epic Games's president after the merger, while Tim Sweeney remained chairman and CEO of the company. The company was still credited by its full name by the time Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict was released, though.

Works

The studio is credited with the creation of CTF-Avaris, which appeared in Unreal Tournament 2003 (with the Epic Bonus Pack) and Unreal Tournament 2004. They've also contributed a lot of content for Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict that never saw the light.

External links and references

• Callaham, John (April 17, 2003). "On Scion Studios' Vision". HomeLan Fed. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003. Retrieved July 11, 2020.