http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/10/03/rumor-ea-on-the-prowl-looking-to-buy-epic-games/

Gears of War 2010? 2011? Unreal Tournament most released? no thank you!

if EA buys Epic then we can almost guarantee a Multiplatform Gears Of War 3 with a GBA release.

I'm pretty sure that Microsoft own the rights to Gears of War, so would they create another studio to handle the franchise?

"acquisition of a company who's engine"

Where did these clowns go to school at?

Unlike Take-Two, Epic is a private company. EA will have to make the prospective deal real sweet if they want it to be taken seriously.

Doesnt matter. Microsoft is learning to make their own games in-house now. They want less to do with being a third party publisher going forward.

It would be a bad thing for Unreal Engine.
Last time EA bought an Engine company, every competitor switched to a different one ( that's how Unreal Engine became so big..)

 Yeah, that's why they are closing Enseble, and let Bungie ago a few months back.

 *rolls eyes*

I know.  What are they going to do for an encore, end their sentences with prepositions?

And they closed FASA.  And they let BioWare, Bizarre, and Itigaki slip away.  And...