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Epic Games’ Mark Rein thinks iPad has performance to run cool 3-D games (video)

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mark reinMark Rein, vice president at Epic Games, was at the premiere of the iPad tablet computer from Apple today. We caught up with him in a brief video interview to talk about making games for the iPad. Epic is known for its hardcore games such as Gears of War and Unreal Tournament. He thinks the iPad will be a great platform for games in the future, even more so than the current iPhone.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.