Cary, N.C. - Video game developer Epic Games has acquired a majority interest in Warsaw, Poland-based game developer People Can Fly, which is best known for its PC game "Painkiller."

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Recently, People Can Fly has been collaborating with Epic on the PC version of "Gears of War."

In addition, the two companies are collaborating on a new game title that Epic said it will be previewing privately to publishers this week.

People Can Fly, which employs 50 people, was founded in 2002.

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