It was developed by SaadaSoft and published by Epic MegaGames in 1989.

The German producer Artur Brauner expressed interest in remaking The Indian Tomb ( a story that Lang had developed in the twenties that was ultimately taken from him by studio heads and directed instead by Joe May ), so Lang abandoned his plans for retirement and returned to Germany in order to make his " Indian Epic ".

In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh was said to have destroyed a tree that was in a sacred grove dedicated to the goddess Ishtar / Inanna / Asherah.

The brief allusion to the Judgment in the Iliad ( 24. 25 – 30 ) shows that the episode initiating all the subsequent action was already familiar to its audience ; a fuller version was told in the Cypria, a lost work of the Epic Cycle, of which only fragments ( and a reliable summary ) remain.

His minor role in the Epic Cycle narrating the Trojan War was of warning the Trojans in vain against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks —" A deadly fraud is this ," he said, " devised by the Achaean chiefs!

One of the most famous of these was the Epic of Gilgamesh, in twelve books, translated from the original Sumerian by a certain Sin-liqe-unninni, and arranged upon an astronomical principle.

Faith No More's song " Epic " is considered by some to be the earliest incarnation of nu metal, with antiMusic writing " Epic was ( unfortunately for a truly avant-garde outfit like Faith No More ) the model prototype of what more than a few AR label recruiters were looking to tap.

The oldest surviving epic poem is the Epic of Gilgamesh, from the 3rd millennium BC in Sumer ( in Mesopotamia, now Iraq ), which was written in cuneiform script on clay tablets and, later, papyrus.

This strategy is rare, and was last seen in the NFL in the " WoodStrock " combination of Don Strock and David Woodley, which took the Miami Dolphins to the Epic in Miami and Super Bowl XVII the following year.

The band's debut album, REO Speedwagon, was released on Epic Records in 1971.

In 1977, REO convinced Epic Records that their strength was in their live performances.

Epic agreed to let them produce their first live album, Live: You Get What You Play For, which was certified platinum.

In the early 1990s, shareware distribution was a popular method of publishing games for smaller developers, including then-fledgling companies such as Apogee Software ( now 3D Realms ), Epic Megagames ( now Epic Games ), and id Software.

The book was initially published by Pacific Comics, briefly by Eclipse Comics, then Marvel Comics under their since-discontinued Epic Comics imprint ( which allowed creators to retain copyrights ), then Image Comics, and currently Dark Horse Comics.

Virgin Records was the most likely choice but Epic Records made a last minute offer and secured the Stranglers ' services.

" Man of the Earth ", which the band had high hopes for, was due to be the third single from the album, however Epic Records decided against it when The Stranglers failed to secure a tour in America.

Not long after Amos was ensconced with her new label, she received unsettling news when Polly Anthony resigned as president of Epic Records in 2003.

These early levels were sealed off with a sterile deposit that was interpreted by excavators of the 1920s as evidence for the Great Flood of the book of Genesis and Epic of Gilgamesh.

When Unreal was finally released, Microsoft's Direct3D API was growing almost exponentially in popularity and Epic was fairly quick to develop a renderer for their game engine.

The two sides settled on a new contract that delivers three albums to Epic / Immortal with an option on a fourth.

" Shooter also institutionalized creator royalties, starting the Epic imprint for creator-owned material in 1982 ; introduced company-wide crossover story arcs, with Contest of Champions and Secret Wars ; and launched a new, albeit ultimately unsuccessful, line named New Universe, to commemorate Marvel's 25th anniversary, in 1986.

On October 1, 2007, two new high definition programs, Epic Conditions and WeatherVentures, premiered.

Other new series that launched on Nickelodeon in 2011 include Supah Ninjas, Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures, and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness.

, Friday nights feature primarily reruns of various original series, the Saturday night schedule ( historically known as SNICK, in modern times sometimes called " A Night of Premieres ", when new episodes of three or four of its original programs are scheduled to air ) features episode premieres or repeats of iCarly, Big Time Rush and Victorious, along with periodic episode premieres of Supah Ninjas ( all first-run episodes are cycled on the schedule, giving a variable schedule ) and occasional original movie premieres, while Sunday nights feature first-run episodes of Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures and bi-monthly episode premieres of Nick News ( the latter of which after Nickelodeon gave the Sunday 8 p. m.

Moebius painted new covers for the Epic line of Blueberry.

Watkins also confirmed that she and Rozonda are in talks with L. A. Reid's Epic Records for a new TLC album, that they would like to release after the biopic.

During a concert in May 2009, the band revealed that they were no longer signed to Epic Records and that they would be releasing new material through their own label later in the year.

In 2001, Duran Duran's original five members reunited to record a new album, Astronaut, for Epic Records.

After demanding a release from Sony / Epic Records, Cam ' ron signed with his childhood friend and new manager Damon Dash to Roc-A-Fella Records in 2001, alongside artists such as Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Freeway and Memphis Bleek.

With the explosion of new wave music and the declining popularity of disco, the group explored other styles and changed labels, joining Epic Records in 1980 after TK Records went bankrupt.

English Columbia continued to distribute American Columbia sister labels Okeh and Epic until 1968 when American Columbia's then parent CBS moved distribution of all its labels to the then new CBS Records created from the purchase of Oriole Records ( UK ) in late 1964.

Vandross ' decision rapidly led to a recording contract with Epic Records that same year but didn't stop him from doing some background vocals on " Miracles " and on the new Petrus created act, The B.

It was confirmed in February 2012 that Sylvia Rhone would be launching a new record label through Epic Records.

When asked about this process, and the track " Epic Problem " in particular, singer / guitarist Guy Picciotto explained to Pitchfork Media in 2002 " This time, for some reason, we just came up with a new idea for it.

The new decade found Starlin creating an expansive story titled " the Metamorphosis Odyssey ", which introduced the character of Vanth Dreadstar in Epic Illustrated # 3.

Introduced in April 2008, a new zone around The Ice-Bay of Forochel was added, while the Epic quest line follows the last days of Arvedui, Last King of Arthedain.

It was also their first album for their new US label Epic.

In summer 2004, Epic and Atari, in collaboration, released an XP Levels downloadable mappack, which included two new Onslaught maps, ONS-Ascendancy and ONS-Aridoom.

In December 2005, the Mega Bonus Pack was released online by Epic games, which included several new maps, along with the latest patch and the Editor's Choice Edition content.

Under George Halvorson's direction, Kaiser looked closely at two medical software vendors, Cerner and Epic Systems, ultimately selecting Epic as the primary vendor for a new system, branded KP HealthConnect.

This increases all store-credit trade values by 10 %, discounts all used accessories and games by 10 %, gives new members a coupon for ' Buy 2 Get 1 Free ' on pre-owned games / accessories, enters them twice for the Epic Rewards Giveaway for each purchase, and gives them access to special content on the Game Informer website.