 Epic's Vice President Mark Rein, having known People Can Fly's work, personally handled the agreement.Within a month, People Can Fly had created a demo that impressed Rein with the speed it was developed with and its quality, and arranged for the studio to work on the port of "Gears of War" to personal computers, financially saving the studio.Epic's interest in People Can Fly led to the two companies collaborating on "Bulletstorm" and "", reaching about 120 staff members at this time.