A rival video game maker has thrown a lifeline to Curt Schilling’s Maryland employees.

Epic Games Inc. of Cary, N.C., plans to hire some of the 100 people who worked for Big Huge Games, the suburban Baltimore subsidiary of Schilling’s 38 Studios LLC. The entire staff of Providence-based 38 Studios — about 400 people — was laid off on May 24, after Schilling failed to raise more money to keep the company going.