At Unreal Fest 2024, Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney, said that the company is now financially stable after letting go of 1000 employees.
Read More »Epic’s free game program has been “magical” claims CEO
Since its launch in 2018, the Epic Games Store has been giving a title or two away for free every single week – sometimes even more than weekly. According to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, this program “has been just magical.” During a recent press call (as transcribed by PCGamer), Epic …
Read More »Epic CEO claims “The end of these ridiculous 30% fees is near”
Last week, we reported on a statement from Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in which he explained why Fortnite is not available on the Steam Deck. Sweeney has since made his position even clearer, suggesting that Steam’s 30% fees are to blame. In response to a Twitter post discussing the …
Read More »Epic CEO explains why Fortnite isn’t on the Steam Deck
Epic Games has spent the last few years making a massive name for itself, going from a ‘mere’ engine developer to one of the biggest game publishers around, releasing arguably the most popular game currently (Fortnite) and even opening up their own PC store. Despite this, Fortnite isn’t available on …
Read More »Tim Sweeney says offering games for free can help increase their sales on other platforms
In an interview with Gamespot, Tim Sweeney from Epic Games claimed that the Epic Games Store giveaways can lead to increased sales on other platforms. Additionally, the founder of Epic Games also said that he plans to launch Epic Games Store for Android and iOS devices. The interview was part of …
Read More »Epic would ‘hastily retreat’ from store exclusives if Steam matched its revenue split
Over the last few months, Epic Games has been poaching plenty of games from Steam for its own store with timed exclusivity deals. In some examples, Epic Games has thrown so much money at developers that their games are profitable before they even launch. This strategy won't remain in place …
Read More »Epic Games backtracks on GDC statement, will continue to poach games from Steam
Over the last few months, we have seen more and more games jump from Steam over to the Epic Games Store with timed-exclusivity attached. This tends to cause quite a bit of controversy, especially if a Steam version of a game has already been announced. At GDC this year, Epic …
Read More »Epic Games dismisses accusations of data sharing and explains how it locks in exclusives
The Epic Games Store has quite a way to go before it can truly compete with already-established vendors such as Steam, but locking in Ashen, Hades, and The Walking Dead: The Final Season as launch exclusives is no small feat for the newcomer. Founder Tim Sweeney has since shared that …
Read More »Epic Games is now worth $8 billion following Fortnite success
Like it or not, Fortnite has gone on to become a huge success and is one of few games to cross over into the mainstream public eye. Epic Games has always had success thanks to the Unreal Engine, but Fortnite has given it a substantial push, with the studio as …
Read More »Tim Sweeney’s anti-Microsoft crusade is still going, claims Windows is ransomware
Over the last year or so, Tim Sweeney has been incredibly vocal about his distaste for Microsoft and some of the company's new Windows 10 initiatives. At first, he took issue with the Universal Windows Platform and went as far as to claim that Microsoft wants to try and kill Steam …
Read More »HTC Vive outselling Oculus Rift 2:1, claims Tim Sweeney
According to the founder of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, the HTC Vive is outselling the Oculus Rift by a ratio of 2:1. Claiming that the reason for the greater success rate of the Vive is its open-platform design, Sweeney said he expects this trend to continue and that ultimately open …
Read More »Epic’s Tim Sweeney thinks Microsoft wants to kill Steam
Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney has been a vocal opponent of Windows 10 and its Windows Marketplace, which he sees as Microsoft's attempt to lock down the entire ecosystem. Although his comments are often factually debatable, he's still not a fan of either and thinks Microsoft could drop W32 to try …
Read More »Tim Sweeney still isn’t happy about Microsoft’s UWP
Earlier this year, Epic Games' co-founder, Tim Sweeney, spoke quite openly about his issues with Microsoft's new Universal Windows Platform, which is created to allow software to run across the PC and Xbox One. Microsoft did announce plans to keep improving the new platform at its Build conference last month …
Read More »Microsoft: DirectX 12 adoption rate is fastest ever
It looks like developers are wasting absolutely no time in upgrading to DirectX 12 as Microsoft has revealed that its new graphics API has the fastest adoption rate of any DirectX version. DirectX 12 is the latest graphics API from Microsoft and it has strong ties to Windows 10, which …
Read More »Epic founder Tim Sweeney attacks unified Windows idea
If one thing has become clear from the way Microsoft has handled the launch and updates of the Xbox One, the launch of Windows 10 and its latest push for smartphone acceptance, it wants to build a single, unified Windows platform. Epic co-founder Tim Sweeney however, thinks that's a horrible …
Read More »Tim Sweeney: VR will look as good as real life 10 years from now
Tim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games and one of the best experts in computer graphics and video games in the world, believes that virtual reality will have dramatic influence on gaming. Moreover, rapid development of VR will mean that 10 years from now it will be impossible to distinguish …
Read More »Tim Sweeney: Virtual reality will be bigger than smartphones
Tim Sweeney, a legendary game developer, said in an interview that virtual reality technologies will have higher influence on video games than the smartphones had. At present the VR technology is mostly aimed at game developers, researchers, enthusiasts and early adopters, but eventually it will not only appeal to loads …
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