News Fortnite's Marshmello concert beats game's concurrent player record 10.6 million players showed up to event, breaking past record by around 2.5 million Feb. 22, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic Games to deliver keynote at GamesIndustry.biz Investment Summit US Full schedule now released for PAX East event Feb. 21, 2019 Christopher Dring
News Epic pulls YouTube ads after predatory videos discovered Fortnite pre-roll ads removed as YouTube continues to struggle with recommendation algorithm Feb. 21, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic Games files legal claim against Fortnite Live event organizers Update: Organizer Exciting Events forced to stop trading to limit losses Feb. 19, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Fortnite iOS revenue estimated at $500 million Sensor Tower's data shows Epic's game reaching that milestone faster than Clash Royale and Honor of Kings Feb. 8, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Zynga CEO: It's “too early to tell” if more will follow Epic's anti-App Store stance Frank Gibeau says casual games firm has a “great partnership” with both Apple and Google Feb. 7, 2019 James Batchelor
News Opt-in review system in the works for Epic Games Store Developers will be able to decide whether they want to allow consumers to leave reviews on their games Feb. 1, 2019 James Batchelor
News Metro Exodus PC skipping Steam for Epic Games store [UPDATE]: THQ Nordic distances itself from decision as Valve criticizes move as "unfair to Steam customers, especially after a long pre-sale period" Jan. 28, 2019 Brendan Sinclair
Stub Epic overhauls how loot boxes work in Fortnite: Save the World Developer aims for transparency and avoiding item duplicates Jan. 28, 2019 Press Release
News Epic Games acquires Agog Labs SkookumScript developers will cease work on the Unreal Engine 4 plugin to work on "exciting new projects" with Epic Jan. 24, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Epic Games acquires 3Lateral Creators of digital humans tools joins Unreal Engine team, will continue to support its partners in games, film and TV Jan. 23, 2019 Rupert Loman
News Netflix: "We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO" TV and film streaming service points to Epic's battle royale title as a major competitor Jan. 18, 2019 Matthew Handrahan
News Cybersecurity firm exposes Fortnite vulnerability If exploited, hackers could have viewed personal information, purchased items, and overheard chat through affected accounts Jan. 16, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Sergey Galyonkin: Epic Games store courting a younger, Steam-less audience Epic Games' director of publishing strategy offers glimpse of what the storefront plans to offer both consumers and influencers in the coming months and year Jan. 14, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic Games store establishes new refund policy Previous contact form request system amended to unlimited refunds under 14 days, two hours played Jan. 12, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic, Improbable team up for $25 million fund to bring SpatialOS developers to "more open engines" Saga of Unity, Improbable, and SpatialOS continues as Epic opens door to developers "left in limbo" by terms of service changes Jan. 11, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic Games store planned for launch on Android this year Company looks toward iOS launch also, despite "apparent conflict" with Apple policy Jan. 10, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Ubisoft forgoes Steam in favour of Epic Games for The Division 2 Epic and Ubisoft to partner on "additional select titles" throughout the year Jan. 9, 2019 Ivy Taylor
News Fortnite sees best month on iOS yet in December Final month of 2019 saw 83% month-over-month revenue increase to nearly $69 million Jan. 8, 2019 Rebekah Valentine
News Epic shuts down Fortnite data miner [UPDATE]: Developer says the takedown was for promoting and advertising game mod tools, "not directly related" to leaking Dec. 14, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Epic's Fortnite was the highest trending game on Google US in 2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 and Fallout 76 were second and third Dec. 13, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News EGX Rezzed 2019 sees return of Epic's Powered by Unreal Engine zone Unreal Engine devs exhibiting at the London show next March eligible to have their space doubled Dec. 13, 2018 GamesIndustry.biz Staff
News Epic to launch cross-platform services for developers Tools built for Fortnite will be made free and open for all engines, platforms, and stores Dec. 12, 2018 Brendan Sinclair
News Epic pulls Infinity Blade series from the App Store Fans assured that the pioneering mobile franchise will be "popping up in places you wouldn't expect" Dec. 11, 2018 Matthew Handrahan
News Three studios delay - or cancel - their Steam launches in favour of Epic Games Store Coffee Stain's Satisfactory no longer coming to Valve's marketplace, while Team17 and Double Damage delay their titles Dec. 10, 2018 James Batchelor