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Fortnite drops early access label as Save the World enters full release
Development to slow with official launch, but PvE mode will remain a premium buy-in
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Epic Games Store hit 61m MAUs during "The Vault" game giveaway
Epic's Steam competitor reached 13m peak concurrent users during campaign in which Grand Theft Auto 5 was given away for free
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Police cars removed from Epic Games' Fortnite
The Wall Street Journal alleges that police vehicles were removed in response to the killing of George Floyd
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Fortnite "The Device" event was capped at 12m players
But 8.4 million more watched live on Twitch and YouTube
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Epic reportedly worth $17 billion in new funding round
Bloomberg reports that the Fortnite firm is about to close a $750 million round
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Epic Games Store scores next Total War game as exclusive
A Total War Saga: Troy will only be available through Epic for the first year, will be free for the first 24 hours
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A beginner's guide to performance capture by Epic Games
Sponsored article: Epic Games' David Hibbitts looks into the intricacies of performance capture and how to set up your own system
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Epic Games store integrates keyless purchasing with third-party platforms
Green Man Gaming, Fanatical, and Genba Digital join Humble in offering automatic purchases without key entry
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Epic denies disguising load times in Unreal Engine 5 demo
Spokesperson says the goal was to demonstrate the level of detail in the scene
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Free Grand Theft Auto 5 crashes Epic Games Store
Fortnite creator reports "most users" should now be able to access digital games marketplace
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Fortnite surpasses $1b in lifetime spending on App Store alone
Epic's battle royale sees mobile spending rise with Google Play launch
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Epic Games confirms Fortnite as launch title for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
Battle royale will be "optimised" for next-gen consoles, migration to Unreal Engine 5 due in 2021
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Epic Games announces Unreal Engine 5 with first PS5 footage
Beginning today, Epic will waive royalties on the first $1 million in game revenue for all Unreal Engine games
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Epic's next-gen bid to knock down the walled garden
Tim Sweeney, Kim Libreri, and Nick Penwarden discuss Unreal Engine 5, next-gen development, and Epic's efforts to make both open and accessible
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Epic updates Unreal Engine to support next-gen development
Version 4.25 allows developers to build and ship games for PS5, Xbox Series X
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Fortnite World Cup and Dota 2 International cancelled
Epic Games and Valve downsize esports plans in the face of coronavirus pandemic
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Travis Scott concert brings 12.3m concurrent users into Fortnite
Follow-up to last year's Marshmello event sets new record for Epic Games
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Epic relents, puts Fortnite on Google Play
Company says it took 18 months to realize Google puts apps from outside its own Android storefront at a disadvantage
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Epic offers $1m reward for evidence of Houseparty smear campaign
Fortnite developers assures that app does not enable access to bank accounts or other services
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Epic launches publishing label with Remedy, Playdead and GenDesign onboard
Epic Games Publishing will be multiplatform, cover as much as 100% of costs, and offer partners 50/50 profit share
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Gabe Newell: "Competition in game stores is awesome...but ugly in the short term"
Valve CEO: "We get a lot more freaked out not by competition, but by people trying to preclude competition"
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Epic acquires Cubic Motion
Unreal Engine maker picks up the company behind facial animation tech in God of War and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
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Epic Games Store adds wishlists
Steam's biggest rival adds essential marketing tool for independent developers
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Epic cancels Unreal Fest Europe
Following its withdrawal from GDC 2020, engine provider scraps its own event due to "uncertainty around health concerns and travel"
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Epic questions SuperData on Fortnite figures
Developer says market intelligence firm "has repeatedly published wildly inaccurate" numbers for its battle royale game