Epic set to release Arc Raiders-like extraction shooter with Disney characters by the end of the year
… "Epic's timelines are aggressive and always have been. …
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Fortnite maker Epic cuts over 1,000 jobs as battle royale suffers slump - "We're spending significantly more than we're making"
… News of the layoffs, which follows 830 job cuts at the company in 2023 , was shared in a blog post by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, mirroring a note sent to employees today. "Today we're laying off over 1000 Epic employees," the post reads. …
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney apologises and seemingly rectifies life insurance situation of laid off worker with terminal brain cancer
… According to his 29th March answer, Epic is now in the process of "solving the insurance" for Prinke and his family. …
Fortnite is making its original Save the World mode free-to-play as Epic readjusts prices and tries to deal with dwindling engagement
… Now, Epic has just announced the Save the World mode we often forget about is going free-to-play . …
Disney could be interested in buying Fortnite maker Epic Games, but not everyone's on board with the idea
… Since the company isn't publicly traded , "Epic is a founder-controlled company," Heath reminded listeners. …
Former Valve writer hits out at Epic Games layoffs: "It's not like they're a publicly traded company. It's not like there's some need to hit the stock market thing. This is Tim"
… "Would you be that way about Epic now? Everybody I know at Epic that was like 'The Epic Guy' that had been there forever is gone. …
Fortnite to raise V-Buck prices later this month "to help pay the bills" after Epic Games generated over $6 billion last year
… It's all fairly straightforward: You're getting less V-Buck for your hard-earned money because the entertainment giant, which reportedly made $6.21 billion in gross revenue last year, needs help to "pay the bills." The new values for each pack, unless changes are backtracked, will be as follows reg… …
Fortnite developers say there will be a huge impact on development "for the rest of the year and likely beyond" following mass layoffs
… The impact of this major shake-up can't be understated, and it leaves the future of the game - and Epic, more generally - looking very uncertain. …
As Fortnite struggles and competitors grow, PUBG's boss claims battle royale is still "in a really good position" - but needs "different game modes to survive"
… From my own conversations with Epic, and piecing together the unspoken but implied lessons of its numbers, it became clear Fortnite's playtime had dropped considerably - "the logical conclusion" from the figures, as Epic's Steve Allison put it to me at the time. …
Guerrilla Games co-founder developing European game engine to rival Unreal and Unity
Guerrilla Games co-founder and former Epic tech director Arjan Brussee is working to build a new game engine as an "European alternative" to US-centric engines like Unreal and Unity. …