Fortnite shoots past $1b in lifetime spending on App Store
Fortnite has surpassed $1 billion in lifetime player spend on mobile.
Tag: Epic Games
Epic changes its royalties scheme
As part of its Unreal Engine 5 preview, Epic Games announced changes to its licensing policy. Now creators will only have to pay royalties to Epic once their games have generated over $1 million in revenue. This applies retrospectively to all games…
Epic releases Unreal Engine 4.25 with next-gen console support
Developers can now download Unreal Engine 4.25, which supports Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X. The Fortnite company intends to update the vervsion throughout the year.
Video games in and out of court (December 2019 — April 2020). Part One.
Our friends at law firm Semenov&Pevzner have put together an exhaustive overview of the most significant legal disputes that have impacted the video games industry since late 2019. This overview covers both notable lawsuits and other impactful…
Epic launches Fortnite on Google Play citing pressure from Google
Fortnite has been available on Android for 18 months as a direct download from Epic Games’ website. The company has refused to launch the title on Google Play since Google requires all games on the store…
Report: Epic Games worth $15 billion, plans to increase that
The company behind Fortnite and Unreal Engine was valued in the investment at $15 billion in 2018, when a group of investors bought $1.25 billion of Epic Games’ shares. This is according to Bloomberg, which cites people familiar with…
Epic Games to publish third-party titles
Today, March 26, Epic Games announced a new initiative. It is called Epic Games Publishing. That’s right. The Fortnite and Epic Games Store company is going to begin publishing games by third-party teams.
Epic calls SuperData’s Fortnite revenue intel wildly inaccurate
Last week, SuperData released a report claiming that Fortnite’s revenue has “hit their lowest level since November 2017.” Yesterday, Epic Games issued the following statement: “SuperData does not and has not ever had access to…
Adam Sussman steps in as Epic Games president
Adam Sussman, formerly chief digital officer of Nike, is replacing Paul Meegan as Epic Games’ new president.
Epic Games Store now has games rating system, courtesy of OpenCritic
The Epic Games Store has introduced a games rating system, something it has been painfully missing up to now. This comes in the form of integration with OpenCritic, a site telling how many critics recommend…