Industry March 18, 2021 Epic Games Store will become more convenient for communication. Group chats and player cards will appear in it The Epic Games team decided to take up the improvement of social functions in their store. For example, now they want to add group chats to it. But personal messages will be removed for a while.
Analytics January 29, 2021 749 million free game downloads and $700 million in revenue — Epic Games Store summed up 2020 The Epic Games team talked about what 2020 was like for its digital store. The report contains detailed statistics with business indicators and a few plans for this year. Spoiler: Weekly game giveaways will continue in 2021.
Games September 21, 2020 Hades sold 1 million copies, 30% of which were in the last four days Supergiant Games reported that their game Hades has surpassed the mark of 1 million copies sold. The project went out of early access just four days ago, and this short period accounted for 30% of all sales.Information about the achievement appeared on the company’s Twitter.
Industry September 11, 2020 Apple will continue to support the “Sign in with Apple” option for Epic Games accounts No sooner did Epic announce that soon the login to the Epic Games account via Apple ID will be unavailable, than everything changed. Apple is not going to block this option.Nevertheless, the creators of Fortnite are still asking players to be on their guard.
Industry September 10, 2020 Starting tomorrow, you won’t be able to log in to your Epic Games account with an Apple ID The confrontation between Epic and Apple is increasingly hurting users. Starting from September 11, players will not be able to log into Epic Games accounts using Apple. That’s what Apple decided.
Industry August 24, 2020 During the week, Remnant: From the Ashes was downloaded from the Epic Games Store 10 million times Giveaways on the Epic Games Store continue to attract millions of players. This time, 10 million people took a free copy of Remnant: From the Ashes for a week of distributing the game in the store.
Industry June 24, 2020 GTA V distribution helped Epic Games Store reach a MAU of 61 million people MAU Epic Games Store jumped to 61 million people. The online peak of 13 million users was also recorded. All this is thanks to the distribution of GTA V.
Industry March 10, 2020 GeForce Now has received support from Epic Games and Ubisoft The GeForce Now cloud service started unsuccessfully. In the first month, Activision Blizzard and Bethesda left him. But now other major publishers are campaigning for the platform: Epic Games and Ubisoft.
Money January 28, 2020 73% of developers want to give Steam less than 30% of revenue Steam takes an unreasonably large share from sales, according to most developers. This is indicated by the results of the GDC survey.
Platforms January 27, 2020 Matt Piscatella: the launch of the Epic Games Store could lead to a drop in revenue of the digital PC segment The launch of the Epic Games Store led to a decline in sales on all PC platforms, including Steam. This was stated by NPD Group analyst Mat Piscatella.
Industry January 14, 2020 During the first year in the Epic Game Store, players spent $ 680 million Since its launch on December 6, 2018, $680 million has been spent in the Epic Game Store digital store. Of this amount, $251 million fell on third-party titles.
Industry December 10, 2019 Tim Sweeney accused Google Play of illegally distributing income with IAP Epic Games and Google again did not agree on a fundamental issue. “Epics” want to release Fortnite on Google Play, but not give the store 30% of the revenue. The developer called this distribution of shares “illegal”.
Money December 9, 2019 Epic Games Store lifted the restriction on the use of third-party payment systems Epic Games has changed the payment rules in its store. Now it will be easier for developers to charge for in-game purchases.
Platforms October 29, 2019 The Epic Games Store has an updated design: now there are top sales and filters The Epic Games game store changed significantly yesterday. Visually and functionally, it has become more reminiscent of traditional stores.
Industry October 25, 2019 Fortnite’s Android installer is now called Epic Games Epic Games has started implementing a plan to launch its own Android store. The company has changed the name of the Android application with which Fortnite is installed.
Industry October 22, 2019 The deal with Epic Games Store has reduced the financial burden of the authors of Satisfactory Almost a year ago, the Satisfaction simulator became an exclusive Epic Games Store. Now the developers of Coffee Stain Studios have stated that since then they have felt great financial independence.
Marketing August 28, 2019 Bandai Namco abandoned Epic Games Store because of its format Bandai Namco explained why she is so not interested in the Epic Games Store. “We don’t share his vision,” said Herve Hoerdt, the company’s marketing vice president.
Industry August 23, 2019 Hades Bagel will cease to be an EGS exclusive in December One of the first Epic Games Store exclusives will be available on Steam by the end of the year. This is a Hades bagel from the authors of Transistor.
Industry August 21, 2019 Cooperative indie Dauntless gained 14 million players The audience of the Dauntless frituplein exceeded 14 million players. Moreover, 11 million joined it in less than three months.
Industry August 6, 2019 Epic Games: Massive Threats to Ooblets Creators are a Wake—up call for the Entire Industry In the situation with the harassment of the authors of Ooblets, the creators of Epic Games Store did not stand aside. They defended the Glumberland studio and at the same time noted an “alarming trend”.