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”.
Industry August 5, 2019 Ooblets developers were hounded because of a deal with Epic Games Store A new drama has arrived related to the exclusivity of games in the Epic Games Store. Indie studio Glumberland, which created Ooblets, was bullied because of a deal with “epics”.
Industry July 3, 2019 Epic Games Store will begin to reimburse the backers of all its exclusives that have left Steam. Including Shenmue III Epic Games has taken care of Kickstarter backers who are unhappy that the games they funded are leaving Steam and becoming exclusives of the Epic Games Store. All the refands to the players will be carried out by the latter.
Industry June 25, 2019 World War Z has sold 700 thousand copies in the Epic Games Store In two months, the sold circulation of World War Z exceeded 2 million copies. And the best platform for the game turned out to be the Epic Games Store.
Industry May 21, 2019 Epic Games Store users were banned for buying too many games Along with one scandal due to the “mega-sale” in the Epic Games Store, another occurred. The store’s users complained that the company was blocking their accounts for buying too many games.
Industry May 20, 2019 Borderlands 3 was removed from the Epic Games Store before the end of the “mega sale” Borderlands 3 also left the Epic Games Store for the duration of the “mega sale”. In recent days, this is the third game withdrawn from the store by its own publisher.
Industry May 17, 2019 Two games disappeared from the Epic Games Store during the “mega sale”. Their publishers didn’t know that the store was compensating them for the discount Yesterday, the first major sale — Epic Mega Sale – started in the Epic Games Store. There were some incidents. Vampire games disappeared from the store immediately after the promotion started: The Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 and Oxygen Not Included.
Industry May 15, 2019 Epic Games Store opened in China, but it was not immediately noticed Earlier this week, Chinese players got access to the Epic Games Store. But officially Epic Games did not report anything.
Industry May 2, 2019 Epic Games Buys Psyonix Studio that developed Rocket League (UPDATED) Tim Sweeney’s company has dealt one of the strongest blows to Valve. She acquired the authors of the Rocket League game. The latter is one of the most popular projects on Steam.
Industry April 30, 2019 Saber Interactive developer thanked Epic Games Store for good sales of World War Z on PC Sales of World War Z on PC exceeded the expectations of Saber Interactive studio. Her management attributes the success of the game to its exclusivity for the Epic Games Store.
Industry April 12, 2019 Rumor: Epic Games has hired the co-founder of Respawn A month ago, Epic Games hired one of the founders of Respawn Entertainment — Jason West. At least, that’s what The Game Awards host Geoff Keighley says on Twitter.
Industry March 29, 2019 Sales in the Epic Games Store totaled about $500 million in four months (UPDATED) Epic Games Store has been running for four months. During this time, sales of games in it approached $ 500 million.
Industry March 22, 2019 Almost half of Epic Games Store customers do not use Steam Currently, 85 million players are registered in the Epic Games Store. Epic Games told about this in the framework of GDC 2019.