The authors Max Payne and Control — the Finnish studio Remedy — signed a contract with a new publisher. It became Epic Games. The companies have agreed to work together on two yet-to-be-announced games for PC and next-generation consoles.

Unreal Engine developer has acquired another technology startup. Epic Games has announced the purchase of Cubic Motion Studio. The latter specializes in capturing facial animation in real time and integrating it into game projects.

Epic Games criticized the analytical firm SuperData. That, according to the “epics”, distorts Fortnite indicators in its reports.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney shared his views on the gaming industry of the future. It follows from them that monopolists like Google and Apple are preventing the industry from becoming more open.

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.

Epic Games has already invested $13 million in projects for Unreal Engine and 3D developers. In less than a year, 200 teams received financial support from Epics.

This year Fortnite lost the title of the most popular game on Twitch to League of Legends. For the entire 2019, the hours of views of the Epic Games title decreased by 28%.

We continue to summarize the results of 2019 together with the heads of gaming companies and market experts. Next up is an interview with Alexey Savchenko, Epic Games Licensing manager.

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”.

After four years of development, Epic Games has launched Battle Breakers, a two-dimensional battler in the spirit of Puzzle & Dragons. The project is available on PC and mobile platforms.

The Epic Games game store changed significantly yesterday. Visually and functionally, it has become more reminiscent of traditional stores.

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.

After Fortnite was turned off for two days, its income in the App Store grew seriously. A day after the new update “Chapter 2”, she earned 141% more on iOS than before it.

Fortnite was unavailable to players for two days. In such an original way, Epic Games furnished the largest update of the battle royale – “Fortnite: Chapter 2”. At the same time, the number of mechanics has expanded and the battle pass system has changed.

Epic Games has chosen an unusual method of promoting Fortnite. A large-scale event in the “royal battle” completely interrupted the gameplay. The game’s social media accounts have also been disabled. All this attracted a lot of attention to her.

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Epic Games has spoken out in connection with the Blizzard scandal. The latter banned the esports player for political appeals. The Epics promised not to do that.

Epic Games, with the participation of the Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), is going to create a game development cluster in Vladivostok.

Fortnite Battle Royale is created so exciting that it’s a reason to sue Epic Games. This is the opinion of the Canadian law firm Calex Légal. She is preparing a lawsuit against the “epics” in Quebec.