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Fortnite Developer Epic Games Lays Off 16% of Staff Following Metaverse-Inspired Transition
29.9.2023
The game's growth is now primarily driven by creator content, meaning lower revenue for Epic as the revenue is shared around more
Epic Games lays off 830 staff, citing ‘unrealistic’ metaverse ambitions
29.9.2023
“Spending way more than we earn” — CEO Tim Sweeney blamed job cuts on major structural changes to the company’s economics
Beloved Battle Royale Fall Guys Among Those Hit By Epic Games Layoffs
28.9.2023
Epic Games acquired Mediatonic in 2021 after its colorful battle royale, Fall Guys, became a multiplayer sensation early in the covid-19 pandemic. Now, it’s laying off tons of developers at the UK-based studio as part massive cost cutting at the Fortnite maker. Read more
Epic Games Cutting 870 Jobs, 16 Percent Of Its Workforce
28.9.2023
Epic Games Inc., the company behind global megahit Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, and the wildly popular Unreal Engine, is laying off 16 percent of its current workforce. This report, first coming from Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, sees almost 900 employees losing their jobs.Read more
EA Pulls Every Old FIFA Game From Digital Storefronts
27.9.2023
You can no longer buy last year’s hit soccer game, FIFA 23. Nor any other older game from the famous Electronic Arts sports franchise. At least, not digitally.Read more
Fortnite Players Can Now Get A Refund From Historic FTC Settlement
20.9.2023
Good news, everyone: now Fortnite can pay you. After a spat with the FTC wherein Epic Games settled for $245 million dollars, the Federal Trade Commission has launched a webpage for eligible Fortnite players to get some money back. Read more
Hades II Is Sliding Into Early Access Sooner Than You Think
14.9.2023
Out of the blue, acclaimed indie developer Supergiant Games announced that its Greek mythology-themed roguelike sequel Hades II will make its early access debut in “Q2 2024,” meaning it’ll arrive sometime between April and June next year.Read more
Epic Chief, Fortnite Loremaster Donald Mustard Leaving Company After Seven Years
8.9.2023
Donald Mustard is leaving Epic Games. Mustard was a driving force behind Fortnite’s success and the chief creative officer at Epic Games for the last seven years. Read more
Cyberpunk 2077’s Only Getting One Expansion Because Its Old Tech Is Being Retired
30.8.2023
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red says its upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty, will serve as the game’s one and only expansion because of its “technological decision” to move from CDPR’s own REDengine technology to Unreal 5.Read more
Zpříjemněte si víkend vynikající sci-fi strategií zdarma
25.8.2023
Digitální obchod s hrami Epic rozdává komplexní sci-fi strategii Homeworld: Deserts Of Kharak. Ta slavnou vesmírnou značku přenáší na povrch planety, ze své zábavnosti však nic neztratila
I Miss Smashing Gears Of War In One Weekend With My Bestie
21.8.2023
Like most people who play and love games, I’ve got so many memories of moments with them that have stuck with me over the years. Watching my sister beat Final Fantasy VII for the first time on the TV in the living room of the house we grew up in. Begging my grandma for the Xbox 360 she finally...
Fortnite Has An FFXIV-Style Raid Boss, And It Looks Pretty Wild
14.8.2023
Fortnite isn’t the same battle royale it was when the game first introduced the mode in 2017, having gradually become home to a plethora of pop culture crossovers and empowering editing tools for creators. Now, one of those creators has transformed the mega-popular game into an MMO—like with...
Apple’s 30% tax rules will stay for now, crypto and NFTs may have to wait
10.8.2023
A Supreme Court judge has rejected a request from Epic Games that would've immediately loosened Apple's App Store payment rules, to the potential benefit of crypto and NFT apps
Fortnite Has A Museum Dedicated To Teaching About The Holocaust
4.8.2023
Fortnite, Epic Games’ crossover meme of a video game, is once again becoming the stage for some historical education, as a group of developers has used Epic’s Unreal Editor For Fortnite program to create an in-game museum dedicated to the Holocaust.Read more
Fortnite’s Futurama Crossover Is Perfect Now That We’ve Seen It In Action
26.7.2023
Good news, everyone! We’ve got our first look at what Futurama characters actually look like in Fortnite now that the collab has gone live in the battle royale shooter. Fry, Bender, and Leela are now available in the Item Shop as playable outfits. There are also some neat variants on these...
Epic Games Sale Doesn't Just Have Solid Deals, It Also Has Good Rewards
21.7.2023
The Epic Games Store is running a summer sale with some solid discounts on big games ranging from Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding to the just-released Dead Island 2, making the next few weeks a hot time to flesh out your PC backlog.Read more
Overwatch 2 And Other Blizzard Games Are Coming To Steam
19.7.2023
If you, like many others, are very particular about which PC launcher you like to open to play your games and are partial to Steam, you’re in luck. Blizzard has announced it’s bringing some of its games to the platform, starting with Overwatch 2. So you won’t have to worry about keeping...
Veteran FPS Devs Form New Studio To Make Games Inside Fortnite
19.7.2023
Veteran game developers from Bungie, EA, and Kongregate have come together to form a new video game studio, Look North World. And this new studio will be focused on making… Fortnite games? Read more
Fortnite’s Only Up! User Map Is Now Way Bigger Than The Original Game
7.7.2023
Only Up! quickly became a smash hit on Steam thanks in large part to its simple premise and its popularity on the streaming site Twitch. But while the excitement around that game has cooled, a clone of the game built in Fortnite has become bigger than the original, making itone of the most popular...
Fortnite's Battle Bus Is Now A Transformer
30.6.2023
2023 is continuing to be a weird one as Epic revealed that the bus from its free-to-play battle royale super-hit Fortnite is actually a Transformer. Read more