Epic has acquired Kamu.
Epic has acquired Kamu.
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Epic acquires game security and player services firm Kamu

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Epic Games is making hundreds of millions of dollars from its Fortnite battle royale game, and now it’s putting that money to use. Epic announced today it has acquired game security and player services firm Kamu. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2013, Helsinki-based Kamu supports the live management of keeping players happy. It focuses on player satisfaction, community building, game security, telemetry, and game management. Kamu operates the Easy Anti-Cheat service that protects more than 80 games and is installed by over 100 million PC players globally.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.