How a legal decision and AI tools can change the game industry | Tim Sweeney interview

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A few weeks ago seems like an eternity in the game business. But that’s when we talked to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney during the Unreal Fest in the shadow of Walt Disney World. And it was great to capture Sweeney’s state of mind at a critical time for his company’s main gaming franchise, Fortnite, which has generated tens of billions in revenue to date.

Our Q&A started out with a query to Sweeney about the significance of getting Fortnite back in the U.S. Apple App Store — after 4.5 years of litigation with the world’s biggest tech company.

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