Epic Games unveils $1.78 billion funding round at $17.3 billion valuation
Fortnite maker Epic Games today announced a $1.78 billion funding round at a $17.3 billion valuation. The company said the funding included new capital...
Epic Games awards more than $42 million in grants for developers
Epic Games has handed out over $42 million in Epic MegaGrants to more than 600 developers as part of its program to accelerate the...
Rocket League is going free-to-play and (sorta) leaving Steam
Rocket League is one of the standout hits from the outgoing generation of consoles, and now the vehicular-soccer battler is going free-to-play. Developer Psyonix...
Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games
Sony has invested $250 million for a minority stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games, the companies announced today. With the new money, Epic Games...
Epic Games Store is seeing near-Steam-like engagement levels
The Epic Games Store is hitting its stride. Epic revealed today that its PC gaming portal hit 61 million monthly active players on PC....
Epic Games seeking to sell stake for $750 million at $17 billion valuation
Fortnite maker Epic Games is raising $750 million, according to two sources who spoke to GamesBeat. Bloomberg reported the news first, but we have...
Unrest delays Epic Games’ Fortnite Season 3, Call of Duty esports event
Epic Games postponed the launch of Season 3 of its wildly popular Fortnite battle royale game, which has more than 350 million registered players,...
The DeanBeat: It’s time to hurry up and build the Metaverse
During this pandemic, I can’t think of anything more exciting for us to do from the comfort of our own homes than to explore...
Fortnite will launch on next-generation consoles on Unreal Engine 4 and migrate to UE5
Fortnite will debut on the next-generation video game consoles as those machines launch this fall, according to Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney. In an...
How Epic Games moved closer to Sony with the design of the PlayStation 5
During an interview with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, he waxed on about the power of the PlayStation 5, which is coming this fall...