Categories Posted inin Business Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2020 4 min Sony has invested $250 million for a minority stake in Fortnite maker Epic Games, the companies announced today. With the new money, Epic Games... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games Store is seeing near-Steam-like engagement levels Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 23, 2020 3 min The Epic Games Store is hitting its stride. Epic revealed today that its PC gaming portal hit 61 million monthly active players on PC.... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Epic Games seeking to sell stake for $750 million at $17 billion valuation Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 15, 2020 2 min Fortnite maker Epic Games is raising $750 million, according to two sources who spoke to GamesBeat. Bloomberg reported the news first, but we have... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Unrest delays Epic Games’ Fortnite Season 3, Call of Duty esports event Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2020 2 min Epic Games postponed the launch of Season 3 of its wildly popular Fortnite battle royale game, which has more than 350 million registered players,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay The DeanBeat: It’s time to hurry up and build the Metaverse Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 22, 2020 6 min 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... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Fortnite will launch on next-generation consoles on Unreal Engine 4 and migrate to UE5 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 13, 2020 2 min 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... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay How Epic Games moved closer to Sony with the design of the PlayStation 5 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 13, 2020 2 min During an interview with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, he waxed on about the power of the PlayStation 5, which is coming this fall... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Epic Games: Unreal Engine 5 will bring a generational change to graphics Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 13, 2020 16 min Epic Games took the wraps off its Unreal Engine 5 today, showing in a demo video how the game engine behind Fortnite will be... Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games shows off a stunning Unreal Engine 5 demo on PlayStation 5 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 13, 2020 9 min Epic Games has released a video showing off the first look at the graphics capabilities of Unreal Engine 5, the suite of tools that... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Fortnite surpasses 350 million registered players, which is a lot Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 6, 2020 1 min Fortnite is one of the biggest games in the world, but what does that mean? Well, developer Epic Games revealed that it has surpassed... Continue Reading 1 min