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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney predicts AI revolution in gaming with 10X productivity and entirely new genres — if devs get behind it | exclusive

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
November 13, 2026
21 min

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney believes artificial intelligence has crossed the line. In an exclusive interview with GamesBeat, Sweeney said he believes AI is...

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Unreal Engine 6 will combine UE5 and UEFN into a unified engine | State of Unreal

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2026
12 min

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney unveiled Unreal Engine 6 today during The State of Unreal address at the Unreal Fest in Chicago today. The...

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney calls for Team Open to address game industry’s challenges

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 17, 2026
4 min

At the close of The State of Unreal keynote in Chicago, Tim Sweeney addressed what he called a “time of crisis and also opportunity”...

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Epic Games lays off employee with brain cancer, then says it will take care of him

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 29, 2026
2 min

A story about one employee’s tragic circumstances brought home the magnitude of last week’s 1,000 layoffs at Epic Games. The layoffs that included Mike...

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How Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney views Google deal and opening of Google Play | full interview transcript

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2026
13 min

Epic Games said yesterday it was prepared to bring Fortnite back to Google Play and drop litigation with Google thanks to policy changes that...

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Tim Sweeney: Epic Games settled antitrust case to lock in gains with Google Store worldwide | exclusive interview

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 5, 2026
11 min

It’s been 2,030 days since Fortnite was put in jail, with both Google and Apple pulling it down worldwide on August 13, 2020, the...

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This guy I met at The Game Awards 2022 is helping me with predictions.

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Our 14th annual game industry predictions for 2026 | The DeanBeat

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 2, 2026
32 min

It’s time for me to make my predictions for the game industry in 2026. But before I do that, I’d like to take us...

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Unity and Epic Games strike major partnership to bring Unity titles into Fortnite

Posted byby Alexander Lee
November 19, 2025
2 min

Unity is entering the Epic Games universe. Earlier today at Unity’s Unite 2025 conference in Barcelona, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney joined Unity CEO...