Review: Fortnite on Android brings authentic battle royale to (most of) the rest of us
Epic Games announced today that it is launching the beta for Fortnite battle royale on Android, starting with select Samsung devices. The Samsung devices...
The DeanBeat: Fortnite underscores the competitive difference between Unreal and Unity
Epic Games and Unity Technologies are locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of game developers. They both make game engines, or...
Tim Sweeney: Epic’s CEO on Fortnite on Android, skipping Google Play, and the open Metaverse
Tim Sweeney is quiet as CEOs go. But the head of Epic Games isn’t shy when it comes to expressing his opinions about the...
Tim Sweeney: Fortnite will skip Google Play to have a ‘direct relationship’ with players
Earlier this week, speculation spread that Fortnite wouldn’t be landing in the Google Play Store when it arrives on Android devices. Epic Games boss...
How Unreal Engine 4.20 will jumpstart creativity, scalability, and cross-platform games
With so much news about Fortnite lately, it’s easier to forget that Epic Games makes the Unreal Engine. But today, the game engine behind...
Gaming has gone mainstream, but it still has room to grow
The global games market is expected to grow from $137.9 billion in 2018 to more than $180.1 billion in 2021, according to market researcher Newzoo....
Thanks for coming to GamesBeat Summit 2018: The Future of Games
Thank you to those who came to GamesBeat Summit 2018. We had 264 attendees, compared to about 200 in our first summit in 2015....
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney on creating believable digital humans
Epic Games stunned everyone a couple of years ago with the realistic digital human character Senua, from the video game Hellblade. And today, the...
Epic Games shows off amazing real-time digital human with Siren demo
Epic Games, CubicMotion, 3Lateral, Tencent, and Vicon took a big step toward creating believable digital humans today with the debut of Siren, a demo of...
Epic Games demos the digital version of actor Andy Serkis
Epic Games and 3Lateral showed off a digital version of actor Andy Serkis, who starred in The Lord of the Rings and Planet of...