Tim Sweeney Archives

Fortnite is about to explode onto Android.

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Tim Sweeney: Epic’s CEO on Fortnite on Android, skipping Google Play, and the open Metaverse

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
August 3, 2018
12 min

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...

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12 min

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Tim Sweeney: Fortnite will skip Google Play to have a ‘direct relationship’ with players

Posted byby GamesBeat
August 3, 2018
3 min

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...

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3 min

Epic Games' Unreal Engine can make game characters come to life.

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How Unreal Engine 4.20 will jumpstart creativity, scalability, and cross-platform games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 18, 2018
13 min

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...

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13 min

Left to right: Kathee Chimowitz of BoomBit Games, Emily Greer of Kongregate, Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat, Peter Levin of Lionsgate, and Frank Soqui of Intel.

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Gaming has gone mainstream, but it still has room to grow

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
May 10, 2018
26 min

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....

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Dean Takahashi holds Cuphead at GamesBeat Summit 2018.

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Thanks for coming to GamesBeat Summit 2018: The Future of Games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
April 12, 2018
8 min

Thank you to those who came to GamesBeat Summit 2018. We had 264 attendees, compared to about 200 in our first summit in 2015....

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8 min

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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney on creating believable digital humans

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2018
11 min

Epic Games stunned everyone a couple of years ago with the realistic digital human character Senua, from the video game Hellblade. And today, the...

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11 min

Epic Games' Siren demo is an example of digital humans.

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Epic Games shows off amazing real-time digital human with Siren demo

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 21, 2018
3 min

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...