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Epic Games lays off "over 1,000" people, CEO Tim Sweeney says "I'm sorry we're here again" and blames "the downturn in Fortnite engagement"

"Being the industry's vanguard we have taken a lot of bullets in a battle which is only in the early days of paying off for ourselves"

GamesRadar

Epic Games CEO blames ‘industry-wide challenges’ for 1,000-plus layoffs, multiple Fortnite game modes shutting down

A "downturn in Fortnite engagement" means many are now looking for jobs.

Destructoid

Fortnite Returns to Google Play Store on March 19, 2026 – Everything You Need to Know

Fortnite officially returns to the Google Play Store worldwide on Thursday, March 19, 2026, ending a nearly six-year absence. The global launch coincides

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Epic CEO and billionaire Tim Sweeney has been using some of his cash to buy up 50,000 acres of forest so it can't be flattened

And made the "largest private land donation in North Carolina history."

PC Gamer

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Google will lower the lucrative fees imposed on its Android app store and offer a way for rival options to gain its stamp of approval, ending a bruising legal battle that led to one of several rulings condemning its tactics as an illegal monopoly

The Independent UK

Epic says I can change baby, I promise, as it returns for its now-annual tradition of admitting its launcher 'sucks'

I can fix her (she is a videogames client).

PC Gamer

The Epic Games Store had a record-breaking 2025, with gamers throwing $1.16 billion at the 6,000-plus games it now offers

You also sent more than 100,000 gifts on the Epic store, which seems pretty good for a service that only rolled out in mid-November.

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"We do not police how developers make their games": Epic Games Store boss says "we let players decide" on games that use gen AI

The future is in your hands

GamesRadar

Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: 'Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee'

Sweeney says Valve's DLC purchase requirements are like "a car dealership demanding 30% of gas purchases."

PC Gamer

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney takes aim at one of Valve's Steam policies as that massive UK lawsuit looms — "This is the practice courts found illegal"

Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney argues that the way Valve handles in-game microtransactions for Steam games is "unlawful."

Windows Central

Epic CEO Criticizes Steam’s 30% Fee As Valve Faces Major UK Lawsuit

Sweeny is using this moment to reinforce his long-running criticism of Valve’s platform.

Operation Sports

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney supports the $900 million lawsuit against Valve, arguing Steam is "the only major store still holding onto payment ties and 30% junk fee"

UK courts recently ruled that the trial can move forward

GamesRadar

UK activist hits Valve with a $903 million lawsuit — claims Steam is abusing its market dominance and forcing UK consumers to pay too much for Steam games

UK activist hits Valve with a lawsuit for charging gamers too much commission on the games they buy from the Steam store.

Tom’s Hardware

'There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic Publishing,' Remedy says in defense of Epic's deals with developers: 'The publishing deal with Epic was very fair to Remedy'

The statement comes in response to Larian publishing boss Michael Douse's comment that Epic's deals might do more harm than good by keeping games off of Steam.

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Remedy pushes back against Baldur's Gate 3 dev's criticism of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney and its game publishing — "There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic"

After Epic's game publishing of Alan Wake 2 was criticized by Baldur's Gate 3's publishing director, its developer Remedy defended its deal with Steam's competitor.

GamesRadar

Remedy defends Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney as Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead questions "millions in lost revenue" from no Steam version: "There would be no Alan Wake 2 without Epic"

Tim Wake 2

PC Gamer

In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront'

"This altruistic pro-developer talk doesn't sit well".

PC Gamer

Music marketplace Bandcamp bypasses AI disclosures and obtuse policies to announce a wholesale ban on AI slop

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The day after Epic enables microtransactions in Fortnite islands, one of the most popular games on the platform rolls out a $37 'gift pack' and in-game gambling

It's brainrot, alright.

International Business Times UK

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Faces Backlash After Defending Grok AI Amid Deepfake Abuse Fears

The CEO of Epic Games Tim Sweeney faced heavy scrutiny after publicly defending X's AI companion Grok amid surge of deepfake content generation

PC Gamer

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'

Not the hill I'd die on, but I'm not a billionaire.

PC Gamer

It's not weird to want a generative AI disclosure on games

Steam's competitor has criticized its AI disclosure policy as pointless, but if consumers want to know, why shouldn't they?

PC Gamer

2025 was Fortnite's most topsy-turvy year ever with soaring peaks, miserable lows, and a raging AI debate

Plenty of reasons to be optimistic—and a few concerns

Windows Central

"Imagine if Microsoft did this" — Fortnite has been blocked on iOS in Japan by Apple, leveraging new "junk fees"

Apple is once again arbitrarily blocking Fortnite with a wave of new "junk fees" in iOS, and Epic CEO Tim Sweeney raised a good point ... imagine the uproar if Microsoft tried to do this with Windows.

Android Central

Fortnite's back: Epic Games sees its hit battle royale return to the Play Store

Epic Games' Fortnite returned to the Google Play Store for Android users.

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