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Epic Games CEO says "Steam charges such high fees" that companies like Genshin Impact maker MiHoYo "find it more profitable to go it alone," fans remind him MiHoYo has multiple games on Steam

More of the company's games may come to Steam, too

GamesRadar

Former Unreal Engine director retires after 15 years at Epic

Nicholas Penwarden joins Sjoerd De Jong at the Dunrealin' retirement home.

PC Gamer

Are you a YouTube Premium user? You could be paying more than you should be if you’ve subscribed through the Apple App Store

The Apple tax might be the reason you're paying more for your subscriptions than you should be.

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New 'Fortnite' x DC Collaboration Leaks Summer-Themed Skins, Sprites, and a Sidekick

Fortnite and DC Comics is getting a new collaboration this summer including season-themed skins and more.

Player One

US Supreme Court to hear Apple appeal of contempt in Epic Games lawsuit

The justices took up Apple's appeal of a lower court's ruling upholding a decision by Oakland, California-based U.S. ‌District Judge Yvonne ⁠Gonzalez Rogers ⁠finding Apple in contempt in Epic's 2020 lawsuit contesting App Store fees.

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‘I felt like Orpheus’: how the designer of Gears of War bounced back from studio closure by producing Hadestown

After suffering the schadenfreude of gamers online, the Tony-winning Broadway musical offered redemption to Cliff Bleszinski

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: redesign of US government websites stokes surveillance fears

The National Design Studio, staffed by Doge veterans, installed visitor-tracking software on vital federal websites

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‘Swept up in its own braggadocio’: this Final gaming headset I tested sounds good for its price, and its battery should last you up to a week — but on features, it overpromises and underdelivers

Final’s affordable gaming headset offers an epic battery life and decent enough sound — but during testing, I found its claim to offer ‘immersive, spatial audio’ to be pretty overblown.

TechRadar

'RollerCoaster Tycoon 3' Is Now Free to Download on the Epic Games Store

Epic Games has shared its latest freebie games, and one of it is RollerCoaster Tycoon 3: Complete Edition.

Player One

"A hater community trying to kill the game": Epic Games CEO speaks out against Steam's forced AI disclosure policy and how it's harming developers

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is not shy about taking shots at Steam, and in a recent interview, he talks about how forced AI disclosures on Valve's mega storefront are harming developers. He makes some good points, but keep in mind this is the same guy spearheading the AI-infused Unreal…

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Valve has "a nice thing going on on PC," Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney says, but "they're missing out on a lot of opportunity" without the likes of Fortnite and Genshin Impact

Steam could be a pillar of "Team Open"

GamesRadar

Epic boss Tim Sweeney blasts Steam for putting AI tags on games — says move is ‘irresponsible of Valve’

The Epic executive said in an interview after unveiling Unreal Engine 6 that AI tools help make developers far more productive. Putting the AI tag on games discourage their use, especially as titles with this label gets fewer reviews and tend to have more negative reviews, as well.

Tom’s Hardware

Epic Games boss calls Steam AI disclosures "really irresponsible of Valve" as they make it "much, much, much harder for a game developer to have a chance of success"

"You have to get this Scarlet Letter of AI attached to your product"

GamesRadar

Tim Sweeney on the future of games, AI, and whether Valve will ever join forces with Epic: 'It's now clear that nobody's going to end up with an absolute monopoly'

The Epic Games CEO discusses his vision for "Team Open," his objections to Steam's AI disclosure requirement, and the huge problems facing AAA game development.

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Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'pivotal' moment that he must 'come to terms with'

"After 27 years of Unreal Engine, and 12 years at Epic Games and Unreal Engine I have decided to move on."

Creative Bloq

Unreal Engine’s AI push sparks backlash as developers fear the end of Blueprints

Why are Epic’s new plans dividing everyone?

Tom’s Hardware

Epic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much more

Epic Games has just shown off a new year-long roadmap for its launcher, promising to bring community-requested features and a faster overall platform in the next 12 months.

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Vampire Survivors dev may nix Fortnite collab in light of Epic’s ‘central role’ stance on AI in game dev

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My quick test of Lumen Lite shows that it's probably good news for ray-traced gaming on handheld PCs, but I suspect that it will be used everywhere because of the pressure developers are now under

With studios being closed down faster than you can blink, every coder is going to be using one-click fixes.

GamesRadar

Hours after announcing a Vampire Survivors crossover with Fortnite, the roguelike's lead is now "reviewing" the decision as Epic Games goes big on gen AI

"We'll let you know if anything moves forward."

PC Gamer

Hours after announcing a collab with Fortnite, Vampire Survivors dev suggests it may back out over Epic's touting of generative AI

Poncle is apparently reconsidering its Fortnite collab after seeing how Epic is using generative AI to help design Fortnite assets.

PC Gamer

'[It] is going to change a lot about how games are made': Epic merges Unreal Engine 5 with Unreal Engine for Fortnite to give game devs around the world Unreal Engine 6

When two become one.

PC Gamer

'It feels to many like a tidal wave is sweeping over the AAA game business,' says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in his diagnosis of the industry's woes

As the AAA model falters, Sweeney wants developers to build a "global ecosystem" of Unreal Engine games to rival Roblox.

PC Gamer

Unreal Engine 5.8 launches with improved terrain and vegetation tools, a Lumen Lite option for faster global illumination, and for the times we now live in, an open standard plugin for LLM systems

Plus a whole heap more stuff that's genuinely useful for all kinds of devs.

Creative Bloq

Unreal Engine 5 games aren’t getting bigger anymore – they’re getting smarter

Nvidia's PUBG Ally experiment reveals the future of real-time AI characters.

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