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Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney slams Valve over Steam Deck price hikes — mocks founder Gabe Newell over rising costs of megayachts

The Epic Games chief took potshots at Valve CEO Gabe Newell's expensive megayacht collection after sharing the Steam Deck's massive price hikes on X. The post compared the $240 to $300 increase on the Valve hardware to the $50 to $100 jumps on the Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 family.

Tom’s Hardware

Tim Sweeney takes swipes at Valve for Steam Deck price hike, blames it on the 'component parts supply chain for megayachts'

Maybe Sweeney isn't the best person to make this point.

PC Gamer

Tim Sweeney goes after Gabe Newell following Valve's Steam Deck price hike: "Severe disruptions in the component parts supply chain for megayachts"

The billionaires are fighting again

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Rocket League is the first game shown off in Unreal Engine 6 and it's as shiny as you'd expect

There's still no news as to when Unreal Engine 6 is arriving

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Fortnite finally returns to iPhone around the world – except one major nation

The App Store just a whole lot more appealing for (most) iOS gamers

Epic reveals first Unreal Engine 6 game, and it's not Fortnite

It's Rocket League?

PC Gamer

Fortnite's low-priority bug reports are regularly wiped, which Epic Games CEO says is "normal," but Rust boss says he'd "rather have them logged than forgotten," even if they're old

Epic and Facepunch have slightly different approaches

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Epic is reportedly cooking up a Disney extraction shooter, and suggestions staff are lukewarm on it are 'not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration'

I predict a playerbase so cutthroat it makes Escape From Tarkov look like a teambuilding retreat.

PC Gamer

What will it mean if Disney buys Unreal Engine?

Developers are divided over rumours of a potential bid for Epic Games.

Creative Bloq

Fortnite Crew set to reduce V-Bucks reward from 1,000 to 800 starting in June

Changes that players aren't liking at all.

Dot Esports

After layoffs, Fortnite's future is shakier than it has ever been

The news of 1,000 layoffs is far from fatal for Fortnite's, but the future is uncertain.

PC Gamer

CEO of Epic Games apologizes after laying off employee with terminal brain cancer

Tim Sweeney, chief of firm that created Fortnite, received backlash after worker’s wife revealed loss of life insurance

The Guardian - US

Tim Sweeney apologizes after Epic layoff affects employee with terminal brain cancer

Epic promises to resolve insurance issue.

Dot Esports

Epic Games "will solve the insurance" for a terminally ill employee impacted by mass layoffs, Tim Sweeney says: "Sorry to everyone for not recognizing this terribly painful situation"

"Epic is in contact with the family," Sweeney writes

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Destructoid

Epic Games CEO says company will ‘solve’ insurance for terminally ill former employee

Sweeney apologized for not addressing the situation prior to the layoffs.

PC Gamer

A programmer with terminal brain cancer was caught in Epic's mass layoff, but CEO Tim Sweeney says the studio 'will solve the insurance for them'

"Mike is not just a number. He is a father. A husband. A person deeply loved."

GamesRadar

Former Half-Life 2 writer calls out Epic CEO Tim Sweeney over layoffs, says Valve boss Gabe Newell is "better" than him at making "as much money as possible," anyway

Sweeney's reply is likely imminent

PC Gamer

Valve veteran slams Tim Sweeney and Epic Games for laying off 1000 people while making 'as much money as possible… and hey Tim, Gabe's better at that than you'

"I worked my ass off at Valve, and I could retire today. I made more money than I'll ever make."

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Fortnite producer says "we cannot even fully understand what kind of impacts this will have" amid mass layoffs at Epic Games: "What comes next is very hard and painful"

"Please be patient with us as we navigate this tough time"

Player One

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Slammed for 'Out of Touch' Layoff Comment After 1,000 Job Cuts

Tim Sweeney faces backlash after calling laid-off Epic Games employees "once-in-a-lifetime talent. Many people think there's something wrong with this tone.

Windows Central

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says 1,000 devs laid off over Fortnite slump are "once-in-a-lifetime quality folks" — asserts the cuts weren't performance-based

After Epic Games laid off 1,000 of its employees over poor Fortnite performance, CEO Tim Sweeney was singing their praises on social media.

PC Gamer

Fortnite producer asks for patience as developers 'pick up the pieces' after massive layoffs: 'We cannot even fully understand what kind of impacts this will have on the game for the rest of the year and likely beyond'

Epic laid off more than 1,000 employees yesterday as CEO Tim Sweeney says the company is still spending more than it's making.

GamesRadar

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney says latest layoffs will result in "a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality folks" because the downsizing "wasn't a performance-based 'rightsizing'"

"Epic never lowered our hiring standards as we grew"

The Guardian - UK

The creator of Fortnite has laid off more than 1,000 staff – despite billions in revenue

Huge cuts announced this week show that truly no developer working in games is safe from corporate whims

PC Gamer

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people

Moral of the story? Look on the bright side.

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