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Fortnite player wonders why there's 'mold' in their game: turns out it's a texture Tim Sweeney added to Unreal Engine in 1995
It isn't a picture of mold, but a stock photo of "cave pearls, a kind of calcium carbonate deposit that forms in limestone caves," Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said on X in response to ...
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The future is Unreal (Engine)
Tim Sweeney knew that Epic's 2014 decision to drop the typically upfront high cost of licensing a game engine and charge a monthly subscription fee instead had resulted in a spike in Unreal Engine ...
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Non-game developers will soon have to pay to use Unreal Engine 5Non-game developers will soon have to pay to use Unreal Engine 50 0
The reveal of the layoffs was made by Epic's co-founder and CEO Tim Sweeney ... to pay a license to use Unreal Engine 5 based on how many of their employees use it. Sweeney didn't offer a specific ...
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Epic Will Gladly Commit Billions to Fortnite's Continued Dominance
Once an experimental spin-off, Fortnite is now a vast, self-sustaining gaming ecosystem. It has been a paradigm-shifting success for Epic, which already occupied a position of dominance in an industry ...
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Tim Sweeney says Epic Games has invested $1 billion into EGS so far
How much, one might ask? Tim Sweeney recently shared that it’s taken over $1 billion to bring the Epic Games Store to mobile markets and it will likely take billions more in the years ahead.
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The company also owns and develops the Unreal Engine, a game engine that has been used for high-profile projects like Kingdom Hearts III and animation on the Disney+ show The Mandalorian.
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Prepared To Spend Billions For Decades Fighting Apple, Google Monopolies: 'We Think Our Best Days Are Ahead'
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games ... While Epic continues to rake in billions from Fortnite and its Unreal Engine business, Sweeney indicated that his company could face financial struggles as ...
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The CEO behind 'Fortnite' says it's 'evolving beyond being a game' and explains the company's ambitious vision
Epic says that 7.5 million developers are using Unreal Engine today. Now, Epic Games is putting the pieces in place to bring these two worlds closer together, CEO Tim Sweeney told Business Insider ...
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Departing Epic Games Director Says It’s Trying To Become A ‘Platform,’ Epic 5.0
His departing message is gracious, praising Epic’s charity work and even Tim Sweeney himself ... possibly to bypass the cuts that Sweeney hates. Unreal Engine 5 powering Fortnite and using ...
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Tim Sweeney Says Epic Can Afford to Keep Spending Billions Fighting Apple and Google for the Future of Fortnite on Mobile for Decades to Come
Epic boss Tim Sweeney has spent quite a lot of money ... and Epic of course has its lucrative Unreal Engine business fueling the video game industry. But for how much longer can Epic justify ...
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Lego and Epic Games want to prove the metaverse is alive and well Epic Games, maker of 'Fortnite' and Unreal Engine ... Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney talks the metaverse, crypto, and antitrust ...