Epic has long balanced engine licensing with game development, but the success of Fortnite has catapulted the company into the spotlight like never before. Tim Sweeney explains why developers should think about shiny Stormtroopers and why games aren’t vacuum cleaners
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"Facebook is only interesting because you can connect with all your friends, if you could only connect with your friends on iOS, that would suck."
Read More »Tim Sweeney to get lifetime achievement honour at Game Developers Choice Awards
Will be presented at awards ceremony
Read More »Unreal expectations: Why engines face a greater technical challenge than ever
Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney talks about the firm’s efforts to blend the virtual world and reality, how indies can be built into businesses
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Epic Games co-founder renews attack on Universal Windows Platform
Read More »Epic will avoid developing single-player games in order to maintain its independence
'The economics of those games forces developers to work with major publishers to succeed, and that seems to be irreversible,' says Tim Sweeney
Read More »Kojima, Sweeney and Pratchett lead Nordic Game Conference line-up
Metal Gear Solid creator, Epic boss and Tomb Raider writer will be joined by Blizzard artist David Luong and Witcher 3 designer Matthew Seinke
Read More »VR editing: Is it a novelty or necessity?
James Batchelor speaks to Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney and Unity’s Clive Downie about the two engine firms’ plans for VR editors
Read More »‘2015 was the best year ever for Unreal’
Tim Sweeney reveals that seven Unreal-powered have grossed more than $1bn
Read More »Tim Sweeney’s five steps to fixing Microsoft’s UWP
“Microsoft has no right to impose its certification regime on software obtained outside of its store”
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