Epic Games: Last News

pic.twitter.com/EBhd1RrBSD— ron knox (@ronmknox) February 19, 2023Last year, it was announced that Bandcamp had been bought by Fortnite maker Epic Games. The platform announced the news on March 2 in a lengthy statement on its website.Bandcamp co-founder and CEO Ethan Diamond said: “Bandcamp will keep operating as a standalone marketplace and music community, and I will continue to lead our team.”He continued: “The products and services you depend on aren’t going anywhere, we’ll continue to build Bandcamp around our artists-first revenue model (where artists net an average of 82 per cent of every sale), you’ll still have the same control over how you offer your music, Bandcamp Fridays will continue as planned, and the Daily will keep highlighting the diverse, amazing music on the site.“However, behind the scenes we’re working with Epic to expand internationally and push development forward across Bandcamp, from basics like our album pages, mobile apps, merch tools, payment system, and search and discovery features, to newer initiatives like our vinyl pressing and live streaming services.”Back in January 2022, Bandcamp also announced that their popular Bandcamp Fridays would return in February.

Amazon Music has announced One Take, a three-part show that will partner a host of musicians with leading Fortnite players and influencers to see how they fare.Hosted by YouTuber and musician Yung Filly, One Take will pit artists including A1 X J1, Deno and Lady Leshurr against each other in a livestreamed Fortnite tournament.Along with hosts Yung Filly and Leven2K, four competing duo teams have been confirmed. That includes Phineas ‘A1’ Waweru and Wolfiez, Sunpi and Joshua ‘J1’ Somerkun, Archie King and Lady Leshurr, and Gee Nelly with Deno.One Take will kick off this Sunday (October 9) at 8PM BST, with two more episodes scheduled for the same time on October 16 and 23.

Fall Guys Blunderdome this week, as its biggest guest star yet. Starting July 21, players can unlock a series of cosmetic rewards.Amongst the unlockable outfits are Godzilla, Godzilla 1995, Mothra and King Ghidorah, with a Mechagodzilla unlockable in the season pass.

Epic Games Store is getting a new wave of free titles next week with the first-person shooter Tannenberg and the RPG shop simulation game Shop Titans available to grab from July 21 to July 28.Tannenberg is a standalone expansion to the multiplayer FPS Verdun released in 2019. Like Verdun, Tannenberg is a realistic re-telling of World War One with accurate weapons, uniforms, equipment and gore modelling.

Witchfire, a game announced back in 2017, has received new in-game footage and an early access release date.Witchfire is a dark fantasy first-person shooter being developed by the Polish independent studio The Astronauts, best-known for The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.Announced back at The Game Awards 2017, Witchfire has received a new trailer at Summer Game Fest 2022.The latest preview features some of the weaponry and powers that will be available in the game. The player character appears to freeze a group of enemies before shattering them with gunfire.

Among Us and Fortnite are now officially crossing over as merch for the Innsersloth game comes to the battle royale.Players that buy Among Us or a Stars pack in the game in the Epic Games launcher will get access to the Crewmate Back Bling and Distraction Dance Emote in Fortnite.The items are available starting right now, until June 9, 2023.IT'S HEREsquad up with ur Crewmates (or Impostors?) and prepare for departure on the Battle Bus – we're invading @FortniteGame!

Nightdive Studios seems interested in making a remaster of 1998’s Unreal, after the developer remastered Quake last year. This comes from Nightdive Studios CEO Stephen Kick, who said that former Epic Games employee Cliff Bleszinski reached out to founder and CEO Tim Sweeney about the project (via PC Gamer).“After our Quake Remaster [Cliff Bleszinski] reached out to [Tim Sweeney] on our behalf hoping we could give Unreal the same treatment,” said Kick, “and I guess if you want that leave a message to let Tim know.”Bleszinski then responded by simply saying: “Not saying anything for legal reasons.”Not saying anything for legal reasons.— Cliff Bleszinski (@therealcliffyb) June 4, 2022Meanwhile, Sweeney hasn’t said anything about these apparent discussions regarding Unreal as of yet.The remastered version of Quake released last August, which was developed by Nightdive Studios and included modern system support, improved rendering and both of the game’s mission packs. The port also contained two episodes developed by MachineGames, a previously created one called Dimension Of The Past, and an entirely new one called Dimension Of The Machine.Whilst we wait for news on Unreal, Nightdive Studios is also currently developing the System Shock remake, and the developer said in February of this year that whilst the game can now be played all the way through, it needs more time to be polished.“At the time of writing, it’s in a position where the game can essentially be finished from beginning to end!” wrote Nightdive.

Dr Disrespect‘s Fortnite tournament, Twitch disallowed any reference to the streamer because he is banned from the platform.On May 27, Dr Disrespect, aka Herschel “Guy” Beahm IV, hosted a $100,000 Fortnite event named Hot Shot Duo Drop, which featured several Twitch streamers such as Tfue, summit1g, and Zemie. As these streamers were involved in the event and went on the broadcast it to their viewers, they were required to refrain from referencing Dr Disrepect in any way (via, IGN).The tournament organiser BoomTV put together some rules to avoid any mention of the banned streamer, which were shared by Full Squad Gaming’s Jake Lucky on Twitter.“It is prohibited to use your channel to knowingly feature or advertise a suspended user,” the rules read.Dr Disrespect is hosting a $100k Fortnite event tomorrow featuring several Twitch streamers Posted now is the strict rule set those streamers will have to follow in avoiding showing or doing anything with Doc pic.twitter.com/J8V9uYDfR9— Jake Lucky (@JakeSucky) May 26, 2022“We understand that there may be instances where suspended users may appear on your stream due to circumstances beyond your control, such as through third-party gaming tournaments, but we expect that you make a good faith effort to remove them from your broadcast, mute them, or otherwise limit their interactions with your stream.”Twitch streamers were also recommended to use other names for Dr Disrespect when referencing him and his tournament, such as the “two-time” and “Blockbuster video game champion.”They were also required to hide any images or video of the streamer on their broadcast, as well as avoid sharing the tournament or bracket page on stream.

The Witcher 4 is now in pre-production according to CD Projekt’s chief financial officer.In CD Projekt’s latest financial results video, chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz provided updates on the Polish studio’s current projects.Firstly, another update is in the works for Cyberpunk 2077 which will bring additional improvements. Nielubowicz also stated that the bulk of the studio’s “production capacity” is being used to develop “a large story-driven expansion for Cyberpunk”.However, he did also give an update on The Witcher 4.

Epic Games has confirmed that an Obi-Wan Kenobi skin will be available in Fortnite from next week.Starting May 26, players will be able to get their hands on the Obi-Wan Kenobi outfit alongside an Obi-Wan Back Bling featuring an “assortment of tools perfect for living an isolated existence on a remote desert planet.” Players can also get Obi-Wan’s Blade Pickaxe, Jedi Interceptor Glider and Obi-Wan’s Message Emote.Items can be purchased individually or as part of a bundle that also features the Kenobi Surrounded Loading Screen.Claim the high ground in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Cup starting on Sunday, May 22!Find out more: https://t.co/tvqXFznZvz pic.twitter.com/EwfcNA1hEx— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) May 20, 2022If players are impatient though, they can take part in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Cup this Sunday (May 22) for a chance to get their hands on the items before they hit the shop.Announcing the Battle Royale Duos tournament, Fortnite said: “The road lies before you, but you don’t have to walk it alone in the Obi-Wan Kenobi Cup. And yes, Lightsabers and E-11 Blaster Rifles will return in this Cup!”“Competitors can play up to ten matches within their region’s three-hour time window, and the specific event timing for each region can currently be found in the Compete tab in-game.” Players will get 25 points for a victory royale, 22 for coming in second place all the way down to one point for being the first person out.At the end of the tournament, the top 1250 players in Europe will win the Obi-Wan Kenobi In-Game Cosmetic Outfit and Back Bling with other regions having their own leaderboards.

Epic Games is being sued by choreographer Kyle Hanagami due to a Fortnite emote that resembles one of his dances.As reported by Dexerto, the “It’s Complicated” emote from Fortnite bares an incredibly strong resemblance to a dance copyrighted by Hanagami. The dance move can be seen in a YouTube video from Hanagami, set to Charlie Puth’s ‘How Long’.

Fortnite developer Epic Games announced it would donate all profits from purchases made between March 20 and April 3 to humanitarian relief for people affected by the war in Ukraine, and Xbox is now following suit with the same decision.Announced via Twitter, Xbox says it is “joining Epic in support of the people of Ukraine by contributing net proceeds for Fortnite during this time”.Xbox is joining Epic in support of the people of Ukraine by contributing net proceeds for Fortnite during this time. https://t.co/ZWEauUpFei— Xbox (@Xbox) March 20, 2022This isn’t the only way Xbox is trying to help out, as the company is also highlighting UNICEF‘s emergency response efforts in Ukraine on the console dashboard.

Fall Guys has launched a limited-time Live Event called Sweet Thieves, which runs until March 13.The challenge went live yesterday (March 8) and sees players doing battle in a capture-the-flag style contest.Announcing the challenge, Fall Guys explained: “Guardians must protect the candy. Find the thieves and send them to jail.

Fortnite creator Epic Games has announced that it “is stopping commerce with Russia,” joining a growing list of companies that are boycotting the country over its invasion of Ukraine.On Saturday (March 5), Epic Games shared on Twitter that “it is stopping commerce with Russia in our games in response to its invasion of Ukraine.”However, the company added that it is “not blocking access for the same reason other communication tools remain online: the free world should keep all lines of dialogue open.”Epic is stopping commerce with Russia in our games in response to its invasion of Ukraine. We’re not blocking access for the same reason other communication tools remain online: the free world should keep all lines of dialogue open.— Epic Games Newsroom (@EpicNewsroom) March 5, 2022This means that although fans in Russia will still be able to access titles such as Fortnite, they won’t be able to make any in-game purchases.

Epic Games will be making hundreds of temporary testers into full employees with benefits.As reported by The Verge, Epic Games will be hiring its US-based temporary staff full-time, complete with benefits. This will be offered to quality assurance testers and other “eligible” contract-based employees.The news comes about from an employee-facing memo, where the Fortnite developer wrote that it will “offer full-time at-will employment to eligible US-based contingent workers” and that “many of those offers will be effective April 4th, 2022.” The memo does also note that some will not receive the offer, saying, “there are a few exceptions in which it makes sense for both the worker and Epic to maintain contingent worker status.”Elka Looks, a spokesperson for Epic Games, told The Verge that the developer will hire “a few hundred” of its contracts, and that “most but not all” are QA testers.

Epic has confirmed that Windbound will be the next free game on the Epic Games Store.From February 10, Epic Games Store users will be able to pick up Windbound for free. This will replace Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, which is free until 4PM on the same day.Created by 5 Lives Studios, Windbound is an indie survival game that’s all about surviving a shipwreck.“As Kara, you are a warrior, caught at sea in a fierce storm, adrift from your tribe.

Neon Abyss available to grab on the Epic Games Store now. A new game will be given away every day as part of the festive season.Neon Abyss is a run n’ gun roguelike from Veewo Games and published by Team17.

Epic Games Store is giving away a free mystery game every day for the next 15 days. The first of these is Shenmue 3.Shenmue 3 is the third instalment in the Shenmue series and was eagerly anticipated by fans.

Epic Games Store is upping the ante and is giving away three games for free next week instead of the usual two.The next free games available on the Epic Games Store have been revealed, and this time there are three.The games will be replacing the Rogue Company Epic Pack that is currently available for free and will cycle in on November 18. However, Epic Games will be rotating out Tiny Tina’s Assault On Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure on November 16.

Apple will be forced to allow developers to link to other stores after it was denied a stay following the recent Epic Games trial.Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers has denied Apple’s request for a stay of the injunction, forcing it to let app developers link to third-party payment options.

Riot Games is bringing League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, Valorant and more to the Epic Games Store.Epic Games has today announced that some of Riot Games’ biggest titles are now available via the online game store.“Riot Games is one of the world’s best developers and creators of ground-breaking entertainment franchises,” said Steve Allison, Vice President and General Manager of the Epic Games Store.