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Epic Video games is now “financially sound”, says CEO Tim Sweeney.
The Fortnite maker’s place was shared throughout Unreal Fest Seattle 2024, which Sweeney welcomed in on a brighter be aware than final yr.
“Fortnite and the Epic Video games Retailer have hit new data in concurrency and success,” he claimed.
“Fortnite hit 110 million month-to-month lively customers final vacation – an all-time peak – and that is all occurring within the context of a sport enterprise that’s quickly altering in a means that we’ve solely seen a couple of occasions in our lifetimes as sport builders.”
The file outcome is available in stark distinction to Unreal Fest 2023, when Sweeney acknowledged a “degradation in high quality” was doubtless following over 800 layoffs – equating to 16% of the corporate’s workforce, however mandatory to make sure the corporate wouldn’t “run out of cash”.
Making adjustments
“Final yr’s Unreal Fest started with some unhappy information,” Sweeney stated throughout this yr’s occasion. “The corporate needed to get its funds so as and we’d simply had some main layoffs. We’ve spent the final yr rebuilding and in addition actually executing solidly on all fronts.”
The yr has additionally seen Epic’s continued battle with “monopoly lease collectors” Apple and Google, who Sweeney believes “restrict what builders can do”.
Rebuilding at Epic Video games has concerned not solely the event of open content material market Fab, however has additionally led to the Epic Video games Retailer’s launch on cellular, with Rocket League Sideswipe, Fall Guys and Fortnite in tow.
This September, the shop reached a file 70 million month-to-month lively customers.
“We wish to get as many gamers as attainable to put in the Epic Video games Retailer on cellular earlier than launching the primary wave of video games from third-party builders this vacation,” stated Epic Video games Retailer normal supervisor Steve Allison.
“Our crew has been working tirelessly to deliver key cellular titles to the shop.”
Amongst these key titles is Ark Final Cellular Version, revealed for the shop throughout the presentation, bringing a sequence with $50 million in cellular income to its title to Epic’s platform later this yr.
As reported by MobileGamer.biz, Allison famous throughout a roundtable that as much as 50 third-party titles will likely be prepared for launch on the Epic Video games Retailer by the tip of 2024.
Unreal Engine’s upcoming royalty price discount can even purpose to incentivise builders to launch their video games on the Epic Video games Retailer concurrently with different app shops, additional broadening the library it may possibly supply to gamers in competitors with Apple and Google.
