#EpicGames appetites are growing: they've consumed #Sketchfab!

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/sketchfab-is-now-part-of-epic-games

#Artstation Learning remains #Free, since they've joined #EpicGames and have other sources of funding:

https://magazine.artstation.com/2021/12/artstation-learning-free/

From now on, #EpicGames allows you to publish games on #EGS directly. Your game will be checked before being published, you'll have to pay $100 (same as on #Steam), they will take 12% from revenue, etc.

And there are very special rules for #UnrealEngine games on EGS!

As for review and censoring: No scam, adult content, hate speech, etc.

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/self-service-publishing-now-available-for-the-epic-games-store

On April 6 Dying Light Enhanced Edition will be free to take on Epic Store!

#EGS #EpicStore #EpicGames #Free

Tim Sweeney announced that Epic Games is trying to become profitable again and based on that they have to lay off 830 employees (16% of staff).

Previously purchased Bandcamp and SuperAwesome are gonna be separated from the main company.

Recent escape from Unity to "definitely safe Unreal Engine" may look a little less safe now.

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/layoffs-at-epic

#Business #EpicGames #UnrealEngine

This is getting darker #UnrealEngine #EpicGames

Sad and very predictable destiny of #NFT games, approved by #EpicGames for their store:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJdCbSohWdI

OK, I can't tell anymore whether it's a real video or computer graphics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irOzXzK7Xvo #UnrealEngine #UE5 #Lumen

As usual, #EpicGames launched a giveaway: grab these #UnrealEngine assets for FREE till the end of May!

#Free #GameAssets #UE5

Ahaha, did you know that Epic Games launcher is actually Unreal Engine 4 game? I just figured it out when it crashed... #EpicGames #EGS

As Quixel and Epic Games promised, you can collect all megascans for free on their new marketplace FAB

https://www.fab.com/megascans-free #Free #GameAssets #GameTextures #EpicGames

Epic Allows Internet Archive To Distribute For Free the original ‘Unreal’ & ‘Unreal Tournament’ [Forever]. You probably still gonna need to patch both games to use them now (as mentioned in their descriptions).

#Free@GameDEV
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

Programming on Friday be like

#Programming@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

Your Unreal Engine assets are a time bomb and you don't own them.

Just to clarify: here's how Free FAB asset looks like, after it's no longer free. You can only claim it for your tier (Personal or Pro). The majority of you are at Personal tier and can only claim it, not the higher one.

Then after the item is no longer free and in case you get income OR FUNDING that will exceed your tier to the Pro one, you owe Fab $350 for this asset alone. And potentially thousands upon thousands for all their so-called "Free Assets".

It's a huge time bomb that is currently planted in thousands of indie games and will screw them up in the next couple of years.

#Finance@GameDEV
#GameAssets@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

Tencent removes directors from Epic Games after Justice Dept. inspection. The Justice Department voiced concerns that Tencent was being anti-competitive by appointing its own directors to Epic, which it only has a minority stake in.

VIA

#Legal@GameDEV
#Tencent@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

You may be curious: why don't we post about free Epic Store giveaways as we usually do on holidays? Well, this time they managed to screw it up completely — they gave away crappy games and now a DLC to a F2P dungeon crawler!

#EpicGames@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Epic Games is trying to end copyright violation madness on its community platform UEFN and marketplace FAB. Unlike Roblox, that often requires manual DMCA strikes, Epic is going to use mass-research, similar to YouTube algorithm.

#Legal@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV
#UEFN@GameDEV

Good night, folks!

Tim accidentally boosted meme coins prices by x30, when he mentioned them in a joke about IRS requirements to report income from criminal activities.

Now he's a spiritual leader of all meme coins, trying to stop it all, and getting Streisand effect. It's hilarious to watch 🍿 (he's generally a nice guy but struggles with some social communications).

#meme@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV