The life and rise of Tim Sweeney, the billionaire CEO and founder of the company behind 'Fortnite,' Epic Games

Tim Sweeney, 48, was born in 1970 and raised in Potomac, Maryland, with two older brothers. His father was a cartographer for the US...

Epic Games Sues Fortnite Tester Over Leaked Info

A lawsuit filed in North Carolina alleges that Ronald Sykes broke a non-disclosure agreement and shared information about Chapter 2 in For...

Fortnite Installer is now Epic Games app, Android Epic Games Store coming soon

If you want to play Fortnite on an Android device, you've needed to install the Fortnite Installer app since the launch of the gam...

Beta Tester Sued By Epic Games For Leaking 'Fortnite' Chapter 2 Details

Epic Games, the game developer behind the successful battle royale title, "Fortnite," recently filed a lawsuit against a leaker....

Epic Games sues playtester over alleged Fortnite Chapter 2 leaks

Epic Games has filed a lawsuit against a playtester who it claims was involved in leaking details about Fortnite Chapter 2 ahead of its re...

Epic Games is bringing Fortnite V-Bucks cards to physical stores

Underscoring the vast popularity of its battle royale hit Fortnite is a new business move from Epic Games: the launch of V-Bucks reload ca...

Epic Games sues former tester over leaks

During the buildup to Fortnite's black hole and chapter two reveal, there were several leaks indicating that a new map was coming. N...

Goat Simulator developer says Epic Games critics are ‘a loud minority’

Coffee Stain Studios’ new open-world factory-building game Satisfactory is an Epic exclusive, and the Goat Simulator developer has expla...

Epic Games sues game tester over Fortnite 'leaks'

[unable to retrieve full-text content]"Fortnite" developer Epic Games is suing a former game tester, claiming he "broke his c...

Yaga Launches November 12 for Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Epic Games Store - News

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Publisher Versus Evil and developer Breadcrumbs Interactive announced Yaga will launch for the Nintend...

Paradox's Surviving the Aftermath comes to Epic Games Store and Xbox One

By Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin · Oct 19, 2019 05:12 EDT · Hot! Paradox Interactive announced Surviving the Aftermath earlier ...

Epic Games gets extra spooky for their first ever Halloween sale

Epic Games is celebrating Halloween for the first time ever since their release, and to do that the company is slashing prices for a large...

To Win The Customer Loyalty Game, Southwest Airlines And Epic Games Play For Keeps

Southwest Airlines and Epic Games know how to win customers. They play for keeps — to win customers and keep them coming back for more. ...

Epic Games announces $5 million prize pool for Chapter 2, Season 1

Chapter 2, Season 1 of the Fortnite Champion Series will feature $5 million in prizes, Epic Games announced Friday. Qualifiers will st...

'Fortnite' Chapter 2: Epic Games Improves Battle Pass System But Removes Some Weapons To Simplify Firefights

Everything went according to plan. First, game developer Epic Games, officially, closed the book on the battle royale game's first pha...

Epic Games announce $5 million prize fund for Chapter 2

Chapter 2 Season 1 of the Fortnite Champion Series will feature $5 million in prizes, Epic Games announced Friday. Qualifiers will start...

Epic Games Store suffers outage alongside Fortnite’s big black hole event

[unable to retrieve full-text content]PC gamers are reporting problems with the Epic Games Store, saying that they can't log in to the s...

‘Fortnite’ Goes Dark: A Masterful Marketing Stroke by Epic Games

On Sunday, "Fortnite" — the most popular game on Earth right now — without warning, imploded into darkness. At around 2 p.m. ET ...

Long-awaited puzzler gets surprise release date on Epic Games Store, Apple Arcade

Manifold Garden, the surreal, gravity-agnostic puzzler in development for nearly seven years, has a launch date at last: Tomorrow! It'...

Observer and Alan Wake: American Nightmare are free to claim on the Epic Games Store

Epic Games Store has put on offer >observer_ and Alan Wake: American Nightmare this week, taking the place of Surviving Mars. Those...

What happened to Fortnite? Black hole ends live event; season 11 speculation swirls around Epic Games

A special event to end the tenth season of Fortnite actually ended the game altogether - at least for most of Sunday. Players logged in Sund...

Yep, Epic Games just DELETED Fortnite ahead of Chapter 2

In what appears to get a gigantic marketing stunt, Epic Games has literally deleted Fortnite from the internet after the end of their Seas...

Riot Games, Epic Games walk opposite paths after Blizzard’s Hong Kong debacle

League of Legends developer Riot Games and Fortnite developer Epic Games had opposite responses to Blizzard's controversial suspension o...

Fortnite Is As "Addictive" As Cocaine, According To Lawsuit Filed Against Epic Games

People from both sides of the fence have argued the potential harms and benefits of video games. Some have argued that it's helped kids ...

Fortnite ENDS as Epic Games Twitter goes dark and game servers go offline

The Fortnite Twitter account has gone dark (Image: EPIC GAMES) Epic Games has ended Fortnite Season 10 by seemingly destroying the ...

Unlike Blizzard, Epic Games says it won’t ban players for political speech

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Epic Games sued for not warning parents 'Fortnite' is allegedly as addictive as cocaine

Fortnite may be a free video game, but it's already earned $1 billion this year, as well as a cult following. USA TODAY ...

Surviving Mars is currently free on the Epic Games Store

The Epic Games Store’s current free offering is Surviving Mars, a sci-fi city builder that’s all about colonising Mars and not dying i...

Surviving Mars is currently free-to-play on the Epic Games Store

Epic Games Store is back with yet another free game to enjoy over the weekend, this time round gamers can test their luck on Mars. Thi...

Observer & Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Set For Epic Games Store Next Free Titles

Epic Games Store has received a ton of flack when it launched. Outside of being just another competitive launcher against Valve's Steam ...

Epic Games Store Now Offering Surviving Mars For Free

Epic Games Store received a ton of shade when it first hit the market. It was a competitor to Valve's Steam platform that had the fu...

Epic Games settles with 14-year-old over selling Fortnite cheats

Epic settled with a minor ...

Epic Games Is Teasing "The End" of Fortnite

The end of Fortnite is coming. What this means, nobody seems to know, but it's what creative director on the game Donald Mustard has bee...

Epic Games' plans for HQ expansion in Cary get bigger -- with room for up to 2,000 workers

[unable to retrieve full-text content]More than a year after filing permits to make way for a headquarters expansion in Cary, Epic Games con...

Grab quirky RPG Minit for free now on Epic Games Store

You'd be amazed at what you can do in this RPG in just a minute. Heads up, free game lovers. The genius, adorable pu...

Epic Games to expand campus in Cary, making room for up to 2,000 employees

[unable to retrieve full-text content]After years of growth from its industry-changing hit "Fortnite," video game maker Epic Games...

Minit is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week

Epic Games Store is putting on offer Minit to claim for free this week, taking the place of Everything and Metro 2033 Redux. Minit is ...

'Fortnite' creator Epic Games is making space for 2,000 more employees at its North Carolina headquarters

Epic Games, the company behind "Fortnite," is quietly expanding its headquarters and overall business. Epic recently announced...

Minit Is Now Available for Free on the Epic Games Store

The next installment in Epic Games Store's ongoing series of weekly free games is here! This week sees Minit join the ever-growing...

Epic Games Store is Getting a Long-Overdue New Storefront

It's not hard to see that the Epic Games Store platform gets a lot of criticism from PC users. While we don't necessarily agree wi...

Epic Games Store vs Steam: a tale of two digital storefronts

© Provided by Future Publishing Ltd. Epic Games Store vs Steam Epic made quite a few ripples when it opened its digital game store back in...