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    Epic Games Store coming to iOS this year

    Epic Games have released their Epic Games Store 2023 Year in Review and amoung various annoucements on how the store has grown and expanded is news that Epic have secured their Apple Developer account and plans to start developing the Epic Games Store on iOS. Due to the EU's DMA Apple has had...
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    Chapter 5 Season 1: Underground Arrives!

    A new dawn has arrived in Fortnite with the start of Chapter 5. Season 1 introduces a new map and a new element to The Society that includes new game play mechanics for players to enjoy. New Map As always with a new map there are new areas to explore. A new biome to the west which contains the...
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    Chapter 4 comes to an end with The Big Bang

    The curtain has finally fallen on the latest chapter in Fornite's on-going story and with it sees the end of Fornite OG. While the end of the OG event for some will come as an annoying end to some fun on the original map, for most it will be the introduction of an expanding universe of content...
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    Digital Foundry Takes a Look at Unreal Engine's mixed start on Consoles

    After some very impressive tech demos that showed us just what Unreal Engine 5 can do we are starting to see fully fledged games making their way to consoles. Digital Foundry has taken a look at the current state of 5 Unreal Engine powered games on major consoles. While results are mixed...
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    Unreal Engine price changes for Non-developers

    At Unreal Fest Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discussed recent layoffs at Epic Games along with upcoming per-seat price changes that are coming to Unreal Engine in 2024. The important thing here is that the price changes will only impact those who use Unreal Engine for non-game development...
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    Unforgettable event coming December 2nd

    The next phase of Fortnite is launching on December 2nd in an event Epic is promising will be unforgettable and titled The Big Bang. This will see the end to the Fortnite OG event which brought back the original map and sped through a number of seasons from Chapter 1 and will see the start of...
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    Epic Coupon arrives giving you 33% off for Black Friday

    Epic's Black Friday offers have arrived on their Store. The most notable of which is The 33% Epic Coupon an offer which will save you 33% of eligible purchases with a purchase price of at least $14.99 (€14.99/£11.99). The coupon is available until November 28th and arrives alongside a couple of...
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    Unreal 25th Anniversary

    We all have to start somewhere and in 1998 Epic along with Digital Extremes released Unreal. The first title that paved the way where things are now with Unreal Engine 5 powering some amazing titles that use the game engine to power them. Looking back its amazing to see the impact the title...
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    Drop back in to Chapter 1

    Epic has turned back time with Chapter 4 and introduced Fortnite OG. Starting with Chapter 1 Season 5 each major update this time around will bring back different phases of the past. This will see the return of fan favourites such as the Shopping Cart, Assault Rife, Pump Shotgun and more to...
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    Unreal Editor for Fornite arrives

    For those of us who have been around for a while will remember the days of using UnrealEd for Unreal/UT/UT2004 and creating maps, mods and the like for the game. Now, it seems, we have come full circle with the arrival of UEFN (Unreal Editor for Fortnite) a PC application for people to create...
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    Unreal Engine 5.3 Released

    Epic Games, the creators of the widely-used Unreal Engine, has just unveiled Unreal Engine 5.3, a groundbreaking update set to revolutionize the world of game development. This latest iteration introduces a host of new features and enhancements that promise to empower developers, push the...
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    Unreal Editor for Fornite arrives

    For those of us who have been around for a while will remember the days of using UnrealEd for Unreal/UT/UT2004 and creating maps, mods and the like for the game. Now, it seems, we have come full circle with the arrival of UEFN (Unreal Editor for Fortnite) a PC application for people to create...
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    Fornite back on iOS this year?

    Tim Sweeney seems to think so as a tweet at the end of December hints at Fornite's return to iOS this year.
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    Epic reaches settlement with FTC

    Epic has reached a settlement with the FTC and hopes to move beyond long-standing industry practices. There are 2 parts to the settlement. The first sees Epic paying the FTC $245 million USD to resolve concerns related to past designs of the Fortnite item shop and the way in which refunds...
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    John Carmack leaves Meta

    John Carmack of id Software fame has revealed with a post on Facebook, his frustrations with Meta and the way in which they are handling the Metaverse and VR in general. What this means for the Metaverse is currently unclear. John's thoughts echo what really goes on inside a corporation as big...