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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney believes that Steam’s AI disclosure policy is “irresponsible of Valve.”

This week’s free Epic Games Store titles are now available to claim, including the PC classic RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 and the metroidvania 'Voidwrought'.

The Epic Games Store has improved a little since first launching, but it still has a long way to go before catching up with the likes of Steam in features. Soon, Epic Games will be ‘rebuilding' the store app from scratch.  The Epic Games Store will be ‘rebuilt' over the …

Epic recently revealed their roadmap for the next 12 months of the Epic Games Store – including an overhaul of their launcher.

A few weeks ago, Epic Games quietly announced that Unreal Engine 6 was on the way, with plans to debut with a major Rocket League update. Now, Epic has made its plans for the new Unreal Engine clear, planning an early access period for developers, which will last up to …

After Epic Games admitted to using genAI to make concept art for Fortnite, Vampire Survivors have announced that they are “reviewing” their upcoming crossover.

The first-person rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT and the excellent Citizen Sleeper will be free to claim on the Epic Games Store next week.

With this week’s free Epic Games Store offerings available now, the storefront has revealed that next week they’ll be giving away ‘Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks’.

It looks like the era of Unreal Engine 5 is coming to an end. Epic Games has announced plans for Unreal Engine 6, with Rocket League set to be the first game to make use of the new technology.  The announcement of Unreal Engine 6 comes just a year or …

This week’s free Epic Games Store offerings includes the remastered Lara Croft Tomb Raider trilogy and indie puzzler Down in Bermuda.

Guerrilla Games co-founder and former Epic Games director Arjan Brussee has announced the development of The Immense Engine, a new graphics rendering platform pitched as a European alternative to Unreal Engine and Unity. Speaking on the Dutch podcast De Technoloog (via VGC), Brussee detailed his new startup's mission to provide …

With this week’s free titles available to claim, Epic Games have teased that they will be giving away two ‘Mystery Games’ next Thursday.

For years now, Epic Games and Disney have had a close working relationship. Unreal Engine has been used for Disney Park attractions and film productions, while Disney has also leveraged Fortnite to promote its treasure trove of IP. It is now being claimed that Disney executives are waiting for their opportunity to swoop in and buy Epic Games outright. 

Back in 2023, Epic Games had to undergo massive cuts, reducing headcount by around 870 employees due to financial constraints. Now in 2026, Epic Games has found itself in a similar position once again. This time, Epic is letting go of over 1000 employees.

Almost a decade on from its initial release, Epic Games’ premium Fortnite experience ‘Save the World’ is going free-to-play from next month.

Following years of legal battles, Epic and Google have finally settled their differences, with Fortnite set to return to the Google Play Store later this year.

Epic is planning to bring its Games Store on day-one to the next-gen Xbox console, assuming everything goes as is expected.

2026 looks set to be a big year for the Epic Games Store, with plans to overhaul the launcher's architecture, introduce regional pricing and more.

Thanks to a surprising influx of players, Rocket League has now reached a total of 1 million concurrent players for the first time in half a decade.

This week’s free Epic Games Store offering is Rustler (Grand Theft Horse) – a top-down open world action-adventure comedy inspired by the old school GTA games.

Epic is concluding its free end-of-year promotions with two titles to claim: Total War: Three Kingdoms and the PvPvE shooter Wildgate.

As they have done for a few years now, the final weeks of 2025 saw Epic Games give away a different title for free every single day as part of its end-of-year promotions. While the hectic multiplayer first-person slasher Chivalry II is available to claim right now, Epic has revealed that they are concluding this year’s edition of the program with two free games.

The Epic Games Store is kicking off its two-weeks of free games with the isometric horde-survivor roguelike Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel.

Following the likes of Attack on Titan, Dragon Ball, Naruto and more, the next Fortnite anime crossover is reportedly with the highly popular ‘Bleach’.

Alongside this week’s free offerings, Epic Games have teased that a mysterious title will be given away next week in alignment with The Game Awards.

Fortnite’s recent end-of-chapter event managed to draw in over 10 million total players – though it still failed to hit the highs of last year’s finale.

Almost a year on from its initial announcement, game gifting to friends has finally gone live on the Epic Games Store for PC.

In a surprising move, former rivals Unity and Epic Games have announced a major collaboration that will expand opportunities for game developers across both ecosystems. The partnership, revealed today at Unity's annual developer conference, signals a significant step towards a more open platform philosophy. The core of the collaboration is …

Epic has announced that Fortnite is adding a new type of cosmetic in the form of Sidekicks - letting you obtain and customise a pet companion.

This week’s free Epic Games Store offerings include two indie horrors (FNAF: Into the Pit and Bendy and the Ink Machine) just in time for Halloween.