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Totally Normal People send "thousands" of pieces of hatemail to Ooblets dev Glumberland over Epic exclusivity deal News Aug 5th, 2019

Totally Normal People send "thousands" of pieces of hatemail to Ooblets dev Glumberland over Epic exclusivity deal

"We really misjudged how angry so many people would be"

Ooblets becomes an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC News Aug 2nd, 2019

Ooblets becomes an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC

Epic is offering funding to developers in exchange for exclusivity rights to games

Epic Games Store enables cloud saves for two games News Jul 30th, 2019

Epic Games Store enables cloud saves for two games

The feature should have launched in May but was pushed back

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess News Jul 3rd, 2019

Epic vows to cover Kickstarter refunds for exclusive titles following Shenmue III mess

CEO Sweeney says it doesn't want to damage developer Ys Net

Epic boss Sweeney says exclusives might be unpopular with Steam users but rev share disruption plan is working News Jun 26th, 2019

Epic boss Sweeney says exclusives might be unpopular with Steam users but rev share disruption plan is working

CEO says that snapping up titles like this is vital to force competitors to give developers a bigger slice of the pice

E3 2019 - Dota spin-off Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store News Jun 11th, 2019

E3 2019 - Dota spin-off Auto Chess is coming to the Epic Games Store

Being made in Unreal Engine, too

Dauntless strikes up six million players in its first week News May 30th, 2019

Dauntless strikes up six million players in its first week

Dauntless doubles its open beta player figures after launching into 1.0

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games News May 21st, 2019

Epic’s “aggressive fraud rules” are blocking users for buying too many games

Fraud protection and conspicuously-missing shopping cart are behind the aggressive security action

Epic takes the hit for developers in the first Epic Mega Sale event News May 17th, 2019

Epic takes the hit for developers in the first Epic Mega Sale event

Epic Games flaunts its wealth by subsidising a $10 store-wide discount

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China News May 16th, 2019

The Epic Games Store quietly opens its doors in China

Epic joins Steam in operating a technically-not-legal digital storefront on the Chinese mainland

News May 3rd, 2019

Surprise: Games given away on Epic Store see huge increase in players, says Newzoo

Firm looks at how Subnautica and Slime Rancher's player bases increased

Anno 1800 might not be on Steam anymore, but it’s tripled the franchise’s player count on the platform News Apr 30th, 2019

Anno 1800 might not be on Steam anymore, but it’s tripled the franchise’s player count on the platform

Steam Charts claims Anno 1800's first-day concurrent player count hit over 25,000

Updated: World War Z sold 320,000 copies on the Epic Games Store News Apr 29th, 2019

Updated: World War Z sold 320,000 copies on the Epic Games Store

"We are performing way above expectations thanks to the support we have received from the Epic Games Store"

Exclusives, free games and Fortnite: Behind the scenes on the Epic Games Store strategy Industry Icon Apr 12th, 2019

Exclusives, free games and Fortnite: Behind the scenes on the Epic Games Store strategy

CEO Tim Sweeney gives us a hint as to how the platform has performed so far

Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes creators, not consumers, are the key to the next generation of stores News Mar 13th, 2019

Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes creators, not consumers, are the key to the next generation of stores

The user experience is "nearly perfect" right now, so Sweeney suggests winning over developers

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