Epic Games
American video game company
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| January 2025 | Epic Games launches its store for Android devices worldwide and for iOS devices in Europe, following legal victories against Google and benefiting from the European Union's Digital Markets Act enforcement. |
| December 2024 | Epic Games settled with the FTC, agreeing to pay $245 million for using 'dark patterns' to encourage V-bucks purchases. The FTC issued $72 million in refunds to over 600,000 users who filed claims. |
| August 16 2024 | Epic launches its storefront on Android worldwide and for iOS devices in European markets, following EU's Digital Markets Act regulations. |
| February 7 2024 | Epic Games received a $1.5 billion investment from Walt Disney Company, with Disney planning to acquire a 9% stake and co-develop games and an entertainment universe. |
| January 2024 | A second phase of the Google trial was scheduled to determine remedies for Epic's claims. |
| 2023 | Epic Games Store reached 270 million users and generated $950 million in total revenue. |
| 2023 | Epic Games acquired its Brazilian subsidiary Epic Games Brasil in Porto Alegre. |
| December 2023 | The jury found in favor of Epic, determining that Google maintained a monopoly on the Android marketplace through Play Store management and leveraging its position as a big tech firm. |
| December 2023 | Epic added Fortnite Festival mode, developed with Harmonix, which mimics Rock Band's note-matching gameplay. |
| November 2023 | Google and Epic's antitrust case went to jury trial in November and December. |
| October 16 2023 | Epic introduces the Now on Epic program, offering similar conditions for previously released games. |
| September 2023 | Epic Games sold Bandcamp to music licensing company Songtradr. |
| August 23 2023 | Epic launches a First Run Program, allowing developers to waive Epic's revenue share during 6 months of store exclusivity. |
| May 2023 | Epic announces a reward program where users can earn 5% in currency for eligible purchases. |
| April 2023 | Epic Games acquired Brazilian developer Aquiris Game Studio and renamed it Epic Games Brasil. |
| March 2023 | Epic adds full self-publishing options to the store, requiring a $100 listing fee and implementing minimum content oversight. |
| December 2022 | Epic introduces cabined accounts for children, providing safe access to select free games like Fortnite, Fall Guys, and Rocket League with parental controls. |
| December 2022 | Epic Games was fined a combined $520 million by the Federal Trade Commission for two separate violations: collecting children's personal data without parental consent and using misleading practices to drive in-game purchases in Fortnite. |
| September 2022 | Epic Games partnered with Autodesk, making Twinmotion available to Revit subscribers, expanding their productivity product offerings. |
| June 2022 | Epic Games Store added a review system based on randomized polling to prevent review bombing. |
| April 2022 | Epic received $1 billion each from Sony and Kirkbi, and announced a partnership with Lego to build a child-friendly metaverse space. |
| March 2022 | Epic Games acquired the indie music platform Bandcamp. |
| February 2022 | Epic Games announced that at least half a billion accounts have been created on its platform. |
| 2021 | Epic Games acquired ArtStation, Capturing Reality, Harmonix, Sketchfab, Tonic Games Group (Mediatonic), and Epic Game Tools (formerly RAD Game Tools). |
| November 2021 | Epic Games acquired Harmonix, a music game developer. |
| October 2021 | Full support for achievements was rolled out on the Epic Games Store. |
| September 2021 | Apple was ultimately victorious in a bench trial regarding the Fortnite storefront dispute. |
| September 10 2021 | U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a ruling largely in favor of Apple, with one provision against Apple's anti-steering provisions. |
| August 2021 | Epic Games Store launches a beta for self-publishing features. |
| July 2021 | Epic Games acquired Sketchfab, a marketplace for 3D models. |
| June 2021 | Epic Games expanded Epic Online Services by adding support for anti-cheat and voice chat functionality, enhancing the platform's comprehensive game development tools. |
| April 2021 | During the Epic Games v. Apple lawsuit, Apple claimed the Epic Games Store was running at a significant loss, with Epic countering that they expected profitability by 2023. |
| April 2021 | Epic Games acquired ArtStation, a professional artists' marketplace. |
| March 2021 | Epic Games acquired Tonic Games Group, including Mediatonic (developers of Fall Guys), and Capturing Reality (developers of RealityCapture photogrammetry suite). |
| February 2021 | Epic unveiled the MetaHuman Creator project, a browser-based application for creating realistic human characters. |
| January 2021 | Over 19 million users obtained a free copy of Star Wars Battlefront II, briefly crashing the game's servers. |
| January 2021 | Epic Games acquired RAD Game Tools, a middleware solutions company for video game development. |
| January 2021 | Epic purchased Cary Towne Center in North Carolina to be their new headquarters and campus. |
| 2020 | Epic Games Store reached 160 million players, 31 million daily active players, and annual sales over $700 million. |
| December 2020 | Epic Games Store begins offering non-game applications, starting with Spotify, and commits to not taking a cut of subscriptions. |
| November 2020 | Epic Games acquired Hyprsense, a digital facial animation firm. |
| September 2020 | Epic Games launched the Coalition for App Fairness with thirteen other companies, aiming to improve app store inclusion conditions. |
| September 2020 | Epic Games acquired SuperAwesome, a firm developing children-safe game services. |
| August 28 2020 | Apple threatened to terminate Epic's developer accounts, prompting Epic to file a motion for a preliminary injunction. |
| August 13 2020 | Epic Games updated Fortnite across all platforms to offer a 20% discount on V-Bucks when purchased directly from Epic, which was not extended to iOS and Android users buying through Apple and Google storefronts. |
| July 2020 | Preliminary support for achievements and user modifications was added to the store. |
| May 2020 | Epic Games Store offered Grand Theft Auto V as a free game, attracting over seven million new users and temporarily crashing Epic's servers. |
| May 2020 | Epic Games released Epic Online Services (EOS), a free SDK enabling cross-platform play features for game developers across multiple systems including Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. |
| May 13 2020 | Unreal Engine 5 was announced with plans for an early 2022 release, and Epic released its Epic Online Services SDK. |
| March 2020 | Accusations emerged on social media claiming the Epic Games social networking app Houseparty was responsible for hacks on services like Netflix and Spotify. Epic and Life on Air denied these claims and offered a bounty to anyone who could prove the allegations. |
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