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The next 12 months of gaming and game development will be insanely cool and empowering!
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The thousands of death threats in these threads, carefully crafted so that X’s algorithm doesn’t ban them, demonstrate what’s going on here. These aren’t arguments to persuade or express contrary opinions, but just bullying and intimidation of opponents to silence them.
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I think we should have even more labels.
Before I buy a game, I want to know where the game dev lands on abortion. And healthcare.
Every game dev should complete a six hour political questionnaire to ensure that I am not accidentally supporting the wrong tribe.
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Cancel culture tried it again
-> Stalk Tim Sweeney’s entire history for dirt
-> Best they can find is one mildly edgy take
-> Try to cancel him over it anyway
Tim Sweeney did nothing and won.
Tim Sweeney is facing backlash after an old post resurfaced where the Epic Games CEO argued that studios going bankrupt “deserve the axe.”
Talking about Looking Glass shutting down Sweeney called it “an economically realistic day”
Sweeney also wrote that “a studio that goes bankrupt deserves to be shut down”, arguing that companies that fail financially shouldn’t necessarily be kept alive.
His conclusion is that “The dinosaurs die, but the way is cleared for cooler life forms to evolve.”
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No company's perfect, but it's kinda criminal how Epic gets treated in the greater conversation of engines and distribution platforms.
They have done SO MUCH for gaming and distribution to keep others honest.
Epic Games was my favorite company before and I'm loving them even more after supporting Linux and embracing vibe coding their product.
Many don't know that Epic is one of the most supportive company to players and Devs.
Changed so many lifes through Fortnite Tournaments(I got paid myself so maybe I'm biased).
and as for Devs Unreal Engine is top tier, free and they charge the least for distribution
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Right? "Billionaires are bad!" Gabe gets a pass. "Loot boxes are terrible!" Plays CS. "AI is horrible slop!" Wait if Valve is using it it's ok!
Meanwhile Deadlock is going to take over when it fully drops.
Make it make sense, folks. Honestly curious.
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Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it's not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be. Personally I'm optimisic about it and see it as empowering for creators.
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Fortnite is a 2017 online video game and game platform developed and released by Epic Games.
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Oh wow! Roblox expands into an engine for standalone games, while Unreal Engine 6 expands its feature set with a standards based interoperable content ecosystem. The winner of this competition: developers!
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Track CCU and key metrics across all your islands from one page
The new Account Analytics page in Creator Portal brings key metrics for up to 10 islands into one view, including lifetime players and concurrent users (CCU). Compare performance, spot trends, and jump straight into any island's project analytics without opening each one separately.
Find your Account Analytics page in the left navigation bar. Learn more: fn.gg/uefn-analytics
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The gravitational pull into Fortnite is only temporary; with Unreal Engine 6 and the next Epic Online Services update, the social and economy systems are easily accessible to all games.
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41.20 Fortnite Ecosystem Updates and Release Notes 🔥
dev.epicgames.com/documentat…
#UEFN #FortniteCreative #Fortnite
