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Epic

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185 articles decelerating

Epic has appeared in 185 articles since 2016-02. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 14 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Apple, Fortnite, Epic Games, App Store.

Articles
185
mentions
Velocity
-25.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-3.250
velocity change
Sources
46
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-08-13
TechCrunch 53 related

After Apple's threats, Patreon memberships via its iOS app will be subject to Apple's 30% fee from November 2024; creators must switch to subscription billing

if you're paying with iPhone Hamish McKenzie / On Substack : The price of payments  —  Today, Patreon is in the unenviable position of explaining to creators … Ashley King / Digital Music News : The ‘...

2024-06-14
Wccftech 6 related

After a major leak of unannounced games, Epic releases an update “so third-party tools can't surface any new unpublished product titles” from its Games Store

2024-06-13
Wccftech 9 related

After a major leak of unannounced games, Epic releases an update “so third-party tools can't surface any new unpublished product titles” from its Games Store

[Update] After publishing our story, we received a statement from Epic on this matter (via an Epic PR agency):

2024-03-07
9to5Mac 25 related

Letter to Epic: Apple's lawyers cite Tim Sweeney's attacks, including an X post, and say Epic is part of a “global effort to undermine or evade Apple's rules”

To understand what just happened, one needs to rewind to the start … Tom Ivan / Video Games Chronicle : EU says it's investigating why Apple terminated Epic's developer account Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo ...

2023-09-19
Bloomberg 7 related

At an all-hands, Unity discussed potential changes to its controversial new fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game's revenue for customers with $1M+ in revenue

Devs on #Unity Runtime Fee: “The trust is gone forever” https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ ... @GIbiz @James_Batchelor X: @unity : We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime f...

2022-05-13
NBC News

Some local officials forced US schools and libraries to shut down or limit e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after conservative parents objected to content

E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries. Tweets: @natashaturak , @cindyotis_ , ...

2021-09-29
Washington Post

Tim Sweeney and Epic execs discuss Epic's metaverse plans, contrasting it with Facebook's “manicured” feed and emphasizing the role of creators

Gene Park / Washington Post : Tweets: @andresegers , @genepark , @genepark , @genepark , @genepark , @launcherwp , @karinagrotz , @genepark , and @minimaxir Tweets: Andr / @andresegers : The internet...

2020-01-23
CNBC

Epic Systems, a leading provider of digital medical records, calls on large hospitals to oppose proposed US rules that would open up access to patient records

at a minimum to consumers and institutions they trust.” https://twitter.com/... Raj Ratwani, PhD / @rajratwani : Disappointing to see efforts to stop this important rule that would provide open APIs &...

2018-08-26
Android Central 16 related

Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone

The exact problem we expected to happen, happened.  —  Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …

2018-08-25
Android Central 12 related

Fixed flaw in the Fortnite Installer on the Galaxy Apps store and Epic's site let any app hijack the game download process to install anything on a user's phone

The exact problem we expected to happen, happened.  —  Google has just publicly disclosed that it discovered …

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Quarterly Coverage

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Epic has appeared in 459 Techmeme articles since February 2015. The biggest stories include Epic's new motion asks a US district judge to order Apple to approve Fortnite on the US... and Epic debuts the Epic Games Store on iOS in the EU, offering its games, including.... Frequently covered alongside Apple, Epic Games, Fortnite, Google, and Tim Sweeney. Coverage has shifted toward enterprise, developer themes and away from consumer, regulation.

Key Moments

2024Q2enterprise -10pts; safety -7pts; consumer -21pts
2024Q3safety -12pts; developer -24pts; funding +18pts
2024Q4safety +10pts; developer -9pts; consumer +19pts

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