2026-02-04
Not to be a hater, but I have a morbid wonder of where Epic would be if Fortnite didn't take off That's not the ONLY thing they offer of course, but as far as gamer relevance goes it would've been a sour note to end on Paragon
Eurogamer.net
An interview with Epic Games Store VP Steven Allison, who says “we have a lot of things” to fix and “the launcher sucks”, on 2026 updates like social features
Steven Allison acknowledges some people will always say “F— Epic", as focus finally shifts to player experience.
2026-02-03
Not to be a hater, but I have a morbid wonder of where Epic would be if Fortnite didn't take off That's not the ONLY thing they offer of course, but as far as gamer relevance goes it would've been a sour note to end on Paragon
GamesIndustry.biz
Epic reports third-party game revenue on the Epic Games Store up 57% YoY in 2025 to $400M, total spend up 6% to $1.16B, and total player hours down 14% to 6.65B
2025-11-28
This just feels like a basic fumble from a store perspective Why wouldn't you want customers to have MORE ways to find what they want to buy? If I don't want games with roguelike elements, I filter them out If I don't want games with AI elements, let me filter them out
GamesIndustry.biz
Tim Sweeney says it “makes no sense” for stores like Steam to label games that are made using AI, since AI “will be involved in nearly all future production”
“It makes no sense for game stores, where AI will be involved in nearly all future production.”
2025-05-01
Welp there goes Polygon In the end there will just be The Game Journalism Site that puts out The Review and it will be a 7/10
Kotaku
Polygon staffers, including co-founder and EIC Chris Plante, say the video games website has laid them off; sources say Vox Media sold Polygon to Valnet
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up — The video game website Polygon has been sold to Valnet and much of its staff has been laid off, Kotaku as learned.