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Epic is laying off more than 1,000 workers, citing a downturn in Fortnite engagement

Epic Games has announced sweeping layoffs of more than 1,000 employees. “The downturn in Fortnite engagement that started in 2025 means we're spending significantly more than we're making, and we have to make major cuts to keep the company funded,” CEO Tim Sweeney said in a memo to workers on Tuesday. Sweeney wrote that, combined with “over $500 million of identified cost savings in contracting, marketing, and closing some open roles,” the layoffs will give Epic more stability. He added that the layoffs are not related to AI. Back in 2023, Epic laid off 830 employees. At the time, that was 16 percent of its workforce, suggesting around 4,000 employees remained at the company. If those numbers haven’t changed too much in the meantime, that means Epic is culling around a [...]

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Fortnite is finally back in the US App Store

Fortnite is back in the US App Store. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney announced that he intended to relaunch the game in late April, following a court order that demanded Apple stop collecting a 27 percent fee o [...]

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Epic will let Fortnite creators sell in-game items in latest attempt to compete with Roblox

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Epic is reportedly building an extraction shooter for Disney

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Match Score: 150.90

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Fortnite will return to Google's Play Store globally on March 19

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Apple claims it's not blocking Epic from offering Fortnite in the EU

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Match Score: 140.47

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Epic is increasing the price of Fortnite's V-Bucks currency

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Match Score: 119.01

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'Fortnite' is offline on iOS around the world

After winning a court case pretty decisively against Apple, developer Epic submitted Fortnite to the US App Store and suggested it would soon be back on iOS. However, according to the Fortnite team, A [...]

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Apple will again appeal to the Supreme Court in battle with Epic Games

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Epic wants the court to compel Apple to approve Fortnite's return to the US App Store

Epic has filed a "second motion to enforce injunction," asking the US District Court for the Northern District of California to force Apple to do a timely review of its Fortnite app and to a [...]

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