Epic Games

Unreal Engine developer

Epic Games is an American video game company best known for developing Fortnite and the Unreal Engine, a widely licensed game development platform.

The company operates the Epic Games Store, a digital storefront that competes with Steam.

Epic has been at the center of high-profile disputes with Apple and Google over app store fees and payment processing.

Fortnite

battle royale

Multi-combatant elimination contest

skins · emotes · challenges · island · squad · solo · duo · glider · pickaxe · building

esports

tournament

Multi-round competitive event

Twitch · rankings · competitive · champion · qualifiers · leaderboards

store

launcher

Device that sends projectiles

coupons · library · wishlist · achievements · cloud saves · storefront

company

Tencent

Chinese tech conglomerate

subsidiary · revenue · valuation · privately held · antitrust · developer · publisher · founding · growth · strategy

Unreal

blueprint

Detailed technical drawing

3D modeling · animation · visual effects · level editor · cinematics · Marketplace · shader · scripting

Categories
Opposites
game industry rivals/competitors

Epic GamesValve

Game studio and storefront

Steam · Apple · Google · Sony · Microsoft

business model philosophy

Epic Gamessubscription services

Recurring payment for ongoing access

Family

epic, games, epics, epically, epical, epicness

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G