Epic Games

Extracted Attributes

• Founded

  1991-01-01

• Founder

  Tim Sweeney

• Headquarters

  Cary, North Carolina, United States

• Key Products

  Unreal Engine, Fortnite, Epic Games Store, Epic Online Services

• User Accounts

  800 million+ accounts across its ecosystem

• Global Presence

  More than 50 offices worldwide

• Equity Valuation

  US$32 billion (as of April 2022)

Timeline

• Founded as Potomac Computer Systems in Potomac, Maryland by Tim Sweeney. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1991-01-01

• Renamed to Epic MegaGames, Inc. and brought on Mark Rein as Vice President. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1992-01-01

• Moved headquarters to Cary, North Carolina and simplified name to Epic Games. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1999-01-01

• Released Epic Citadel as a tech demo for Unreal Engine 3 on iOS. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia))

  2010-09-01

• Tencent acquired a 40% stake in the company to facilitate a shift toward games as a service. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2012-06-01

• Unreal Engine recognized by Guinness World Records as the most successful videogame engine. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2014-01-01

• Released Fortnite Battle Royale, which became a global cultural phenomenon. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2017-09-26

• Launched the Epic Games Store to compete with other PC gaming platforms. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-12-06

• Reached a US$32 billion equity valuation following investments from Sony and KIRKBI. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-04-01

• Engaged in a renewed conflict with Apple amid EU regulatory changes and the Digital Markets Act. (Source: Document 9dc63733-a42b-4294-a7a2-f3bcd64dffbb)

  2024-03-01

Epic Games

Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded by Tim Sweeney as Potomac Computer Systems in 1991, originally located in his parents' house in Potomac, Maryland. Following its first commercial video game release, ZZT (1991), the company became Epic MegaGames, Inc. in early 1992 and brought on Mark Rein, who has been its vice president since. After moving the headquarters to Cary in 1999, the studio changed its name to Epic Games. Epic Games developed Unreal Engine, a commercially available game engine which also powers its internally developed video games like Fortnite and the Unreal, Gears of War, and Infinity Blade series. In 2014, Unreal Engine was named the "most successful videogame engine" by Guinness World Records. Epic Games owns the game developers Psyonix, Mediatonic, and Harmonix, and operates studios in multiple locations around the world. While Sweeney remains the controlling shareholder, Tencent acquired a 48.4% outstanding stake, equating to 40% of total Epic, in the company in 2012, as part of an agreement aimed at moving Epic towards a games as a service model. Following the release of the popular Fortnite Battle Royale in 2017, the company gained additional investments that enabled it to expand its Unreal Engine offerings, establish esports events around Fortnite, and launch the Epic Games Store. As of April 2022, the company has a US$32 billion equity valuation.

Web Search Results

• About Epic Games

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• Epic Games Careers, Perks + Culture - Built In

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• Epic Games - Wikipedia

  Epic Games developed Unreal Engine, a commercially available game engine which also powers its internally developed video games like Fortnite and the Unreal "Unreal (video game series)"), Gears of War, and Infinity Blade series. In 2014, Unreal Engine was named the "most successful videogame engine" by Guinness World Records. Epic Games owns the game developers Psyonix, Mediatonic, and Harmonix, and operates studios in multiple locations around the world. While Sweeney remains the controlling [...] Epic Games was given the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Special Award in June 2019 for its past and continuing developments for the Unreal Engine, a software which also earned it the Engineering Excellence Award from the Hollywood Professional Association. [...] Epic Games released Epic Citadel on September 1, 2010 as a tech demo to demonstrate the Unreal Engine 3 running on Apple iOS, within Adobe Flash Player Stage3D and using HTML5 WebGL technologies. It was also released for Android "Android (operating system)") on January 29, 2013. Epic Games worked on an iOS game, Infinity Blade, which was released on December 9, 2010. The third game in the series, Gears of War 3, came out in 2011.

• Epic Games Store Update

  Since launch, the Epic Games store has offered a new free game every two weeks, leading to more than 25 million free game installs so far. We’re humbled by the overwhelming response and we will continue to support developers and publishers in releasing awesome games for free throughout 2019. We at Epic Games are grateful for the support of all gamers, developers, and publishers for using the Epic Games store and for placing trust in Epic as we build a new ecosystem for PC gaming. [...] We want to thank gamers, developers, and publishers for making April the biggest month so far for the Epic Games store! Saber Interactive’s World War Z has sold over 320,000 copies on the Epic Games store so far, with 250,000 in its first week. Satisfactory launched in Early Access a little over a month ago. Early projections of its popularity were slightly underestimated: this has been Coffee Stain’s best PC launch ever! [...] Anno 1800 from Ubisoft, and Metro: Exodus from 4A Games, had the best PC launches in their respective franchise’s history. Congratulations to Metro: Exodus for leading the way as the top-grossing Epic Games store title.

• Epic Newsroom - Epic Games

  ### Epic Games Introduces RealityScan App, Now in Limited Beta ### Epic Games Store 2021 Year in Review ### KAWS and Serpentine Team Up with Fortnite to Bring Art to the Metaverse ### Epic Games News at The Game Awards 2021 ### Harmonix Joins Epic Games to Create Immersive Music Experiences ### Fortnite Celebrates Horror Filmmakers in Shortnitemares ### Epic Games Announces Publishing Partnerships with EYES OUT and Spry Fox [...] ### Epic Games Teams Up with Autodesk to Accelerate Real-Time, Immersive Design Capabilities Across Industries ### Fall Guys Goes “Free For All” on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and the Epic Games Store ### Sony and KIRKBI Invest in Epic Games to Build the Future of Digital Entertainment ### The LEGO Group and Epic Games Team Up to Build a Place for Kids to Play in the Metaverse ### Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 5 for All Creators [...] ### AQUIRIS is Joining Epic and Becoming Epic Games Brasil ### Introducing Unreal Editor for Fortnite, Creator Economy 2.0, Fab and more ### Epic FTC Settlement and moving beyond long-standing industry practices ### Epic is turning off online services and servers for some older games ### Introducing Cabined Accounts: A New Way for Kids to Join the Metaverse ### Epic Games Releases Free RealityScan iOS App for 3D Scanning ### Unreal Engine 5.1 is Now Available