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A rare chest reward lets players claim shop cosmetics for free, and within a week the hunt for it turned into a scandal. Streamers are spending 70 hours searching, and Epic has had to reveal the odds. -
Epic Games has announced that its Quixel Megascans library—featuring over 20,000 photorealistic 3D models, textures, and materials—is transitioning to a free model in phases. The company promises to make the entire collection available at no cost by November 12, 2026. -
At its Unreal Fest Tokyo 2026 presentation, Epic Games revealed new details about the transition from Unreal Engine 5 to Unreal Engine 6. Developers can expect a major change to the engine's toolset: familiar systems such as Actors, Blueprints, and the C++ Gameplay Framework are set to be phased out and replaced with a new architecture built around Epic's Verse programming language. The company also plans to use artificial intelligence to make migrating existing projects to UE6 easier. -
“Valve played capitalism so well they broke it”: former Epic developer believes Steam will never be replaced
A former Epic Games engineer is convinced that even an objectively better store couldn’t take players away from Steam. Analysts seem to agree, but they name one condition. -
The Treasure Hunt prize pool in Fortnite now includes Pirate Shop Access, a reward that lets players unlock nearly all V-Bucks cosmetics for free for 14 days once they activate it. Epic Games has not officially announced the reward; details came from insiders and the first player to receive it, whose post was shared by HYPEX. -
Fortnite Reveals Treasure Hunters Mini-Season Trailer, With One Piece and Hatsune Miku Crossovers Rumored
Epic Games has unveiled a trailer for a new mini-season in Fortnite titled Treasure Hunters. The developers teased the upcoming adventure with the intriguing line, “Tempting, isn't it?” and announced that it will begin on November 1, 2026. -
RedForge's multiplayer social deduction game MAFIA HOTEL can be claimed for free on the Epic Games Store until November 1 at 20:02 Moscow time. This is the developer's own promotion, not part of Epic's weekly giveaway, and the game is available on the Epic Games Store. -
The crossover will be part of the "Treasure Hunters" mini-season, which starts on November 1 and wraps up Chapter 7. No characters have been shown yet, but judging by the teaser, the collaboration will draw on the anime rather than the Netflix series. -
Tim Sweeney called Valve's rules "disgusting" and sided with those who think disclosing AI use is absurd in 2026. But the success of some games carrying the label suggests otherwise. -
While players complain about the flood of neural-network knockoffs in digital stores, big corporations are openly moving the industry onto new tracks. -
Epic Games has released an early preview of a redesigned Epic Games Launcher, including a native Linux build. The preview is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. -
Developers working on Epic's Disney shooter have been told to keep going without a new release window, after Bloomberg reported that the project had already slipped from November 2026 to March 2027.
The project is reportedly an extraction shooter in which players gather resources and try to escape the map alive, with Disney characters in place of survivors. The concept has been compared to ARC Raiders. -
Edward Lee Frith, 29, pleaded not guilty on September 24 to a charge of making threatening communications across state lines. He was arrested on September 23 after Epic Games reported to the FBI threats he allegedly made in Fortnite voice chat. The arrest came three days after the company sent the agency information about an account called WagesOfNinja, which investigators later linked to Frith. -
Disney and Epic Games have several launches planned over the next two years, and Disney president and chief creative officer Dana Walden said the companies are not currently discussing a buyout. In a Bloomberg interview, Walden said the pair previously held serious talks about an investment and equity stake, but not a full acquisition; Disney invested $1.5 billion in Epic in 2024 for about 9% of the company. -
Fortnite's annual Halloween event, Fortnitemares, is about to begin. To mark its launch, Epic Games has released a new gameplay trailer showcasing some of the content coming to the game. -
Psyonix showed Rocket League running on Unreal Engine 6, while the studio also said the game is expected to move to the new engine in 2027. The new trailer appeared after the transition had already been announced at RLCS 2026 in Paris, and the latest footage shows professional players trying the updated version. -
A collaboration between Fortnite and the iconic Kingdom Hearts series is coming soon. Fortnite's official YouTube channel has released a trailer for the upcoming crossover, confirming that Kingdom Hearts content is on the way to the battle royale. -
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in an interview that soaring hardware costs, not the games themselves, are pushing the video game industry into its biggest crash since the 1980s. In his view, the squeeze is coming from a broader fight for components. -
Some Fortnite players say the new Override season has made Battle Royale matches feel unusually empty, after one reported lobby had only 25 human opponents. With 100 players needed to start a round, the remaining slots were filled by AI.
That figure came from community observation rather than an official Epic Games statement. According to community insider SpushFNBR, the bot share in Battle Royale matches had previously stood at 35%, which would mean the new season may have more than doubled that number. -
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