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Epic's Tim Sweeney Hints AI Could Save Destiny by Slashing Content Costs

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Tim Sweeney has a reputation for saying what he thinks. The Epic Games CEO’s latest target? The economics of live-service games — and he thinks AI might be the answer nobody’s talking about.

In a reply to a Forbes report that broke down Destiny’s persistent profitability problems, Sweeney was characteristically blunt. “If only some novel new technology could emerge to solve problem number one, allowing games like Destiny to keep evolving,” he wrote.

For context, that was sarcasm.

Epic Games Store is Giving Away River City Girls 2 and a Cult Horror Classic This Week

Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Epic Games Store refreshes its free game lineup every Thursday, and this week’s pair covers two very different ends of the gaming spectrum: a colorful arcade brawler and a psychological horror game based on one of sci-fi’s most disturbing short stories.

Apple and Epic face off at the Supreme Court over App Store commissions

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0800

The US Supreme Court agreed this week to hear the long-running legal battle between Apple and Epic Games, setting the stage for a final ruling on how much control Apple can exert over payments inside its App Store.

Unreal Engine 5.8 Released as 'Most Stable Version Yet' — Targets Game Stuttering and Lag

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800

Epic Games has officially unveiled Unreal Engine 5.8, describing it as the engine’s most significant update yet and, critically, its most stable version ever released. The announcement, published on the Unreal Engine blog on June 23, comes with a clear promise to developers: fewer dropped frames and dramatically reduced stuttering in real-time rendering.