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RT @EpicNewsroom: Big news! Google is enabling Android users to download safe, verified alternative app stores without the "unknown sources" warning. Store developers can enroll in the Registered App Store program starting today and the changes will go into effect on December 1st. This is a great step in the evolution of Android as an open platform. Learn more here:

RT @MarcusWassmer: Hey everyone, there’s been some questions going on around here about Epic’s use of AI in Unreal Engine development. I’ve answered some questions from the good folks at This Week in Videogames. TLDR: Yes we are using AI in UE development (as we actually mentioned back at Unreal Fest) and it’s helping with pretty much everything.

RT @TimSweeneyEpic: Fortnite is back on the App Store in the land down under, as the court forced Apple to stop its blockade and change its unlawful App Store rules. Epic Games Store for iOS is coming to Australia in March!

G’day, Australia. 🇦🇺 We’re back on the App Store. Drop in!

Excellent news for gamers.

The Australian Epic v Apple antitrust remedies were just issued, and are a huge victory for consumers and developers. We are studying the verdict and will share more soon. The Court has freed Fortnite in Australia and it will return alongside the Epic Games Store…soon.

RT @EpicGames: @Umbracoatl We looked into this and to clear it up this is an issue with the PC, not the new Epic Games Launcher. Likely with the efi partition/boot loader or a faulty hardware component as others have suggested.

Look, no matter how much you hate AI or vibe coding there's no way in hell a standard desktop application can do this. I could go on a long rant but I'll keep it blunt -- the error on the screen is a corrupted efi partition/boot loader. The epic games launcher has nothing to do with that. It's not even allowed anywhere near that. Using it as a scapegoat here is ignorant.

Kernel Hearts success on Epic Games Store is a powerful example — bringing awesome content to players in a collaborative way that supports developers.

It's been a month since we released Kernel Hearts, and we had one of the most unique launches! We're one (I believe) of the few non-exclusive games that managed to sell more on the Epic Games Store than on Steam, and for good reason... People love Fernet! Here are some numbers:

RT @BrannonSD: the discourse around epic’s AI use is getting ridiculous. the way some of you talk about this you’d think epic just handed every engineer a $20 claude subscription, blindfolded them, and told them to start shipping whatever it spits out. that’s not how any of this works lol first off, AI writing code and AI-generated code being blindly accepted into production are two VERY different things. code generation is one part of a much larger software engineering process. architecture, testing, code review, security analysis, integration, CI/CD pipelines, deployment controls, etc. don’t just magically cease to exist because an LLM was involved. epic’s own VP and GM of the Epic Games Store, literally stated that their developers managed and supervised the AI-assisted launcher rewrite. AI agents were used to write and review code, but the development team was still directing the process. does that automatically guarantee the code is secure? obviously not. but neither does having a human manually type every line. that’s why we have testing, reviews and security checks in the first place. and i genuinely think a huge portion of the people arguing against this have absolutely no idea how capable modern agentic AI has gotten, especially in just the past couple of months alone. it’s not 2024 anymore. we’re not talking about developers asking chatgpt for random code snippets and blindly copy-pasting them into their projects. modern coding agents can navigate entire repositories, understand relationships between components, make coordinated changes across dozens of files, execute builds and tests, identify failures, debug their own output and iterate on implementations. all while operating within whatever tooling, permissions and constraints the developers give them. the improvements in reasoning, tool use and long-running autonomous development over even the last few months have been ridiculous. yet so much of the criticism still seems to be coming from people whose entire understanding of AI-assisted programming is based on what chatgpt could do two years ago. none of that means modern models are infallible or that security reviews are suddenly unnecessary. but acting like AI-generated code is inherently some unmaintainable security nightmare while human-written code is automatically trustworthy is equally ridiculous. the quality and security of the resulting software depend on the actual engineering and validation processes, not simply whether a human physically typed every character. and then there’s the claude screenshots.. you basically asked an AI leading hypothetical questions about what happens when AI writes code without proper oversight, and somehow took its answers as confirmation that epic’s products are suddenly going to be full of security vulnerabilities. claude hasn’t audited epic’s source code. it hasn’t examined their development pipeline, reviewed their authentication architecture, or found a single exploitable vulnerability. it’s answering the hypothetical YOU gave it. how on earth does that translate to stolen credit cards and more fortnite cheaters? we’re talking about an AI-assisted rewrite of the epic games launcher that’s being released as a preview alongside the existing launcher. not some announcement that fortnite’s servers, anti-cheat and payment infrastructure have all been handed over to autonomous AI agents with unrestricted access. sure, shared systems and integrations can introduce security risks, but you would need to actually identify some affected component or vulnerability before making claims like that. but so many people seem to have already decided that AI involvement automatically means the absence of engineering oversight, despite having absolutely no idea what epic’s actual development process looked like. there’s plenty of room for legitimate criticism of AI-assisted development without inventing an entire security disaster based on two claude responses to hypothetical questions.

Excellent news for game creators from @fab

Bundles and UEFN Source assets are now available on Fab! 📦Bundles: Grab sets of assets curated by your favorite Fab publishers. 🔋UEFN Source Assets: Build out your environments and gameplay mechanics quicker using complete, editable systems. Learn more about these new releases and how they can accelerate your projects here:

An important initiative to make more games available on Linux. The rising tide lifts all gamers ;)

Help us bring more awesome games to Linux This is an open call to Linux distro maintainers and the wider Linux community, with a goal to work together and bring fair multiplayer gaming to Linux players. We’re rebuilding our Linux anti-cheat into EAC Linux v2 so that Linux players can have a similar level of protection against cheaters as Windows users do. We’ll pilot EAC Linux v2 with Fortnite first, with wider availability for game developers once we’ve validated its effectiveness. Learn more and get in touch:

Appreciate this feedback. Improving the launcher experience for creators and UE developers is huge for the ecosystem. Please share any constructive notes as you dig in!

Launching projects for #UnrealEngine and #UEFN from the new @EpicGames launcher is a huge W! Also love the idea of accessing (and playing) Fortnite islands right from the launcher!! New launcher is 🔥

just getting started …

The NEW @EpicGames Launcher is REALLY FAST... not joking... super responsive, a super fast cold-run... and now FINALLY auto detects the installed games (also supports games from other launchers)... 1 - Much faster 2 - Much Snappier 3 - Detect Games Automatically 4 - Shows games from other launchers

RT @Da7_Tech: When a company this size says they vibe-coded one of their most important products, you have to stop for a second. Anyone calling agentic coding weak is still holding onto stereotypes from two years ago. Opus 5.5 undoubtedly codes better than 98.42% of humans now.

We vibe coded the Epic Games Launcher to be faster than the other guy. Don't believe us? Test it out for yourself in Preview:

RT @chrisp_games: The team for the new Epic Games launcher has absolutely cooked It's so fast and smooth! :D

RT @HYPEX: FORTNITE IS COMING TO LINUX • Easy Anti-Cheat's Linux support couldn't protect games as well as the Windows version • Epic is rebuilding it as EAC Linux v2, with protection much closer to Windows • Fortnite tests it first, then other devs can use EAC v2 to bring their multiplayer games to Linux • The new Epic Games Launcher is out now on Linux, and Fortnite will come through it once enough distros support it WHAT YOU'LL NEED: • TPM 2.0 & Secure Boot enabled in BIOS • A kernel signed by a trusted distro (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, openSUSE, Bazzite & more) • Any extra drivers (like NVIDIA's) signed with a trusted key too • Measured boot (GRUB & systemd-boot do this by default) • IOMMU enabled (not needed on handhelds) • Kernel lockdown integrity mode on, kexec off & BPF LSM active [Source: Epic's EAC Linux v2 blog posted today]

The new, faster Epic Games Store launcher is available today in Preview. Check it now (and invite your friends)!

We've heard the feedback on Epic Party chimes and wanted to explain the context and next steps to improve this feature. The Epic Games Launcher plays short audio cues (chimes) when something changes with your party, your microphone, or your messages. Since parties continue even after a match, the sounds inform players of continued social activity. Party activity happens when you are not looking at it and parties continue outside of the game into the launcher -- for example: A friend joins your party while you are mid-match; Someone drops out while you are in a menu; You change your microphone settings to muted. We want you to always be aware of players joining or leaving your party without having to look at the panel, with chimes intended to be a helpful indicator. Despite that intent, we should have given you a heads up on the audio cues and launched with a toggle to disable the chimes. Here's what we are doing today (now live). We’ve turned of all chimes when: -You receive a message -Your joinability state changes (invite only or joinable) -You leave a party As a fast follow, we are adding a toggle to party settings so that players can choose what sounds they hear and/or turn them all off. Other notification options will be added in the future to give players more control. Thanks for the continued feedback and patience as we work on improvements.

If you've been hearing random noises on your PC such as a "ba ba" noise, it's the Epic Games Launcher. These Audio Files are called (In Order): - Party User Left - Push to Talk Activated - Push to Talk Deactivated - Party Joinability Changed - Party Message Received - Party User Joined This has been annoying me for like a week because I had no clue where these sound files were coming from on my PC.

Imitation is the the sincerest form of flattery. @PlayStation

The PS shop now has a "Featured in Fortnite: Override" tab, just like the epic store That's so hell yeah

RIP Joey, my friend. Respect to Coach Sgarlata and Georgetown for honoring his memory.

Miss you Joey today and each day. Thank you to all of the #35s who have represented Joey and the Eacobacci family with honor. #neverforget #35 #besttraditioninfootball #menforothers @GeorgetownHoyas @Georgetown

RT @EpicGames: Big celebration, big sale 🎉 Celebrate @505_Games's 20th anniversary with some awesome discounts.

RT @EpicNewsroom: Big news: Fortnite is coming back to the App Store in Australia tomorrow! Today the Australia Federal Court told Apple to open up iOS after finding they violated competition law. Here’s what’s changing in Australia in March 2027: • iOS will be open to third party app stores • Australian users will be able to download apps directly from developers • Developers will be able to offer only alternative payment systems and Apple can’t require devs to offer Apple’s IAP, without charging junk fees • Apple cannot block developers from pointing users outside apps to make purchases • Apple is barred from charging junk fees on purchases made in third party app stores This is great news for developers worldwide and iOS users in Australia who will benefit from an open mobile app ecosystem.