Tag Archives: Epic Games

Epic Games’ free-to-play third-person MOBA game, Paragon, has 5.7 million registered players

Epic Games’ free-to-play third-person MOBA game, Paragon, appears to be doing great. According to the company, Paragon has surpassed 5.7 million registered players, and there were 832,000 active players in January 2017. Continue reading Epic Games’ free-to-play third-person MOBA game, Paragon, has 5.7 million registered players

Epic Games on why it favoured consoles over PCs in the past, and the current battle between PC & consoles

It’s no secret that for a time, Epic Games was focused on console gaming. While its roots were in PC gaming, the company felt the need to focus on consoles for almost six years in order to survive. And according to Tim Sweeney, that was a wise decision as before Steam, PC game revenue started falling off a cliff. Continue reading Epic Games on why it favoured consoles over PCs in the past, and the current battle between PC & consoles

Paragon – The Monolith update is now available – Adds new map, increases game speed

Epic Games has released a massive update for its free-to-play title, Paragon. Called the Monolith Update, this update continues the game’s beta period with major changes based on player feedback since the game launched its beta earlier this year. Continue reading Paragon – The Monolith update is now available – Adds new map, increases game speed

Epic’s Tim Sweeney: “MS will slowly force-patch Win10 to make Steam progressively worse & more broken”

We all know that Tim Sweeney, co-founder of Epic Games and co-creator of the Unreal Engine, is not a big fan of Microsoft’s Universal Window Platform (UWP). Back in March, Sweeney accused Microsoft of trying to monopolise PC games development. And today, Sweeney shared his concerns regarding Microsoft’s stance towards Steam. Continue reading Epic’s Tim Sweeney: “MS will slowly force-patch Win10 to make Steam progressively worse & more broken”

Unreal Tournament – New update overhauls “Titan Pass” map & initially implements Ranked matchmaking

Epic Games has released a new patch for Unreal Tournament. According to the changelog, this patch overhauls the Titan Pass Capture The Flag level for better clarity and improved performance, and initially implements Ranked matchmaking. Continue reading Unreal Tournament – New update overhauls “Titan Pass” map & initially implements Ranked matchmaking

Unreal Tournament – Excessive Overkill: Surge is the first mod for Epic’s arena shooter

Modder ‘Remdale’ is currently working on the first mod for the new Unreal Tournament game. This mod is called Excessive Overkill: Surge and is described as an over-the-top mutator that turns all weapons into vastly more powerful variants, gives you new and exciting ways of traversing maps, health & ammo regeneration, and turns every match into a brutal, incredibly fast-paced slugfest. Continue reading Unreal Tournament – Excessive Overkill: Surge is the first mod for Epic’s arena shooter