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Tim Sweeney: Cloud saves are coming to more games next week, comments on forums & wishlists

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, has shared on Twitter some new details about the Epic Games Store. According to Sweeney, the team will expand support for Cloud Saves soon, and will be making improvements to reduce duplicate account creation. Continue reading Tim Sweeney: Cloud saves are coming to more games next week, comments on forums & wishlists

Tim Sweeney: Epic Store games sale numbers are for sold copies, do not include funding money

These past few months, a number of developers have been sharing their sale numbers for their games that were released exclusively on the Epic Games Store. Understandably, some gamers have been wondering whether those sale numbers included the “funding” money that Epic Games had provided developers and publishers in order to secure their Epic Games Store exclusive deals. And a couple of days ago, Epic Games CEO, Tim Sweeney, shed some light on this matter. Continue reading Tim Sweeney: Epic Store games sale numbers are for sold copies, do not include funding money

Tim Sweeney: “If Valve commits to a permanent 88% revenue share, we’ll stop making new exclusive deals”

Now here is something really interesting. Epic Games’ CEO, Tim Sweeney, has just stated that if Steam commits to a permanent 88% revenue share for all developers and publishers without major strings attached, Epic Games will hastily organize a retreat from exclusives and consider putting its own games on Steam. Continue reading Tim Sweeney: “If Valve commits to a permanent 88% revenue share, we’ll stop making new exclusive deals”

Tim Sweeney on Tencent accessing user data, Epic Store exclusives, older Epic games and more

In a series of tweets, Epic Games’ CEO Tim Sweeney commented on whether Tencent can have access to users’ data, future Epic Store exclusive games, when the store will open to indie developers, whether the company is planning to re-release some of its older titles and more. Continue reading Tim Sweeney on Tencent accessing user data, Epic Store exclusives, older Epic games and more

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, comments on current and future Epic Store exclusive games

In a series of tweets and Reddit posts, Tim Sweeney, the founder of Epic Games, has commented on the Epic Store exclusive games (that have so far caused a lot of controversy). According to Sweeney, Valve has every right to negotiate free or exclusive distribution deals with developers and believes that companies choosing to partner together openly and exchange money or other benefits isn’t bribery. Continue reading Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, comments on current and future Epic Store exclusive games