Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney criticized Valve's AI disclosure policies on Steam, calling them "really irresponsible" and claiming they make it harder for game developers to succeed. The remarks highligh…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney criticized Valve's mandatory AI disclosure tags for the Steam storefront, calling the requirement "irresponsible" and arguing it harms game developers. Valve updated its pol…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney advocates for interconnected game economies and transferable in-game items to help new games succeed, citing upcoming Unreal Engine 6 features. He argues that major develope…
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discussed the future of gaming and AI, stating that no single company will achieve an absolute monopoly in the industry. He also addressed the possibility of collaboration w…
Techdirt contributor Timothy Geigner published a June 23, 2026 opinion piece accusing Kotaku of dogmatic AI coverage, citing articles by Zack Zwiezen and Rebekah Valentine that pre-judge AI use in gam…
Kotaku's coverage of AI in gaming has become dogmatic and pre-judges all uses of the technology, according to a Techdirt analysis. The outlet's writers express negativity toward AI tools in game devel…
Epic Games open-sourced Lore, a version control system built for large codebases with binary assets, at its State of Unreal 2026 keynote on June 17, 2026. Lore uses fragment-level deduplication and a …
Epic Games' State of Unreal 2026 keynote announced a controversial shift toward generative AI, deprecation of Blueprint, and promotion of Verse, sparking backlash from developers who see it as a threa…
Epic Games announced a ground-up rebuild of its Epic Games Launcher, promising a 5x faster cold start time and a 6.5x faster system tray restore, addressing long-standing user complaints about sluggis…
Apple has opened Brazil's App Store to competition after a three-year antitrust fight with CADE, allowing alternative marketplaces and third-party payment options. Developers must agree to new terms b…
Epic Games shipped Unreal Engine 5.8 with an experimental MCP server built into the editor, enabling AI agents like Claude Code and Gemini to spawn actors, configure lighting, and run automation tests…
Epic Games announced Unreal Engine 6 will integrate generative AI models like Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini to automate game development tasks, but over half of developers surveyed view gener…
Hours after announcing a collaboration with Fortnite, the developer of Vampire Survivors suggested it may back out over Epic Games' touting of generative AI, citing concerns about the technology's use…
Epic Games announced at Unreal Fest that it is integrating generative AI into Unreal Engine, releasing an experimental Model Context Protocol plugin for UE5.8 that connects to AI models like Claude an…
Epic Games open-sourced Lore, a version control system built for large binary files, at State of Unreal 2026 alongside Unreal Engine 5.8. The MIT-licensed, Rust-based tool uses content-defined chunkin…
Epic Games released Unreal Engine 5.8 on June 17, introducing an experimental plugin that enables large language models to control the editor via the Model Context Protocol, allowing AI assistants to …
Epic Games announced Unreal Engine 6, merging Unreal Engine 5 and the Unreal Editor for Fortnite into a unified product, introducing the Verse programming language and Scene Graph gameplay framework. …
Epic Games announced plans for Unreal Engine 6, emphasizing tighter integration with Fortnite and generative AI features, as detailed in a new explainer.…
Epic Games posted a job listing for a Senior Game Security Engineer to champion Linux anti-cheat capabilities, signaling potential improvements for Steam Deck and SteamOS users. The role requires deep…
Toronto startup Databiomes launched Ctrlvox, an AI model that moderates toxic voice and chat content in video games on consumer CPUs without GPUs or cloud inference. The customizable plugin for Epic G…