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Epic says the 'ground-up rebuild' of its launcher offers 5-6.5x improved performance, and the Epic Games Store is getting a big redesign
By Jacob Fox Published
News Slides out of Unreal Fest promise "5x faster cold start (average)" and "6.5x faster systray restore to library (average)" as Epic works on making its store suck less.

Tim Sweeney takes swipes at Valve for Steam Deck price hike, blames it on the 'component parts supply chain for megayachts'
By James Bentley Published
News Maybe Sweeney isn't the best person to make this point.

In response to Epic CEO Tim Sweeney waging war on Steam, Larian's publishing lead says, 'Giving everyone everything for free might bump numbers but doesn't create a viable storefront'
By Rory Norris Published
News "This altruistic pro-developer talk doesn't sit well".

X's latest terrible idea allows AI chatbots to propose community notes—you'll likely start seeing them in your feed later this month
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News Confidently wrong.

Apple responds to $570 million in EU fines with new tiered comission and tax for App developers which Epic boss Tim Sweeney says are 'blatantly unlawful in both Europe and the United States'
By Hope Corrigan Published
news It doesn't look like the apple has fallen far enough from the tree with these changes.

The Witcher 4's leafy glory is all down to Epic's Nanite Foliage, and largely so is the fact it can run ray-traced at 60 fps on a lowly PS5
By Nick Evanson Published
That level of performance on an aging console suggests good things for the PC version.

Chappell Roan’s idea of a good time is eating an edible then playing Fortnite as Ariana Grande, and she has a simple message for Epic: 'Please give me a skin, please'
By Rich Stanton Published
News "Maybe I’d have a little apple bong as the backpack."

Unreal Engine 5.5’s MegaLights allows devs to use "orders of magnitude more" light sources—even on older hardware
By Jess Kinghorn Published
News Even shinier, but perhaps not even more demanding.
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