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Fortnite boss hopes to take on Roblox's massive everythingverse with a "very different" massive everythingverse, as Epic unveil genAI-infused Unreal Engine 6

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, overseer of a company which fired over 1000 staff just a few months ago, has laid out his vision for the games industry's future during a "time of both crisis and opportunity". As Epic revealed an Unreal Engine 6 packed with generative AI model support designed to "reduce the tedious work" t...

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Nier: Automata Creator Shares Fears For New Developers In The Wake Of AI

The debate around AI in video games is inescapable at the moment. Just yesterday, Fortnite developer Epic Games released AI-generated artwork riddled with errors, and last week, Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis came under fire for its use of AI art. It's almost a weekly occurrence where fans express their distaste for t...

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Vampire Survivors Might Not Be Coming To Fortnite After All, And It's AI's Fault

There were two big Fortnite reveals on Wednesday. One was a list of upcoming games the live service juggernaut will be crossing over with. The other was a peek behind the curtain at the creative process, a process that utilizes generative AI, and it seems the latter may have hurt the former.

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Vampire Survivors Dev Reconsidering Fortnite Collab Over GenAI Concerns

A crossover between Epic Games' Fortnite and Poncle's Vampire Survivors appears to be hanging in the balance, as Poncle wants to reconsider the collaboration following Epic's demonstration of how it uses generative AI. Epic Games has made no secret of its efforts to integrate artificial intelligence into its workflow f...

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Hours after announcing a collab with Fortnite, Vampire Survivors dev suggests it may back out over Epic's touting of generative AI

Epic announced several upcoming Fortnite collabs earlier today, including one with Vampire Survivors. But a few hours after the presentation, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle left a Reddit comment suggesting that the partnership might not happen after all.While the post is brief, Poncle seems to be reacting to a rece...

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Tim Sweeney Pitches Epic As A Savior For An AAA Gaming Industry Being Devoured by Roblox

The Fortnite CEO says he wants a more open future for gaming

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All Collabs Coming to Fortnite in 2026

Fortnite is a game that is constantly collaborating with new IPs, big and small, allowing players to get a hold of and play as their favorite characters from other games and franchises. 2026 is easily the biggest year when it comes to Fortnite collaborations, with the game seemingly receiving a new collab each week. He...

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'It feels to many like a tidal wave is sweeping over the AAA game business,' says Epic CEO Tim Sweeney in his diagnosis of the industry's woes

It is a "time of both crisis and opportunity" for the games industry, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in his concluding remarks at today's Unreal Fest address, where the Unreal Engine and Fortnite maker demonstrated new features coming to its development tools.The kids are playing more games than ever and Fortnite is g...

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Vampire Survivors Studio β€˜Reviewing’ Future Fortnite Collab After Epic’s GenAI Announcements

Poncle doesn't seem as excited about genAI as Epic

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All Secrets in Fortnite 1v1 with Every Gun

Fortnite Creative offers a whole host of islands for players to dive into, each with their own unique experiences. However, one of the more popular creations out there has to be 1v1 with Every Gun by Hive, an action-packed map that allows players to 1v1 their friends using a wide variety of weapons. While most weapons...

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Unreal Engine 6 has a novel idea: you using your Fortnite skins in other Unreal games and vice versa

Epic Games has detailed some of the features in its next generation Unreal Engine - Unreal Engine 6 - and one of the ideas it's testing is the ability for players to move their Fortnite skins into other Unreal Engine games, and for other Unreal Engine games to put their skins into Fortnite. Read more

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The Next Version Of Unreal Engine Is Going To Be Filled With GenAI Tools

Epic is also merging Unreal's Fortnite Editor into Unreal Engine 6

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