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The real reason Fortnite missed Esports World Cup 2025

Finally makes a comeback.

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Despite being free on Epic, Blood West sold 200% more copies on Steam, proving players still prefer to pay on Valve’s store

Blood West went free on Epic Games Store during the holidays, yet Steam sales rose by around 200% at the same time. The case highlights how Epic giveaways may function more as discovery tools than sales replacements.

Windows Central

Epic Games Store grew from 108M to 295M users, but third‑party revenue barely moved — proving giveaways trained users not to actually buy games. Is Xbox PC going down the same path?

Free games helped Epic reach millions of players, but it also changed how they spend. Is Xbox doomed to make the same mistake on PC?

Windows Central

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'Turns out having your game be free on Epic is great advertising for Steam sales': New Blood chief says Blood West sold 'like 200% more' the day it was a freebie on EGS

More evidence people will pay extra to avoid splitting up their gaming library.

PC Gamer

To celebrate the imminent launch of a new Styx adventure, Epic is giving away Cyanide's last two goblin-flavoured stealth games for free

It's a steal.

PC Gamer

Fortnite bans paid prize wheels in third-party games just days after Steal the Brainrot started selling them

Steal the Brainrot, one of the biggest third-party Fortnite games, began selling wheel spins for 200 V-Bucks each after Epic changed the rules to allow "in-island transactions."

PC Gamer

“I took inspiration from Iron Maiden’sRun To The Hills. And for the lyric, the story of the last days on Earth, I went back to David Bowie’sSpace Oddity”: A rock band’s global No.1 hit – before grunge turned their world upside down

“We were thrown into this weird pop world – it was madness”

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Epic Games Store has grown massively, but it has trained users to never buy anything — is Xbox PC going down the same path?

Free games helped Epic reach millions of players, but it also changed how they spend. Is Xbox doomed to make the same mistake on PC?

Windows Central

The day after Epic enables microtransactions in Fortnite islands, one of the most popular games on the platform rolls out a $37 'gift pack' and in-game gambling

It's brainrot, alright.

PC Gamer

How Healthcare ERP Solutions Support the Back-End Operations of Digital Health Platforms

In the fast-evolving world of digital health, front-end dazzle like sleek patient portals and AI-driven symptom checkers grabs headlines. But behind the scenes, robust back-end operations keep everything humming. Enter Healthcare ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solutions: the unsung heroes that streamline supply chains, manage finances, and ensure compliance. These systems…

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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Faces Backlash After Defending Grok AI Amid Deepfake Abuse Fears

The CEO of Epic Games Tim Sweeney faced heavy scrutiny after publicly defending X's AI companion Grok amid surge of deepfake content generation

International Business Times UK

Fortnite Shockwave Grenades Removed After Nick Eh 30 Complains—Why Players Are Furious

Fortnite has vaulted Shockwave Grenades after Nick Eh 30's critique, leaving fans furious over mobility loss and perceived streamer influence on balance — here's why players are upset.

International Business Times UK

“It was Michael Jackson’s label. The people that worked there mostly thought that alternative, heavy music was garbage”: How cult fixtures Prong found their brief mainstream moment

1994’s Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck was a hit, but it wasn’t enough for the hardcore-turned-metal band’s big-label bosses

Metal Hammer

'Fortnite' x 'South Park' Trailer Reveals New Quints Mode, Butters in a 5-Player Battle Royale

Epic Games unveils the Fortnite x South Park trailer, introducing Butters, new Quints mode, and five-player battle royale action starting January 9.

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Arc Raiders players are tired of people "cheating like crazy," as one former FPS pro says the situation "might be worse than peak Call of Duty"

Stella Montis is becoming a hotbed

GamesRadar

Fortnite lead gushes that "working at Epic allows you to have your childhood dreams come true" as its new South Park collab is teased: "Working on this one made me so happy"

Oh hamburgers

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Why do video games in 2026 still not look as good as this old PS5 Unreal Engine 5 demo?

Devs debate after Epic Games' 2020 tech demo resurfaces.

PC Gamer

Some of my favorite childhood platformers are free on Epic for today only, and they've all been updated for better crossplay with Steam owners

Trine's a little long in the tooth now, but its co-op antics are no less enjoyable.

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2025 was Fortnite's most topsy-turvy year ever with soaring peaks, miserable lows, and a raging AI debate

Plenty of reasons to be optimistic—and a few concerns

PC Gamer

PC gaming on Arm chips didn't quite happen in 2025, but the die is cast for an epic battle with x86 CPUs in the next few years

There's a veritable CPU Arm-y marching towards the PC.

Player One

Epic Games Store: What to Expect from the Free December 2025 Games?

December brings a lot of free games from the Epic Games Store, and here's what players can look forward to.

GamesRadar

Beloved Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is free until tomorrow

It's usually $40

PC Gamer

Fortnite has quickly pulled its latest accolades trailer after letting a saucy foreplay reference slip through the cracks

Here's the rub.

GamesRadar

Steam will always dominate over the Epic Games Store because people don't want to "cheat on [their] home library with some other shop," says Witchfire lead

"People are not, basically, using EGS as their home, it's not home to them"

PC Gamer

Epic ritually humiliates another Fortnite fraudster who was stealing and selling accounts

Isaac Strock is very sorry and promises he won't do it again. He's also banned for life and owes Epic some money.

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