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Epic Games, Inc. is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina; mostly known for their Fortnite game.

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Epic removes The Infinity Blade from Fortnite

After a negative feedback from the Fortnite community, Epic Games have removed the overpowered weapon dubbed Infinity Blade from the game. The developer said they messed up and released the weapon too soon and without good counters.

Semir OmerovicDECEMBER 15

Epic go to war versus two Fortnite cheaters

Epic Games have reiterated the company's zero tolerance policy when it comes to cheating, as news broke that the company is after two YouTubers who used and advertised Fortnite cheats on their channels, referring to them as magic powers.

DECEMBER 13

Epic will let devs use Fortnite's cross-play

Epic Games have already managed to do something not many companies can brag about - change Sony's mind in regards to cross-play. Now however, they announced that Fortnite's cross-play technology will be made available to all devs, for free.

DECEMBER 13

Fortnite 7.01 adds swords, Close Encounters

Epic Games have rolled out their first Fortnite update in Season 7, adding a melee weapon dubbed the infinity blade, bringing back Close Encounters LTM and announcing islands in Fortnite Creative, available for all from 13 December

DECEMBER 11

SteamSpy was almost a literal Steam spy

SteamSpy creator and Epic's director of publishing strategy Sergey Galyonkin, has been more involved with Steam than most, but the irony of SteamSpy's name now, in the wake of the Epic Games Store launch, is certainly not wasted on him.

DECEMBER 10

Double Damage dump Steam for Epic Games Store

Announcing the Epic Games Store was anything but subtle, much like its aggressive pricing policies, making it clear that Steam are heading for trouble. Is Double Damage's decision just an isolated example or a sign of what's to come?

DECEMBER 9

Fortnite Creative can make you famous

Epic Games obviously weren't kidding when they said they've got a lot more in store for Fortnite Creative and the company will be rewarding the most creative of designs with a spot on The Block in Fortnite: Battle Royale's standard map.

DECEMBER 8

Epic Store will have free games every 2 weeks

The Epic Games Store is officially open for business, initially with three games, Hades, Ashen and Hello Neighbor: Hide and Seek. Epic are going for the jugular though as the company announced free games every two weeks throughout 2019.

DECEMBER 7

Fortnite's Season 7 adds planes, new POIs

Epic have officially kicked off Fortnite's Season 7 and there's a bunch of additions, starting with the X-4 Stormwing plane, the new Iceberg biome, three new points of interest called Frosty Flights, Polar Peak and Happy Hamlet and more.

DECEMBER 6

Epic would welcome PUBG in their store

CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, recently discussed the company's upcoming venture, the Epic Games Store, when he was asked what many supposed would be an uncomfortable question - would you host Brendan Greene's PUBG on your platform?

DECEMBER 5

Creative Mode coming to Fortnite in Season 7

Epic Games have officially announced a new Fortnite mode which will be coming on 13 December 2018. Creative mode will give players the ability to build their own and visit their friends' islands, create mini-games and add their own rules.

Semir OmerovicDECEMBER 5

Epic Games Store will challenge Valve's Steam

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney officially announced the Epic Games Store, with which they will be taking on Steam. They're starting off pretty aggressively, offering a revenue split that's much kinder to developers than Valve's platform.

DECEMBER 4

Fortnite getting something on The Game Awards

Epic Games seem to have a really big week ahead, starting with a Fortnite-related announcement they're planning for The Game Awards, which has nothing to do with Season 7 launch. Support-a-Creator program is getting more love too.

DECEMBER 4

Rapper takes legal action over Fortnite dance

After calling out Epic for stealing his dance just a couple of weeks earlier, rapper 2 Milly is now officially taking legal action against Fortnite's creator. This was confirmed by his legal representatives in a press release statement.

Semir OmerovicDECEMBER 4

Epic delaying Fortnite account merge to 2019

Epic Games have just announced that Fortnite: Battle Royale' highly anticipated account merge feature has been delayed to early 2019 over to ongoing technical concerns, which means you have to stick with your alt chars for a bit longer.

NOVEMBER 30

Fortnite update adds Team Rumble, new shotty

Epic Games have rolled out the 6.31 update to Fortnite: Battle Royale, which adds a new limited time mode called Team Rumble LTM and a new and improved pump shotgun, which should go a long way towards turning it into a viable option.

NOVEMBER 28

Fortnite hits 200 million registered players

The most popular game in the world has hit another major milestone. Fortnite now has 200 million registered users which is a 60 per cent increase from the last registered total of 125 million which Epic Games revealed back in June 2018.

Semir OmerovicNOVEMBER 27

Hackers ruining Fortnite Winter Royale

Epic Games have announced Winter Royale tournament for Fortnite at a rather awkward time, but that seems to be the least of its problems. A popular streamer, and winner of several Fortnite competitions, Tfue, was eliminated by a hacker.

NOVEMBER 27

Wreck-It Ralph getting a Fortnite cameo role

It turns out that Fortnite will not only be joining the snowy festive spirit with a winter of its own, it will also get a cameo appearance by Wreck-It Ralph, hero of Disney's freshly launched animated movie Ralph Breaks the Internet.

NOVEMBER 22

Cloud has players expecting Fortnite winter

Of course, it's too early to talk about an Ice Age when the cloud is still nothing more than an innocuous white puff on the horizon, but something's coming and we're guessing it's got something to do with Epic's Winter Royale tournament.

NOVEMBER 21

Fortnite gets Wild West LTM, dynamite

We've known about it for a while thanks to data miners but it's official now. Epic Games rolled out the 6.30 update for Fortnite, adding some of that Red Dead Redemption 2 mojo with Wild West LTM and a new, also-leaked weapon - dynamite.

NOVEMBER 20

Fortnite meets RDR2 in Wild West LTM

Fortnite: Battle Royale will be riding some of that Red Dead Redemption 2 hype train with a Wild West themed limited time mode next week. The leak came at a price though, as Epic Games shifted their leak-fighting efforts into overdrive.

NOVEMBER 16

Epic giving 2,000 V-Bucks to falsely banned

Epic games are apologizing to wrongly banned Fortnite players by reactivating their accounts and giving them 2,000 V-Bucks for free. This policy comes after some players were caught in the crossfire of Epic's recent cheater hunts.

Semir OmerovicNOVEMBER 15

Fortnite gets Food Fight LTM, mounted turret

Epic Games have rolled out Fortnite's new update 6.30, which brings a new limited time mode called Food Fight, a new mounted turret trap, removal of the much-maligned glider redeploy feature and of course, a bunch of other tweaks and fixes.

NOVEMBER 14

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