Epic Games News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

Fortnite has been one of the most widely and consistently successful games in the industry for years at this point, and the final months of 2023 in particular were exceptionally strong for the free-to-play shooter, which ended the year on a strong note with how it performed throughout December.

Fortnite finally has Peter Griffin from Family Guy, but a major collab that players still want is SpongeBob SquarePants. If Epic Games ever commit to a SpongeBob collab, I hope it would look half as good as AustinTheBear’s fan-made design.

One LEGO Fortnite player has created the Death Star from the Star Wars universe. Since the launch of LEGO Fortnite, players have shared their impressive builds within the community, with some providing instructions on how to make carbon copies of famous locales from other video games. Not long ago, one created a replica of Red Dead Redemption 2's Armadillo town, while another LEGO Fortnite player built the Avengers Tower in their sandbox world.

The 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards are coming up soon, where a panel of game development industry professionals will highlight what they felt were the best of the best games of 2023 across 23 different categories. And a month ahead of the awards show, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has revealed the full list of nominees.

Not content with his starring turns in Fortnite last year, everyone's favourite monologuing horror writer Alan Wake is preparing for another multiplayer crossover, this time making the jump to Behaviour Interative's asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight on 30th January.

I will not lie to you, reader, I used up about 95% of today's remaining creative energy/caffeine on that headline joke, but let's charge our flashlights, sharpen our hooks and struggle on through the body copy anyway. Remedy's Alan Wake is joining Behaviour Interactive's Dead By Daylight as a playable Survivor, having been conjured from his writing desk by the latter game's villainous Entity.

First it was a working catapult, and now a LEGO Fortnite player creates a working Starship Rocket? The creativity is getting out of hand, but in a good way.

Although many LEGO Fortnite players are loving the game, there are some fans online upset that a promotional image included items not at all in the game.

Brutes are the “bosses” of LEGO Fortnite, and if you’re still struggling to defeat one, use Boom Barrels. Boom Barrels have been found to help eliminate Brutes in seconds in LEGO Fortnite.

The Epic Games Store's holiday celebrations have extended into the New Year, with 2024's third free game being . It's available to download for free starting January 3, 2024, at 11 AM ET, and will be redeemable for 24 hours, at which point it will be replaced by the next day's offering. follows EGS's free game for January 2, .

If you’ve ever wanted to build a bridge in LEGO Fortnite, you should check out this one player who revealed some incredible builds of homemade bridges.

In the first update for 2024 in Fortnite, Epic Games adds the Enforcer AR and something called Flowberry Fizz as brand-new items.

The Epic Games Store is giving away as part of its holiday celebration on January 2, 2024. The game will be completely free through the Epic Games Store until 11:00 AM ET on January 3, 2023, when another free game will become available instead.

The Epic Games Store's holiday celebration is continuing with a giveaway of, the digital storefront's free mystery game for December 29. is available for free through the Epic Games Store until 11:00 AM ET on December 30, when it will be replaced by that day's free giveaway. It follows, which was the ninth game to be given away in a celebration that will continue through January 4, resulting in a total of 15 free games.

Epic Games Holiday Sale: The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale is going strong with massive discounts on games like Alan Wake II, Hogwarts Legacy, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In addition to the discounts, the Epic Games Store is also giving away a new free game every day! The platform gave away some big games for free last year including Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, and Horizon Chase Turbo. So far this year, it has given away some amazing titles such as Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, Fallout 3: GOTY Edition, and Ghostwire: Tokyo. This holiday season, the store is giving away a total of 17 games absolutely free to spread joy and cheer. The giveaway began on December 13, with the first free game being Destiny 2: Legacy Collection.

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The Epic Games Store will allow blockchain games rated Adults-Only back on the PC marketplace after a new exception to its content policy.

In LEGO Fortnite, Rollers are the scourge of the Grasslands. They’ll surprise you by jumping from the earth and will keep rolling after you. Thankfully, they tend to pop up one at a time. One unfortunate player, however, stumbled across an army of them.

Epic Games Store has relaxed its content guidelines for publishers to allow games which have been rated Adults Only by the ESRB, so long as the rating has only been applied due to the presence of blockchain technology.

Remedy Entertainment has released a new update for Alan Wake 2, which is live on all platforms. It fixes an issue where players couldn’t pick up Saga’s inventory capacity upgrades in two locations. More importantly, it corrects some issues with New Game Plus (introduced in The Final Manuscript update).

With all the unique LEGO Fortnite creations, are we really surprised that one player already discovered how to create a catapult?

Finally, you’re not stuck with stacking items only up to 30! In the latest LEGO Fortnite update, players can now stack certain items up to 50.

James McCaffrey, best known for his voice work as Max Payne, has passed away at the age of 65.

Somehow, LEGO Fortnite players have discovered how to build a teleporter creation that replicates fast travel. I have no idea how they did it, but it happened.

The Epic Games Store Holiday Sale is back with another batch of exciting games set to be given away. The platform gave away some big games for free last year including Destiny 2: Legacy Collection, and Horizon Chase Turbo. Now, with Christmas approaching, the Holiday Sale is back! You can grab games with heavy discounts right now as part of the Holiday Sale on the Epic Games Store. And that's not all. The store is also giving away 17 games absolutely free to spread joy and cheer during this holiday season. That's right! As part of its free giveaway leading up to the New Year, Epic Games will be offering one free game daily. The giveaway began yesterday, December 13, and you can grab other free games thereafter.

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Festival season has long ended, but that didn't stop more than 800,000 from snagging passes to see The Weeknd headline yet another show. Except neither he nor his fans were physically together. The concert was held virtually, in Epic Games Inc.'s Fortnite, with the singer's avatar taking the stage, representing the latest in a growing list of virtual concerts.

Epic's tradition of giving away free games over the Christmas period has returned and begins today.

Alan Wake 2 has enjoyed widespread critical acclaim and raked in the accolades since its launch in late October, but with the long-awaited survival horror sequel not having charted in October or November’s sales charts for the United States, and there having been no word from developer Remedy Entertainment or publisher Epic Games about how the game is selling, many have wondered whether its critical success has been reflected in its commercial performance as well.

Fortnite Winterfest is a very anticipated event that celebrates the cold festive season. We all want to know when it’ll start, so has it been confirmed?

Google's legal defeat at the hands of Fortnite maker Epic Games Inc. threatens to roil an app store duopoly with Apple Inc. that generates close to $200 billion a year and dictates how billions of consumers use mobile devices. 

Epic Games has won its trial against Google over antitrust claims, with the jury deeming Google Play and its billing system to be an illegal monopoly.

Fortnite has been consistently supported with regular and meaty content updates for years at this point, but last week, Epic Games went above and beyond and released three entire games within the battle royale shooter in the form of LEGO Fortnite, Rocket Racing, and Fortnite Festival. All three games have got off to great starts in terms of reception and player engagement, and according to Epic, they’re all here to stay.

It was announced last week that Alan Wake 2 would be adding its promised New Game Plus mode soon, and the mode is now available. Remedy Entertainment has released a new update that now lets you take a finished save of the game and begin another playthrough where you will retain all of your previously unlocked videos, Charms, and upgrades.

Fortnite maker Epic Games has prevailed in its high-profile antitrust trial over Alphabet's Google, which alleged the Play app store operated as an illegal monopoly, in a ruling that if it holds could upend the entire app store economy.

A federal court jury has decided that Google's Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.

Alan Wake II will add New Game Plus mode “The Final Draft” via a free update on December 11, Epic Games Publishing and developer Remedy Entertainment announced.

Though LEGO Fortnite is fun and is, so far, deserving of its praise, there’s a major flaw with the game and it’s the building. Extremely ironic considering Fortnite and LEGO are all about building. Here are the community’s – and my! – thoughts on building in LEGO Fortnite.

Rocket Racing has just been released on Fortnite. In usual fashion, there seem to be matchmaking errors. What’s going on? Is Rocket Racing down?

Now that the dust is settling and players are getting a feel for LEGO Fortnite, many of them are on Reddit as they bash the poor inventory management system and request improvements.

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Developer Psyonix has unveiled its new title. Based on Fortnite, the new game is a combat racing game that makes use of many of Rocket League‘s mechanics. Titled Rocket Racing, the game was announced with a trailer during The Game Awards 2023, which you can check out below.

Epic Games Inc. on Thursday released Lego Fortnite, the first in a series of new titles from the closely held video-game giant as part of an effort to expand beyond its cartoonish shooting game franchise.

Remedy Entertainment confirmed prior to Alan Wake 2’s launch that the survival horror title would be getting a New Game Plus mode following release, while the developer teased earlier this month that the mode could arrive this month. At The Game Awards, a specific release date for New Game Plus was announced.

Baldur's Gate 3 — which is now available on Xbox! — won Game of the Year at tonight's The Game Awards ceremony.

Alan Wake 2's previously promised New Game Plus mode will arrive across platforms later this month, on Monday 11th December.

Epic Games and LEGO partnered to create a new Fortnite cooperative crafting mode called. Downloadable through the Fortnite launcher, LEGO promises to offer a secure environment for kids to express their creativity.

LEGO Fortnite, a survival crafting experience within Epic Games’ Fortnite, is live on all platforms. After the cinematic trailer, some new gameplay debuted, showcasing what it’s like to run around, gather materials and flee from skeletons and angry wolves. Check it out below.

Fortnite has evolved from a tower-defense survival game to the world’s most popular battle royale, virtual concert host, and developer playground. Now Epic Games is introducing a new title into the groundbreaking Fortnite ecosystem: LEGO Fortnite.

Epic Games has released a new cinematic trailer for LEGO Fortnite, its upcoming survival crafting experience based on The Lego Group’s IP. It showcases the events that led to this LEGO adventure (read: portals) and some of the things players can do. Check it out below.

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about Fortnite . I mean, who hasn’t? Epic Games’ pop media juggernaut has done quite a bit over the last six years. Anyone who plays (I play way too much with my family) knew there would be new goodies in Chapter 5, but being a full-functioning Survival MMO wasn’t on my bingo sheet. Add in the fact that this is all Lego-themed, and my head is spinning.

Though LEGO Fortnite has recently been announced, there’s already strong evidence that LEGO Ninjago will be the first collab in the game. Strap in, and I’ll tell you why LEGO Ninjago is likely to come to LEGO Fortnite.

Fae Farm and Dauntless developers Phoenix Labs have cut 34 jobs following an internal review. It's a sad end to a busy year for the Canadian studio, who bought their independence back from previous owner Garena in February, and laid off 9 per cent of their workforce in May.

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The next free Epic Games Store games have been officially revealed with one major surprise in store for MOBA fans. Joining Epic’s ever-growing catalogue of free-to-claim titles is Predecessor which will arrive on the platform next week on December 7th.

Fortnite brought its Chapter 4 to a close with its recent Big Bang event, which, of course, means the advent of a new chapter, and plenty of new content for players to check out. Chapter 5: Season 1 – Underground has gone live for the battle royale shooter, and while the entirely new map it brings is among the bigger highlights, it’s not the only one.

Epic Games has been pushing Fortnite as a platform of its own for a while now, and the company is set to take that another step forward. It has announced three new games, all of which will be released and available only in Fortnite in the coming days.

The next free Epic Games Store games have been officially revealed with one major surprise in store for MOBA fans. Joining Epic’s ever-growing catalogue of free-to-claim titles is Predecessor which will arrive on the platform next week on December 7th.

A new leak for has emerged, seemingly revealing that the main characters from Family Guy and Metal Gear Solid are coming to Epic Games‘ battle royale game.

Activision Blizzard planned to open its own mobile game store before being acquired by Microsoft, court documents from the Epic Games and Google antitrust jury trial show.

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2023 has been a busy year where new game releases are concerned, and the last few months have been doubly so, which means you may not have found the time to play all the games that you may have wanted to. If Alan Wake 2 was among them, the acclaimed survival horror title is currently being sold at a discounted rate on PC.

Although Fortnite OG has been incredibly fun to experience these past few weeks, there’s even more exciting events on the horizon. A new Fortnite concert is on its way, this time with Eminem as the star, but when is it?

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Epic Games has announced its next big event in will take place next month with promises of massive changes to the game, and it seems rapper will kick it off in the Chapter 4 finale Live Event.

For developers just starting in the industry, the task of choosing the best game engine can be daunting. Here, we'll try to address many of the issues concerning one of the most popular game engines, Unreal Engine, so you can see if it's the right game engine for your project.

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If you have been on the lookout for a new seasonal knitting project but are yet to be inspired, well, Remedy may just have exactly what you need.

Amid critical acclaim and eight nominations at The Game Awards 2023, Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake 2 has made a strong impression in a packed year. While there are two story expansions, Night Springs and The Lake House, in the works, some developers are moving on to the studio’s next big project – Control 2.

Since Alan Wake 2’s launch in late October, developer Remedy Entertainment has released a number of patches for the survival horror title to sand out some of its lingering rough edges. Now, Update 12 has rolled out for the game as well, and it brings a host of additional fixes and improvements.

In a thrilling convergence of virtual racing and gaming excitement, Formula 1 sensation Lewis Hamilton is making his grand entrance into the world of Fortnite. Epic Games, the masterminds behind the popular battle royale title, are set to release the much-anticipated Lewis Hamilton Set on November 17, bringing a fresh wave of fun fare to the gaming community.

October was strong for video game sales in the United States, with best-selling titles like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, per Circana. However, the odd game out is Remedy Entertainment’s Alan Wake 2, which wasn’t in the charts.

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If you have played through Alan Wake 2, you will by no doubt be well aware of its musical number. In fact, even if you haven't played it, you may also be aware of this particular moment. It has become quite popular online.

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The wait for Alan Wake 2 was a long one, to the point where it often seemed like the game would never get made, but now that it’s finally out, it’s safe to say that it’s lived up expectations. Remedy Entertainment’s survival horror title has received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences like, and to highlight some of the former, the developer has released a new accolades trailer. You can view it below.

In a surprising revelation during the Google vs Epic trial, it came to light that Google had extended a generous offer of $147 million to Epic Games in 2018 to bring Fortnite onto the Play Store. This proposed deal, greenlit by Google's VP of Play Partnerships, aimed to secure the popular game's presence on the platform and avert potential challenges arising from alternative distribution methods.

Quadcrashers are back, baby! That’s right, Fortnite OG has blessed us all with the return of one of the craziest stunt-performing vehicles the Island has ever seen. But just where are these mischievous little things and how can you lay your hands on one of them?

Alan Wake 2 has drawn widespread praise from critics and audiences alike, but players have nonetheless reported lingering technical issues in the game. Remedy Entertainment has released several updates for the survival horror title since its release, and another update has now arrived, bringing additional fixes.