10/31/2018
Epic Games, creator behind just landed $1.25b in fresh funding to expand operations and their efforts in eSports and live events. If you haven’t played – Fortnight is like playing an addicting action-game with your friends living in a cool pixar film world, and it’s free! 🤓 Over 125 million people are playing and collectively spent $1 billion in small in-app purchases allowing you to deck out your players w/upgrades and unlimited customizations for extra style ✌️
In 2012 .cn bought 33% of the company for $330m, Epic Games is now valued at $15b after this latest round. HQ in Cary, North Carolina - Epic Games has ~ 1,000 employees and offices around over the world. This studio is also behind popular titles: , Infinity Blade, Robo Recall, . Founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney, inside his parents’ house, he wasted no time, finishing his 1st commercial game that same year.
Epic Games is also the creator of – dubbed “most successful videogame engine” by in 2014 is exactly that and free for anyone to use. It comes loaded w/powerful tools empowering game developers to easily build the next generation of games 💪 Epic just asks a 5% fee on any gross revenue above $3k per product/quarter. Even is a regular at events and don’t forget to see them at e3expo 🎃 @ Epic Games