Article category: Epic Games

Epic Games update the Unreal Tournament website linking to the free downloads from OldUnreal

By Liam Dawe, Dec 11 [updated]

Back in November, I reported on Epic Games giving their approval for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament becoming completely free to download. Now, Epic Games have updated the official Unreal Tournament website to link to the OldUnreal community.

Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14 [updated]

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Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again. ARTICLE UPDATED.

That didn't last long - the Junk Store for Steam Deck has its Steam page removed (updated)

By Liam Dawe, Oct 15

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A few days ago I wrote about the Junk Store coming to Steam, a special plugin for Steam Deck to bring GOG and Epic Games compatibility unnoficially - but it seems to be a short lived idea.

First Steam Deck plugin on Steam will bring GOG and Epic Games compatibility

By Liam Dawe, Oct 11

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In a really surprising move the developers behind Decky Loader plugin Junk Store, which provides the ability to install games from GOG and Epic Games, are bringing the plugin to Steam officially.

Halo will now be built on Unreal Engine 5, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios

By Liam Dawe, Oct 7

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A bit of game industry news for you: in a pretty big win for Epic Games and their Unreal Engine, 343 Industries rebrands to Halo Studios and said the future of Halo will be built on Unreal Engine 5.

Epic Games reduce their cut for Unreal Engine games for same-day Epic Store launches

By Liam Dawe, Oct 1

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Epic Games are once again trying to entice more game developers to not only ship same-day on the Epic Games Store, but to use Unreal Engine too.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.15.2 released fixing Amazon, GOG and Epic Games issues

By Liam Dawe, Sep 23

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For all of you who play games from other stores and want those games on Linux and Steam Deck, Heroic Games Launcher continues to be one of the best ways to do it.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.15 has expanded GOG support, EA games from Epic Store support

By Liam Dawe, Aug 12

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A big release for the Heroic Games Launcher team has landed, version 2.15.0 is out now with some necessary bug fixes and some big new features to help you get all your games on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux.

ENDLESS Legend, 100% Orange Juice and Dragon Age: Inquisition are free to keeps

By Liam Dawe, May 17

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It's free game Friday! The sun is out shining so what a great day to sit inside and play some games to keep cool. Even cooler is that they're free to keep.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.14.1 Hotfix #1 fixes Proton on Linux and Steam Deck

By Liam Dawe, Apr 8

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After the most recent main release of the Heroic Games Launcher, there was an issue people found where games using Proton on Linux / Steam Deck wouldn't run. This latest hotfix should solve it.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.14 has GOG and Amazon fixes, category customization improvements

By Liam Dawe, Apr 2

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The Heroic Games Launcher version 2.14.0 has been released and with it some category customisation improvements, to make them easier to work with. Along with fixes for their GOG and Amazon integrations and plenty more.

Valve COO on Epic's Tim Sweeney "you mad bro?" when launching the Epic Store

By Liam Dawe, Mar 14

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In the ongoing saga of the Wolfire versus Valve lawsuit, which is continuing, we've been able to see a funny little look behind the curtain and Tim Sweeney was not happy with Valve.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.13 brings GOG support improvements

By Liam Dawe, Feb 12

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If you want to grab games from GOG on Linux and Steam Deck (or even macOS and Windows), there's some good news for you. The Heroic Games Launcher just released version 2.13 which brings with it their overhaul to GOG support.

Surreal Engine is an open source reimplementation of Unreal Engine for classic games

By Liam Dawe, Jan 23

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Originally called UTEngine, Surreal Engine is a community-made attempt to reimplement enough of the original Unreal Engine to get games like the original Unreal Tournament (99) working.

Heroic Games Launcher v2.12.0 brings lots of improvements and some fun experiments

By Liam Dawe, Jan 8

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Heroic Games Launcher is the best way to manage games from Epic Games, GOG and Amazon on Linux and Steam Deck and Heroic Games Launcher v2.12.0 is out now. This new release brings with it a whole bunch of improvements across the entire app.

Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck? Not until 'tens of millions of users'

By Liam Dawe, Dec 13, 2023

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Hoping at some point to play Fortnite on Linux / Steam Deck without the use of Cloud Gaming services? Well, it's probably quite some time away, if ever.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 released with plenty of essential fixes

By Liam Dawe, Nov 6, 2023

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Heroic Games Launcher has a big UI upgrade coming in the 3.0 update which isn't quite ready yet, but they have just released Heroic Games Launcher 2.10.0 which has some essential fixes for this popular multi-platform game manager.

Epic Games launch 'First Run' and 'Now On Epic' with 100% revenue for devs

By Liam Dawe, Oct 16, 2023

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Epic Games are trying to pull over more developer to the Epic Games Store, with the launch of two new incentives with the previously announced First Run and the newly announced Now On Epic deals for developers.

Epic Games sheds 830 people due to 'spending way more money than we earn'

By Liam Dawe, Sep 29, 2023

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Recent industry news doing the rounds is from Epic Games, who yesterday publicly shared an email that was sent by Tim Sweeney about laying off 16% of the company.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.9.2 Hotfix #2 is live

By Liam Dawe, Sep 13, 2023

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It's time again to upgrade your install of the Heroic Games Launcher which helps you install games from Epic, GOG, Amazon and more on Steam Deck and desktop Linux.

Category: Epic Games