As Epic Games is going through what's coming next from the company in terms of Unreal Engine, it's also revealing what we can expect from its other divisions, like the Epic Games Store. While Epic has admitted it's not going to beat Steam and become the new number one digital storefront on PC, that isn't stopping the company from making the store better than what we have now. Which is why Epic revealed today it has a lot of plans for the future of the EGS and the Epic Games Launcher, which are getting a "ground-up rebuild." Images from Epic's […]

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A few weeks ago, Epic Games quietly announced that Unreal Engine 6 was on the way, with plans to debut with a major Rocket League update. Now, Epic has made its plans for the new Unreal Engine clear, planning an early access period for developers, which will last up to 18 months. 

According to Epic Games, Unreal Engine 6 will become available in ‘early access' starting in late 2027. The full release version of the engine will then arrive “12-18 months later”.

Unreal Engine 6 is built on top of UE5, combining features from later UE5 revisions, along with elements of Epic's own Unreal Editor for Fortnite, into one software platform.

Considering the lengthy timeline for early access, as well as how long it takes to develop new AAA games from scratch, we won't see the first UE6 titles until 2030.

KitGuru Says: For now, all of this news is very developer-centric. Gamers won't have to worry about Unreal Engine 6 for a few more years at least. 

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There was once a time when crossing over with Fortnite meant that you had pretty much made it in the video games space, with some of the biggest franchises in the world collaborating with Epic Games in one form or another. While the popular indie hit Vampire Survivors was set to find its way into Fortnite, recent GenAI controversies pertaining to Epic Games now has studio Poncle “reviewing” their plans for said crossover.

During the company’s recent State of Unreal presentation, Epic Games announced a boatload of upcoming crossovers planned to be heading to Fortnite throughout the rest of 2026. Totalling over 30 different IPs, some of the games listed included Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Control Resonant; Phantom Blade 0 and Vampire Survivors.

While initially met with some excitement, this quickly dissipated as the company confirmed that they have been using generative AI to help create and design concept art for Fortnite.

In the wake of this, Vampire Survivors studio Poncle responded to the revelations, making a stance against the practice while re-evaluating their recently-announced collaboration – taking to the official Vampire Survivors subreddit to write: “Following today's news about gen AI usage by Epic to create all sort of game assets, including Fortnite characters, we're currently ‘reviewing’ our collaboration with Fortnite. We'll let you know if anything moves forward.”

Based on the wording, whether the collab goes through or not seems to depend on how much wiggle room there is with the contract which Poncle likely signed prior to the announcement.

We will have to wait and see, but if nothing else, it is encouraging to see some of Epic’s own partners seemingly trying to put their money where their mouths are.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised by Epic’s recent GenAI revelations? Could Epic Games reverse-course given enough of a backlash? Let us know your thoughts down below.

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Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title to two for free to all those with an Epic Games account. With this week’s free titles now available to claim, next week’s offerings have now been officially revealed – with the first-person rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT and the excellent narrative-focused RPG Citizen Sleeper being given away from the 18th of June.

Available to add to your library from now until the 18th of June, all those with an EGS account can claim the chess rogue-lite ‘The Ouroboros King’ alongside the “adrenaline-fueled” combat racer Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks. Next Thursday however will see two more titles being given away: Citizen Sleeper and ROBOBEAT.

Citizen Sleeper is an excellent dice-based narrative-focused RPG featuring striking visuals and a hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. Released back in 2022, the game went on to be nominated for a number of awards, including RPG of the Year (at the DICE Awards) and Game of the Year at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

ROBOBEAT meanwhile is a first-person ‘rhythm shooter’ in which you play as “Ace – a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer”. Featuring fast-paced gameplay, satisfying movement mechanics and rogue-lite elements, ROBOBEAT is a strong addition to the increasingly growing rhythm-shooter genre.

Both Citizen Sleeper and ROBOBEAT will be free to claim from the 18th of June. In the meantime, don’t forget to claim this week’s offerings.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this week’s offerings? What about next week’s? What’s your favourite rhythm shooter? Let us know down below.

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Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title or two as part of the platform’s free game program. While the past month or so saw Epic giving away ‘Mystery Titles’ the storefront has since returned to business as usual – announcing that next week’s free offering will be the “adrenaline-fueled” combat racer Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks.

Available to add to your library from the 11th of June up until the 18th, next week’s free game is confirmed to be Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks.

A combat racer in the style of PlayStation’s classic Twisted Metal series – albeit with far greater scope on the racing side of things – Speed Freeks released just over a year ago on PC to ‘Very Positive’ reviews on Steam with many noting it as an underrated title. The game also recently found its way onto consoles, adding crossplay among other inclusions.

As mentioned, Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks will be available from next Thursday. In the meantime, Epic Games Store account holders can get their hands on the tactical turn-based Rogue-like ‘Rogue Waters’ alongside ‘Songs of Conquest’ – a visually pleasing turn-based strategy adventure game. Both titles are available to claim from now until the 11th of June.

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KitGuru says: What do you think of this week’s offerings? Had you heard of Warhammer 40K: Speed Freeks previously? What’s the most important element in a combat racer? Let us know down below.

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Today, Chinese developer Eclipse Glow Games shared a new behind-the-scenes video about their upcoming single player fantasy action/adventure game, Tides of Annihilation. This video has a decidedly technical focus and reveals the studio's "deep technical partnership" with Unreal Engine maker Epic Games and NVIDIA to greatly improve the game's optimization. The previous footage showcased colossal fights, such as against the Giant Knight, where the frame rate clearly dropped significantly. With the help of Epic, the developers of Tides of Annihilation created a new hierarchical mounting solution for the Giant Knight's Nanite mesh. Epic also helped analyze performance issues on both […]

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It looks like the era of Unreal Engine 5 is coming to an end. Epic Games has announced plans for Unreal Engine 6, with Rocket League set to be the first game to make use of the new technology. 

The announcement of Unreal Engine 6 comes just a year or so after the birth of Unreal Engine 5.6, which introduced some much-needed optimisations to reduce stutter and other issues in massive open world games. CD Projekt Red is credited with having helped create these new optimisation features as part of its effort to develop The Witcher 4.

According to Epic, Unreal Engine 6 will power “the next era of Rocket League”, although we expect that other titles like Fortnite will also get the upgrade to UE6 pretty early on in its life cycle.

Epic has not yet shared further details about Unreal Engine 6, but the new version should include all of the optimisations brought into UE5 late in its life cycle. This would offer a fresh start, as gamers have begun to criticise UE5-based games for their performance flaws.

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KitGuru Says: Rocket League was built on Unreal Engine 3, so this would mark a major overhaul for the game. There is still no word on when Unreal Engine 6 will be made widely available on the market, so it could be years before we see AAA games from third-party studios utilising the technology. 

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During the Rocket League Championship Series 2026 in Paris, developer Psyonix and parent company Epic Games revealed that the popular free-to-play vehicular soccer game will be the first game to use the new Unreal Engine 6. That's really all we know right now, as neither Psyonix nor Epic provided any details about the update or the engine. Thus, we have no choice but to fall back on Epic's previous comments on the next generation of its game-making suite. In May 2025, Epic president and majority owner Tim Sweeney said UE6 was “a few years away” and that Epic may seed preview versions […]

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Apple is asking the Supreme Court to narrow the App Store injunction won by Epic Games and overturn the court’s contempt ruling over external payment fees.

Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title or two for free as part of the platform’s ‘free game’ program. Previously teased as an upcoming ‘Mystery Game’ all those with an EGS account can now get their hands on the iconic OG Tomb Raider trilogy in remastered form.

Available to add to your library from now until the 28th of May at 4PM UK time, this week’s free Epic Games Store offerings feature the following:

• Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft
• Down in Bermuda

The headliner for this week is of course the Tomb Raider Trilogy. Remastered by Aspyr, this collection allows you to experience the original Lara Croft trilogy with both its original graphics as well as ‘remastered’ visuals.

Alongside this, the collection includes all three game’s expansions; bonus content and a brand new challenge mode for added replayability.

Down in Bermuda meanwhile is an isometric indie puzzler in which “our adventurous aviator Milton finds himself trapped in a time bubble deep inside the Bermuda and needs your help to escape.”

Featuring 6 unique islands with different puzzles, codes and secrets, Down in Bermuda is worth checking out for fans of the genre.

As with the previous week, you have until next Thursday to claim these titles, at which point they will be replaced by two other ‘Mystery’ games.

KitGuru says: What do you think of this week’s offerings? Is the OG Tomb Raider trilogy a classic in your eyes? Let us know down below.

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There's light at the end of the tunnel of the incredibly protracted legal battle between Epic Games and Apple that began six years ago when Epic first introduced its own direct payment system in Fortnite, bypassing Apple's 30% fee on all transactions on iOS. The case has taken several major turns and been the cause of a lot of industry shuffling, but at long last, the popular battle royale is back on iOS devices in almost every region across the globe. The 'almost' stipulation applies to the fact that Fortnite is not back on iOS devices in Australia yet, despite […]

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Guerrilla Games co-founder and former Epic Games director Arjan Brussee has announced the development of The Immense Engine, a new graphics rendering platform pitched as a European alternative to Unreal Engine and Unity.

Speaking on the Dutch podcast De Technoloog (via VGC), Brussee detailed his new startup's mission to provide a region-hosted solution that complies with European data regulations and reduces reliance on American and Chinese technology.

The Immense Engine is designed with a “modular, agentic AI” architecture rather than a traditional monolithic stack. Brussee argues that established engines were built for manual, menu-driven workflows, whereas his platform will utilise integrated AI agents to handle complex tasks. According to Brussee, a properly implemented framework of AI agents could allow a single developer to handle the workload of 10 to 15 people.

Beyond game development, the engine is targeting 3D simulations for logistics and defence sectors. Brussee emphasised that because the platform will be hosted entirely in Europe, it offers data sovereignty for government and industrial projects that require strict regional compliance. The technology will rely on cloud resources while maintaining a “Europe-first” hosting strategy to differentiate itself from U.S. competitors.

KitGuru says: Can this new Immense Engine bring down the Unreal Engine leadership?

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Each week, the Epic Games Store gives away a title or two for free as part of the PC Storefront’s free game program. While the past few months of offerings have been somewhat low-key in nature, Epic appears set to give away something more noteworthy – teasing two ‘mysterious games’ arriving next week.

The Epic Games Store has historically upped the ante when it comes to giving away games for free around the time of major gaming / seasonal events. With Geoff Keighley’s Summer Game Fest less than a month away, Epic appears to be ramping up its program.

Right now, all those with an Epic Games account can get their hands on the “role-puzzling adventure” Arranger as well as the shopkeeping simulator ‘Trash Goblin’.

Come Thursday the 14th of May however, these titles will be replaced by two ‘mystery game’ offerings. Typically, Epic will advertise the following week’s free games as soon as the current week’s title is available to claim.

Given that Epic has chosen to hide next week’s offerings, it is safe to assume that the titles will be of relative substantiveness. That said, with the sheer number and variety of titles which they have given away over the years, next week’s free title could be pretty much anything. We will have to wait and see.

KitGuru says: Are you excited for next week’s games? What would you like them to offer? Let us know down below.

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Apple lost its bid to pause court-ordered App Store payment changes, keeping external purchase links in place as its case with Epic heads toward the Supreme Court.

With PC games growing increasingly complex nowadays — especially ones built on Epic Games's infamous Unreal Engine 5 — default/maxed-out graphics settings rarely (if at all) strike the optimal balance between visual fidelity and performance that most PC gamers seek, and Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is no exception to this rule. As a demanding UE5 game, it should come as no surprise to many that the game's maxed-out/Epic graphics settings will be very GPU-heavy, and thus should require some tweaking to achieve better performance on most rigs, without hopefully completely sacrificing visual fidelity. This guide should hopefully help you strike […]

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Remember Fortnite's AI-powered Darth Vader that led SAG-AFTRA to file an unfair labor practice charge against Epic Games? Well, the studio has now revealed the latest evolution of the technology. Originally described as a "Persona device", the tech is now simply called "conversations", but the core remains the same: Fortnite developers can use conversations to create AI-powered characters with personalities and voices that can talk, react, respond to player actions, and even influence gameplay. Released with Fortnite's v40.20 update (launched on April 16), it is available in the Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) and allows island creators to build AI-powered […]

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You might recall that just two short years ago in February 2024, Disney invested $1.5 billion in Fortnite maker Epic Games, with grand plans to create a persistent Disney universe within Fortnite based on Disney franchises. We've already seen part of this deal bear fruit with the introduction of Disnyeland in Fortnite, and according to a new report from Bloomberg, we're due to get the next fruit in November 2026. And according to the report, it's an incredibly significant release for Epic, because it is meant to mark the beginning of its comeback tour. Epic Games recently laid of 1,000 […]

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Apple plans to ask the Supreme Court to review its App Store fight with Epic Games, as it challenges a ruling limiting its ability to charge fees on external payments.

A few short years ago, and perhaps even more recently than that, it felt like Fortnite would be around as long as video games are available to be played, and nothing would ever be able to truly topple Epic Games while it has the biggest video game on the planet in its portfolio. It's likely that there are a lot of people who still feel that way, but after Epic's recent mass layoff of over 1,000 developers caused by a downturn in Fortnite engagement, among other issues, sentiments that the free-to-play battle royale monster is immortal have taken a turn. […]

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