When I was thinking of a topic, I thought about things I enjoyed. And I really enjoyed video games created by Steam and Epic. I liked to play Paladins on the Nintendo Switch and Fortnite on my phone and Nintendo Switch. I really liked Nintendo’s games and creations. This is why I chose my topic.
Epic games was created in 1991 by Tim Sweeney who is a video game programmer and developer. He was born in 1970 in Potomac, Maryland. He enjoyed tinkering with mechanical and electrical devices, and when he was still very young he turned a lawn mower into a go cart. He created a company called Potomac Computer Systems. In 1991 he renamed his company to Epic MegaGames, and shortly after he created his first game, ZZT. ZZT is an action, adventure puzzle video game which is only available on some platforms like the DOS or the MS-DOS which are computers. He still did not have a headquarters yet ,but in 1999 he moved into Cary, North Carolina and got his own headquarters. Then in 2017 they created the world’s most known game which is Fortnite. Fortnite Battle Royale is a game in which 100 players glide into an island and battle to the death until there is only one player standing. There is a barrier/storm which will kill you if you don’t get to the safe zone which in this case is the circle. This is what Epic Games is most known for.
Epic games is one of the biggest rivals to many gaming companies. Many companies have been badly affected by the game Fortnite. Some companies that have not been greatly affected are name EA Sports (Electronic Arts) and Activision Blizzard. These companies have lost many players, but they have made some great games. EA Sports has created another Battle Royale gamed Apex Legends which is a very different type of game. Apex is a pay to win game but Fortnite is not. In Apex Legends you are able to buy guns and skins that give you a big advantage while in Fortnite you can buy skins/outfit that do not give you an advantage. EA Sports lost many players because it was pay to win, but it has broken the world record of getting the most amount of players on the first day. But these companies have dealt with nothing compared to Steam and Valve. Epic Games has lost many partners. Before Epic Games became popular, Epic Games and Steam were partners and Epic let Steam put some of the games onto Epic’s website. Epic put Slime Rancher, a very fun farming game where you collect slimes, put them in your ranch, and feed them. You can also breed slimes to make a slime combination. This is a game that Steam,Valve and Epic created together.
Epic Games has been gaining players every day, but there are many reasons how.
Epic Games has created many tournaments for pro players so they would compete for thousands of dollars. Many players have been creating accounts for this reason. There are also regular tournaments for anybody to join. They all have prize money but there are many rounds and you have to qualify in each game till there is only one player left who is the winner. There are some where you can play by yourself which is solos, there are also some where you can play with your friends like Duos,Trios and Squads which are game modes in the tournament. But there was this special tournament where Ninja, a very good player and Marshmello, a DJ, participated and won the E3 charity tournament. After Epic Games held a concert for Marshmello on Fortnite. If you were not there at the tournament or did not participate in the tournament you were able to go online and dance to the music. Epic has created other tournaments like the Summer Skirmish, Winter Skirmish, Fall Skirmish and the Spring Skirmish. They happened every season. Epic is also known because it is fun to play with your friends but at the same time you can socialize with them because you have a microphone. Microphones are available on any platform even on mobile devices which use Siri. Epic Games has created a couple free games like Dauntless and Fortnite. Epic has announced that if Fortnite Battle Royale is still popular in season 11, they will give out Fortnite Save the World. Fortnite Save the World is a game where you fight zombies. Save the world is not currently free and is $60 or sometimes on sale. As I mentioned Fortnite is available on almost every platform and iis available on Xbox 1 or over to get it for free. There is also mobile, IOS and Android as well as some PC/computer Microsoft Windows and MacOS NIntendo switch and PS4 (PlayStation 4). Many other companies have been able to access Apple or Android.
Epic Games has created games that are child friendly, but fun for adults too. Epic Games has created games like Fortnite, Flower, Outer Wilds, Dauntless, Journey, Ashen and many other great games. In all these games there is very little blood or gore, but if you compare it to Steam’s games like Call of Duty, Payday 2 or GTA (Grand Theft Auto) and Paladins, Epic’s Games are more child friendly than Steam. In Call of Duty, the death effects are very violent there is blood and gore and your body will lay there with blood pouring out of yourself. While in Fortnite a drone will come and suck you up and there will be nothing left except for your loot. In Payday 2 the point of the game is to rob a bank and kill people. Epic is very child friendly because you can play with your friends wherever they are. If you wanted to play with someone in Australia, China or anywhere else in the world. The skins in the game are not inappropriate like Payday 2 where you are able to be a killer clown, while in Fortnite, Dauntless or Slime Rancher you are not allowed to use creepy skins. In Dauntless you are a normal guy with a gun or tool. That is why many parents let their children play. Many other gaming companies do not know how to create such a great game that is fun for any age.
EA Sports has been gaining a lot of players by people who played Fortnite because the controls are similar and the players are experienced in using them. Xbox, PS4 and Samsung have had more customers because Epic has released exclusive skins for Fortnite. Epic has gave Samsung the galaxy skin and the Ikonik skin. These two skins are the best and most expensive skins in the game. They are each $1000.
There is also a bundle for the Xbox One S exclusive Eon skin bundle. In the bundle you would get the Eon (outfit) which is the white,black and green version of the oblivion or criterion. You would also get the Resonator (harvesting tool) which is a remake of the onslaught which is the season 4 omegas (harvesting) and the Aurora glider. It is the second most expensive outfits in the game. It is not a great skin though. Many people buy the bundle for the pickaxe and 2000 Vbucks. It was $299.
Last but not least they sold the Nintendo switch skin. Double Helix. When you bought the switch you would get the Double Helix (outfit)
Which was a worse remake of the Archetype which is black and green.
You would also get the Telemetry (backbling), Pinpoint (harvesting tool and the Rotor (glider). This outfit is the most expensive skin in the game.
It is $299.99 which is $.99 more than the Eon outfit.
Epic games gave Amazon a bundle for twitch prime which is the Havoc, it was in the first twitch prime bundle that came with all these items: Backup Plan (back bling), Havoc and Sub Commander outfits, Instigator (harvesting tool), Slipstream (glider) and four emotes were in this bundle, although many players do not have this because it is from season 2 which is very old.
Epic Games has been making updates every week for many of their games.
Fortnite has been making many updates. There first update they ever had was on August the 4 2017. It was the 1.4.0 update. There has been big updates like when there is a new season coming out or there are little updates were there are new guns or a item. Many other companies start to work less hard when they lose players but Epic Games still makes at least 1 update per month. Although Epic has had some bad updates like the one were they added the Infinity Blade in season 7. Many players did not like this because there was only one on each server and the people who had it one the game.
But Epic has had some great updates like when they were giving out some free challenge guides which got you a battle pass for the next season.
Although Fortnite is a free to play game, there are many updates, which many games do to keep you interested in the game. Epic Games have done this to many games like Dauntless, City of Brass and Kingdom New lands (which will be free soon) have done many updates. Steam does not not have many games that are free to play. Paladins is free but the game it’s is kind of boring and bad. Epic has released over 100 updates in total including the seasonal updates.
There are many reasons how other companies have been affected by Epic Games.
Many gaming companies do not have the mobile platform that is why Fortnite and Epic Games are super successful.
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