Tim Sweeney
Tim Sweeney is an American programmer best known for founding Epic Games and creating the Unreal Engine.
After attending the University of Maryland where he studied mechanical engineering, Sweeney began programming his own games and founded Epic MegaGames (later renamed Epic Games).
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Epic’s Tim Sweeney says it ‘makes no sense’ for game stores to flag when AI has been used in development
"AI will be involved in nearly all future production", the Epic CEO says
‘You probably didn’t expect to see me here’: Epic and Unity announce ‘unique’ partnership
Unity developers will be able to publish their games into Fortnite from next year
Judge postpones approval of Epic vs Google settlement, wonders why they’re ‘suddenly BFFs’
The proposed change to app store and commission rules isn't significant enough, it's claimed
Unreal Engine 5 performance issues are mainly due to devs not optimising properly, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says
Not enough studios optimise for less powerful hardware early in the development process, he claims
Epic boss Tim Sweeney called Valve execs ‘assholes’ over Steam platform fees
Emails from Epic’s CEO published as part of a lawsuit Valve’s currently fighting
Epic is planning more ‘major’ Epic Games Store exclusives
It says smaller titles weren’t enough to tempt players to move over from Steam
Epic won’t ban NFT games in response to Minecraft’s stance, Tim Sweeney says
"Stores and operating system makers shouldn’t interfere by forcing their views onto others"
Epic has filed a trademark for the ‘Epic Games Megaverse’
It has also partnered with Spire Animation Studios to build metaverse experiences
Apple has blacklisted Fortnite until its legal battle with Epic is completed
Epic says it's ready to abide by Apple’s rules, but the iPhone maker isn’t playing ball
Epic is appealing the court’s ruling in its antitrust lawsuit against Apple
CEO Tim Sweeney “just as determined as ever to fight on” following lost case