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History
Mechanical engineeringUniversity of MarylandPersonal computerComputer consultingBulletin board systems
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Products
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- Founded
- 1991; 35 years ago (1991) in Potomac, Maryland, US
- Industry
- Video games
- Headquarters
- Cary, North Carolina, US
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Formerly
- Potomac Computer Systems · (1991–1992) · Epic MegaGames, Inc. · (1992–1999)
- Founder
- Tim Sweeney
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Overview
- Video game Video game developer
- Software developer Software development
- Publisher Video game publisher
- Cary, North Carolina
- Tim Sweeney Tim Sweeney (game developer)
- Potomac, Maryland
- ZZT
- Mark Rein Mark Rein (software executive)
- Vice president
- Unreal game engine Unreal Engine
- Game engine
- Fortnite
- Unreal Unreal (video game series)
- Gears of War
- Infinity Blade
- Guinness World Records
- Psyonix
- Mediatonic
- Harmonix
- Tencent
- Games-as-a-service model Games as a service
- Fortnite Battle Royale
- Esports
- Epic Games Store
- Unreal Tournament
- Make Something Unreal
- Mods Mod (video games)
- Tripwire Interactive
- Copyright infringement
- Xbox 360
History
- Mechanical engineering
- University of Maryland University of Maryland, College Park
- Personal computer
- Computer consulting
- Bulletin board systems Bulletin board system
- Apogee Software 3D Realms
- Id Software
- Toronto
- Fire Fight
- Electronic Arts
- Unreal Unreal (1998 video game)
- 3D 3D computer graphics
- First-person shooter
- Digital Extremes
Acquisitions
- Chair Entertainment
- Undertow Undertow (video game)
- Shadow Complex
- Metroid
- KKR Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
- ICONIQ Capital
- Vulcan Capital Vulcan Capital Management
- Kleiner Perkins
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Cloudgine
- Easy Anti-Cheat
- Houseparty Houseparty (app)
- Social networking service
- Photogrammetry
- RAD Game Tools
- Fall Guys
- RealityCapture
- Sketchfab
- Rock Band 4
- Fuser Fuser (video game)
- Bandcamp
- Songtradr
Products
- Jazz Jackrabbit
- Epic Pinball
- The Coalition The Coalition (company)
- Xbox Game Studios
- The Mandalorian
- The Game Awards 2018
- Valve Valve Corporation
- European Union
- Digital Markets Act
- Anti-cheat
- Voice chat
- Autodesk
- Revit Autodesk Revit
- Middleware
- Version control
- Merkle trees
- Perforce
Legal issues
- Silicon Knights
- Counter-sued Counterclaim
- Sega
- James C. Dever III
- Too Human
- X-Men Destiny
- Superintendent of Bankruptcy
- Trustee in bankruptcy
- Revenue sharing
- Sideloaded Sideloading
- United States District Court for the Northern District of California
- Coalition for App Fairness
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
- Ninth Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Match Group
- Federal Trade Commission
- COPPA
- Dark patterns Dark pattern
Criticism
- Netflix
- Spotify
- Hacked Security hacker
- Smear campaign
- File lawsuits against both companies Epic Games v. Apple
- Darth Vader
- James Earl Jones
- Obi-Wan Kenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV series)
- Ian Holm
- Racial Racism
- Homophobic Homophobia
- SAG-AFTRA
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Nodes226
Edges225
Triples255
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00885
Components1
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Epic Games
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related to Further reading · 66
Epic Games → An Unreal, April, Archived, August, Benj, Berardini, Better, Blancato, Blinded By Reality, Brian, Chris, CNBC, Creation, Crecente, Crusade, César, December, Development Legends, Edwards, Epic
related to Apple and Google disputes · 26
Epic Games → Android, App Store, Apple, Apple's, California, Epic, For, Fortnite, Fortnite Battle Royale, Google, Google Play, In, Northern District, On August, Since, Smartphone, Sweeney, The, This, Tim Sweeney
related to Acquisitions · 20
Epic Games → Chair Entertainment, Chair's Shadow Complex, Disney, Endeavor, Epic, ICONIQ Capital, In, KKR, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Metroid, October, Smash Ventures, Summer, Tencent, The, Undertow, Utah, Vulcan Capital, With
related to Litigation with Silicon Knights · 19
Epic Games → Additionally, Canadian, Epic, Epic's, Epic's Licensed Technology, Furthermore, Gears, In August, On July, Ontario-based, Sega, Silicon Knights, Silicon Knights Engine, SK, The, Therefore, Unreal Engine, War, Xbox
related to Epic Games Store · 16
Epic Games → Android, Apple, December, Differing, Digital Markets Act, Epic, Epic Game Store, Epic Games Store, Europe, European Union's, Google, January, The Game Awards, Unreal Engine, Valve's Steam, Windows
related to Criticism · 15
Epic Games → Air, Chinese, Epic, Epic Games Store, Houseparty, However, In, Life, March, Netflix, Since, Spotify, Tencent, These, Western
related to Video games · 14
Epic Games → Bulletstorm, Epic Pinball, Fortnite, Gears, Infinity Blade, Jazz Jackrabbit, Shadow Complex, The Coalition, Tim Sweeney, Unreal, Unreal Engine, War, Xbox Game Studios, ZZT
related to FTC child privacy settlement · 12
Epic Games → COPPA, December, Epic, Federal Trade Commission, Fortnite, FTC, In December, No, Over, The, V-bucks, We
related to Lore · 11
Epic Games → It, Lore, Merkle, NDAs, On-demand, Partitions, Perforce, Revisions, They, This, Unreal Revision Control
Owners · 6
Epic Games → Kirkbi (3.2%), Mark Rein (4%), Sony (5.4%), Tencent (28%), The Walt Disney Company (9%), Tim Sweeney (41.4%)
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Epic Games | Area served | Worldwide | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Formerly | Potomac Computer Systems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Formerly | (1991–1992) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Formerly | Epic MegaGames, Inc. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Formerly | (1992–1999) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Founded | 1991; 35 years ago (1991) in Potomac, Maryland, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Founder | Tim Sweeney | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Headquarters | Cary, North Carolina, US | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Industry | Video games | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Key people | Tim Sweeney (CEO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Key people | Kim Libreri (CTO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Key people | Mark Rein (VP) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Key people | Adam Sussman (president) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Key people | Charlie Wen (CCO) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Number of employees | 4,000+ (2026) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | Tim Sweeney (41.4%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | Tencent (28%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | The Walt Disney Company (9%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | Sony (5.4%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | Mark Rein (4%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Owners | Kirkbi (3.2%) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Unreal Engine | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Bink Video | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Epic Games Store | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Unreal series | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Gears of War series | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Products | Fortnite | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Revenue | US$6 billion (2022) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Subsidiaries | See § Subsidiaries and divisions | 1.00 | infobox |
| Epic Games | Type | Private | 1.00 | infobox |
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