Epic Games announced a new project “Launch Everywhere with Epic” at the event “Unreal Fest Seattle 2024” held in the United States today (20th). .
Unreal Engine currently adopts a licensing model that costs compensation, 5% of the total revenue will be paid.
Epic Games indicated at this event that due to the current pressure on the game industry, the company is improving the game engine and the store to provide a better environment for players development to help them reach more players, and at the same time launch. “Launch Everywhere with Epic” project.
This plan reduces the copyright fee for games developed using Unreal Engine from 5% to 3.5%, as long as the game must be listed on the Epic Games Store (EGS). such as Steam, or Log in to home consoles and mobile platforms to receive a 3.5% royalty discount.
However, if this UE game is removed from EGS, the license fee for sales on other platforms will return to 5%.
In addition, EGS has launched a new “EPIC First Run” program, which allows new games to be launched exclusively on EGS within the first 6 months of release , and developers can receive all the revenue (100%) of those who participate in the “Launch Everywhere with Epic” program.
It is worth mentioning that the Android version of EGS was launched globally in August this year, and the iPhone version was launched in the EU market The “Launch Everywhere with Epic” plan will also be ‘ covers games designed for future mobile platforms.
In order to attract more players to give away games for free, Epic Games has been giving favorable policies again for EGS listings to developers. his own platform.
“Launch Everywhere with Epic” will begin in January 2025, but currently iOS games are not within the scope of this plan withdrawal policy.
A better deal for developers 🤝
We have just announced ‘Launch Everywhere with Epic’. Starting January 1st, you can reduce your Unreal Engine royalties from 5% to 3.5% if you simultaneously ship your game to the Epic Games Store and other stores on PC and Android. Read all the details… pic.twitter.com/yWpzcMzDWK
– Unreal Engine (@UnrealEngine) October 1, 2024
