Epic’s wildly successful free-to-play shooter recently received the Chapter 2 Season 2 update which saw the introduction of a new cyberpunk city to the map along with a slew of new weapons and items.

Source: https://gamerant.com/ftc-orders-epic-games-pay-245-million-fortnite-players-unwanted-charges/

Including Epic’s own games, players spent $820 million in 2022, down 2% from 2021.

Source: https://venturebeat.com/games/epic-games-store-launches-self-publishing-tools-for-game-devs-and-publishers/

That is the same court that heard Epic’s arguments last year to revive its antitrust claims against Apple.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/googles-court-loss-to-epic-games-may-cost-billions-but-final-outcome-years-away-9065950/

User-generated content or “UGC” is on the rise in the gaming world and creative ecosystems like Roblox, Minecraft and Epic’s Fortnite are well positioned to ride the trend.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/24/roblox-tian-lim-creator-vp/