Alongside facet the announcement of Unreal Engine 5.5, Epic video games simply introduced Launch In every single place with Epic. In a nutshell this program will allow you to chop your Unreal Engine royalty from 5% to three.5% with one main caveat. Your video games have to launch earlier than or through the launch on different sport shops, together with consoles.
Particulars of the Launcher In every single place with Epic program:
On January 1, 2025 we’re introducing ‘Launch In every single place with Epic’. By way of this program we’re providing a royalty price discount from 5% to three.5% on all platforms and shops for eligible Unreal Engine video games printed on the Epic Video games Retailer from 2025 onwards. You might be eligible for this price discount in case you ship your sport on the Epic Video games Retailer earlier than or on the similar time you launch it on different shops on corresponding platforms you help (PC, Mac, Android, and sooner or later, iOS). That is inclusive of video games collaborating in Epic First Run.
The royalty discount will apply for all platforms and shops the place you supply your video games, together with consoles. The royalty price will revert to five% in case you supply your Unreal Engine sport on one other PC or Android retailer and don’t supply it on the Epic Video games Retailer for the corresponding platform.
To profit when this system launches, you’ll have to conform to the now up to date Unreal Engine EULA.
We’re briefly waiving the requirement that you simply concurrently ship your iOS video games on the Epic Video games Retailer on iPhones or iPads to obtain the royalty price discount. It is because Apple at present imposes a commercially prohibitive ‘Core Expertise Payment’ on apps that ship on shops that compete with their retailer. If this adjustments, we’ll give licensees a minimal of 4 months discover.
Extra particulars on the royalty discount shall be shared forward of January 1 so builders can have ample time to plan.
In different Epic Video games Retailer information, Studio Wildcard revealed ARK: Final Cellular Version, developed by Grove Road Video games, shall be coming to the Epic Video games Retailer later this yr on Android and iOS within the EU.
You may study extra about this system of their Unreal Fest Seattle abstract weblog or study extra about this announcement in addition to different new Unreal Engine particulars within the video under.
