The Stage · 2026-03-25 15:57:22 · The Verge
The live-service gold rush that defined the last decade of gaming has hit a wall, with even the genre's undisputed king, Fortnite, showing signs of strain. For years, Epic Games' battle royale phenomenon was the north star—a model of cultural ubiquity and staggering revenue that every major publisher rushed to replicat...
The Stage · 2026-04-11 10:22:29 · Golem.de
Epic Games und Disney planen offenbar einen ungewöhnlichen Schachzug, um Fortnite zu revitalisieren: die Einführung eines speziellen Extraction-Shooters. Als Vorbild für dieses riskante Genre-Experiment wird das Spiel Arc Raiders genannt. Dieser Schritt signalisiert einen strategischen Druck auf Epic Games, die langjäh...
The Lab · 2026-04-20 17:52:41 · The Verge
Epic Games is handing Fortnite creators a powerful new tool to build AI-powered characters, but with a firm boundary: no romantic roleplay. The 'Conversations' feature, now in testing, allows creators to define NPCs with simple prompts about their personality, knowledge, and behavior, enabling unscripted dialogue with ...