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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney renews blast at ‘gatekeeper’ platform owners


Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opened the Unreal Fest Seattle event today with an update on news that included a blistering criticism of monopolistic platform owners.

Fortnite reached a peak last holiday season of 110 million monthly active users, and Sweeney said the Epic Games Store is seeing record success. “The common thing all of this shares is that we all aim to reach the world with our stuff, and we’re all using the same tools to make this come together in an unprecedented skill. He noted the European Union’s implementation of the Digital Markets Act, which enabled Fortnite to return to iOS in Europe.

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