Epic to launch their own Steam-rival store, cutting a better deal for devs

In especially well-timed fashion, Epic Games – they of the Unreal Engine and Fortnite – have announced they’re going head to head with Steam with the Epic Games Store. The new storefront will open via web and the Epic Games Launcher before the end of 2018. Enticingly for developers, Epic have announced that they’ll only be taking a flat 12% cut of revenue, less than half of Steam’s 30%. This announcement comes days after Valve underwhelmingly announced they’ll slightly reduce their cut, but only for multi-million dollar hits.

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