Epic Games buys mall as headquarters

Source: Heise.de added 07th Jan 2021

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About 91. 000 square meter large Cary Towne Center in Cary (North Carolina) including 350. 000 square meters of land is to be the new headquarters of the Epic development studio Games become. The planning for the design should begin this year. The move to the building, which is only 4 kilometers away from the previous headquarters, is to take place in 2024.

Epic Games was founded 1991 by Tim Sweeney. The studio develops the Unreal Engine, which has become one of the most widely used 3D engines in PC and console games. Epic also operates its own online game distribution platform, the Epic Games Store. This attracts users especially with the battle royale shooter Fortnite, offers many free games and games that are only available on this platform. In addition to its headquarters, the studio 50 has offices worldwide. The game developer is now valued at 17, $ 4 billion, with Fortnite bringing much of the profits. The purchase of the mall now announced by Epic could offer the possibility to accommodate up to 2000 new employees.

Epic Games recently attracted attention because the studio bypassed the payment modalities in Apple’s App Store: The game studio integrated its own payment interface for in-app purchases in Fortnite in order to avoid payments from 30 Avoid percentage of income sharing in Apple. As a result, Apple removed the game Fortnite from its app store and sued the Fortnite creators for damages – a lawsuit that was most recently dismissed.

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