It should not be unusual that every crisis has both winners and losers. In addition to online shopping providers such as Amazon, the winners of the corona pandemic also include the video game industry. Not only Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo were able to look forward to a significant increase in sales in the pandemic year 2020 – also the game company Epic Games. All signs are currently pointing to growth at the US developer studio. As a result, you want to enlarge the headquarters.

So that there is enough space for future projects, Epic decided to buy an entire shopping center. The Cary Towne Center in Cary (North Carolina) is scarce overall 91. 000 m² in size and has an area of ​​350. 000 m². So there should be enough space available even for the coming years to expand further.

The move should take place in the year 2024 respectively. The big advantage of taking over the mall is the distance from the current Epic HQ. The moving van only has to travel 4 km to reach the future location.

With the move to the new headquarters, jobs for up to 2. 000 more employees are created. The value of the Spieleschmiede is currently 17, 4 billion US dollars estimated. Should Epic further expand its own shop in the future and gain more and more market share, a subsequent evaluation should be much higher.

The decisive factor here is certainly the numerous free titles that are attracting more and more gamers to the Epic Games Store. Until 01 you can download the Jurassic World Evolution economic simulation free of charge in the store download. Epic will then give away the roguelike game Crying Suns.