Epic has revealed more details about how it will attract developers to its recently launched mobile store. The company plans to attract more mobile game developers through self-publishing tools, a free-to-play program and lower commissions for studios that use Unreal Engine to develop games.
“Over the holidays, we’re launching our first third-party app,” Epic Games Store general manager Steve Allison said after the Unreal Fest Seattle event (via Mobile Gamer Biz). “We would probably expect 10 to 50 of them to be ready, and the most important thing is to implement the payment solution, so that may push some of them into the next few months.”
Ellison added that Epic plans to launch a free mobile games program by the end of the year to help grow the store while providing social features, cross-platform play and other “cool stuff” for users and developers. “With the free-to-play program launching in Q4 and third-party apps coming as well, we’re going to have some great stuff for players and it’s great for developers as well because it’s going to help us scale quickly. ,” Allison explained. .
Epic currently offers free games every week through the Epic Games Store, a service that has been running for several years. The company has also frequently expressed dissatisfaction with Google and Apple, criticizing the tech giants’ business practices. Epic’s plan to build and publish its own app store on iOS, thereby sidestepping Apple’s 30% platform fee, was delayed after Apple terminated its developer account, but the company returned in Europe in August.
Due to EU regulations and new Digital Markets Act, Epic has launched its app on iPhone in the EU and Android devices globally.
