Earlier today, we reported that Remedy Entertainment had entered a deal with a major publisher. We now know that publisher is the newly formed Epic Games Publishing.
However, the Control developer is not the only studio that's hopped into bed with Epic. As you can see in the above video, two other teams have made a similar deal with the folks behind Fortnite. Playdead and gen DESIGN, makers of PlayStation 4 titles Inside and The Last Guardian respectively, have also entered a multi-platform publishing partnership with Epic.
According to a new blog post from the company, this deal ensures the studios keep "100% of all intellectual property and full creative control of their work", promises up to 100 per cent of development costs, and ensures the developer earns at least half the profits made by the game.
Hector Sanchez is head of Epic Games Publishing, and he seems pretty happy with this trio of studio partnerships: "gen DESIGN, Remedy, and Playdead are among the most innovative and talented studios in the industry, with strong visions for their next games,” he says. “They will have full creative control, while Epic will provide a solid foundation of project funding and services."
More information, including game announcements, will emerge "in the coming months". What do you make of all this? Are you excited to see the next games from these studios? Let us know what you think in the comments below.
[source epicgames.com]
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Epic Games bad!
Your (V-) bucks at work, people. I wish them the best and I'd love to see what they have coming next, especially from Playdead.
Nice. Loved all of those games. Great they got funding from EPIC for more.
EPIC is a supporter of GeForce NOW. Hopefully all these games will come to the service via the EGS also.
All the games I bought/played on EGS last year worked perfectly and super stable. I do not care if EGS has exclusive content, as long as they work.
Hopefully we're not far from hearing about Playdead's next title now.
I know people think they're evil but they've given out a ton of top quality games now on PC for absolutely no charge. That's pretty awesome, even if it's just a marketing tactic
I really hope those games aren't Epic exclusives...
This is great. Looking forward to all three of these projects.
Will their games comes to ps5? I'm not interested in pc only titles, I only get pc version if it's cheaper and the performance is better than console version (30 vs 60 fps).
I don’t really care if they’re exclusives or whatever, if the game’s good I’ll get it. Steam was utterly dreadful for the first 6 or so years it was available and look at it now.
100% of the costs in return for 50% of the profits seems like a good deal. Particularly if they don’t restrict what platforms it can be released on.
@Octane P.C versions of future games probably will be
I don't belive in you epic! Not After PARAGON,.. Bring it back..
People gen design isn't the shadow of the colossus studio it is the studio who f..... Up the last guardian.
Also wait untill they launch it for free on epic games store.
@The_ghostmen They're the same people.
@FullbringIchigo TBH, that's one reason to stick with consoles
And no timed exclusivity I hope. I'm all for fair competition in the online storefront space, but using Fortnite money to buy up exclusivity isn't competition, that's just creating another monopoly.
A Knight's Quest is counted as Epic Games, right ?
Really hope the physical release of this game.
PS4 or Switch or both of them are very welcome.
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