The Story of Epic Games: How a Game Engine Conquered The Video Game Industry

[@JackChappleShow]

[@Elintasokas]

It's a bit weird that you skipped the early 2000s almost entirely. Not a single word about Unreal Tournament 2003/2004, for example, or other major early UE2 games.

[@jessesshow1]

Probably doesn’t know or dive deep into that era lol all good awesome video , you should make one if you know more just saying

[@johnpauljones2000]

@@jessesshow1 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmO4col_ba6CjKc

[@NickBailuc]

​@@jessesshow1no the og comment is correct. Making a video about epic without talking about ut is EXACTLY like talking about Valve without mentioning Half-life Shows this guy isn't fit for making such a video

[@TechGamesAU]

100% agree

[@813convict]

BRO! RIGHT!? UNREAL TOURNAMENT WAS AWESOME

[@darrie4343]

this was so interesting i dont get how it only has 7 .000 views good work once again

[@TomEnns]

The fact that it now has 27000 views just a year later is inspiring. The editing is awesome and it just hooks you.

[@yeyito2818]

Thats awesome dude. From joisk to this, the power of programming

[@kuldeep130]

Also Epic Games made Unreal Engine free unless you hit $1million revenue and if you put your game on Epic Games store, that royalty fees is 0 and unreal Engine is completely free.

[@Monkeyboy707]

Bruh, it’s pronounced: puh-toe-mick, as someone from the region, I’m sorry

[@Greenday5494]

This was grating to hear

[@BeerfootBandit]

this vid was worth watching the ads to the end

[@esotericmissionary]

I became a wholehearted Unreal Engine advocate back in 2010(?) when it became open source. Well, no, maybe not open source, (I'm not sure what term I'm looking for,) but back when it became free to download for people to do whatever with. Tim Sweeney is definitely one epic dude.

[@deviandrianto]

3:06 Tim Sweeney was rival of John Carmac, and now the winner is Tim

[@Loopy1330]

Are they ever going to make another Unreal game? I heard the story about the group of dedicated modders who were working on an new Unreal Tournament under Epic's supervision, until Epic decided to yank the rug from underneath them and switched focus to Fortnite instead. I'd like to have a singleplayer Unreal again.

[@chrisbullock6477]

The difference between EPIC and all the other companies is that EPIC is still a Hands-On Development and Creator Company. The Owner is also a programmer and game developer, plus Engine Dev. Where as at EA/Ubisoft/Sony/Microsoft they are Umbrella Corporations that buy tech or outsorce it.

[@biskoot_pc]

Beautiful vid. Hope you get to a million views soon!!

[@maryjeancruzcamacho8579]

thanks, now i am gonna got 10 in my discovery proyect ILY

[@anverlayshev6304]

That was good to see the whole Epic Games story in your small but very insightful video =) Thanks for it!

[@mr.narhwaliscool]

Tim Sweney invented unreal engine as well as the company epic games...amazing!

[@joyfromindia1111]

His story is as exciting as Steve jobs ans Apple ... someone from Hollywood should make a movie on his bio

[@naruto75104]

They will someday.

[@prempink12311]

No Steve jobs is rude

[@kingsley869]

ur content is so GOOOD

[@bananos4501]

this deserves so many more views

[@jimday666]

Nice! I'm just waiting for an Unreal or UT game which probably won't happen anymore :/ or at least not in Epic inhouse.

[@NureHanif]

Totally cleard about epic history. Useful video.

[@melvinhernandez3680]

So interesting dude!

[@chrisbullock6477]

Right here in Raleigh/Durham North Carolina. Along with Insomniac, Red Storm/Tom Clancey/UbiSoft etc...

[@alix4016]

Thanks man great job on this!!

[@Friendly_G]

Thanks for this. I was always so confused on what epic games actually is.

[@Lumberjack_king]

It’s crazy that the original creator still owns and runs the company

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

It's Poh-toe-mac with the emphasis on the second syllable.

[@BeerfootBandit]

some of the medal of honor games were made with Unreal. And for the people who dont know, Pubg and fortnite as well

[@kuldeep130]

Valorant too

[@enricofermi3471]

I thought PUBG was Source... seem like I was heavily misinformed (never played it so couldn't really tell from how it feels). Anyhow, theres Postal 2 and 4 which use UE2 and UE4 correspondingly (interesting coincidence).

[@triadwarfare]

@@enricofermi3471 PUBG's version of the Unreal Engine seems too unoptimized. You can really feel it was made by an indie studio due to how unpolished everything feels. That was during in beta until its initial release. Dunno if they did anything to improve the look and feel of the game post-release.

[@Akivili420]

Every game that you had said I played and they were Epik

[@BierBart12]

I somehow had never heard the name "Epic games" before the fortnite boom, so them being the creators of all of this major gaming history that I had known about for a long time was an incredible surprise Hell, the way I found out about the name was because they gave out so many free games on a regular basis on the Epic store

[@sev2300]

That 360 controller was still trying synch with the console!

[@aethelwolfe3539]

You can also use it for architecture renderings to get the good grades in architecture school.

[@813convict]

Bro... how did you just skip talking about the Unreal Tournament series?

[@LlllIo]

Awesome video, I wasn’t expecting such good commentary on a video with a *relatively* low amount of views. No offense of course, I just enjoyed the content and you seem to be punching above your weight here which is a great thing. I will say, I know you were aiming at a Fortnite history so you had to be brief on Unreal, but you should make a longer format video on the history of unreal as a whole. I was looking for something like that and noticed a serious lack of content on Unreal’s absolutely revolutionary history. It’d take some research but I want to know their effect on the gaming industry as a whole, from ZZT to Fortnite. Before and after type thing. Just a thought, there’s a lot to be said about all that and I can’t find a damn thing on it.

[@-GameHacKeR-]

4:37 You left out the major point about the game Unreal and the first version of the Unreal Engine, Epic Mega Games licenced the Quake engine from id software which was the base for the first version of Unreal, Just like Valve did with Half life and the GoldSource engine, They also licened the IdTech engine for the base of their engine. Same what Activision did for Call of Duty and many others.

[@ClashmedTeodor]

Nice video!

[@triadwarfare]

Huh, didn't know that the original Mass Effect was built using Unreal Engine 3. I could have sworn it was built using RenderWare due to how clunky it was, seemingly converted from an isometric game to a third person shooter. It was a chore for me to play the first game, but seems that some people like it more than 2 and 3. As for me, 2 was a massive improvement, but 3 was a bit step back due to how messy and clippy your Normandy has become due to clutter.

[@curtisnewton895]

2:40 what does OBJECT ORIENTED programming have ANYTHING to do with "easy to mod" ???? I surely would need an explanation on that one

[@prateekpanwar646]

You can just change / add new objects without changing / breaking initial code. You could add a new weapon by just adding one more object in weapon class rather than editing entire game's weapon system.

[@ether-pq4tc]

really good quality video

[@DazeWare]

Nice vid

[@sonictimm]

I'm sorry, but I can't help but laugh every time you say Potomac (I'm from the area) It's something like Puh-TOW-mick (puh with a soft u, like bug. TOW like a tow truck). Not blaming you, it is an odd one. 😂 Nice video, it went blazing fast over the history and I learned a few things.

[@rMell]

Lol I’m from Maryland too and I knew I couldn’t of been the only one

[@donnal3493]

Great video. But just to note - it doesn’t make the vast majority of its money from its other games using the engine. Far far far from it.

[@MoneetGill]

I know epic games for paragon. :(

[@chimeron260]

my brain through a fit over the way he said I D software and not id

[@UTUBMRBUZZ]

Very interesting but you did miss the Amiga era. With pinball dreams and such hits....

[@spavatch]

What does Pinball Dreams have to do with Epic Megagames?

[@Ultra_Neito]

is that the locust logo from gears of war on those characters???!!!?

[@najma_akhtar]

Epic games ready is EPIC!

[@jondemetrius]

"Po -tom-mic" you're saying it wrong lol

[@lordeddy05]

Epic is the best company for me, fortnite, gears, unreal tournament, engine...

[@mohamedaminedjidel1808]

The power of c++

[@AdrianCuyubambaDiaz]

He didn't mention Valve or Sream once

[@thenothing2786]

Duss X… hmmm… never heard of that game.

[@ishaanparulekar1197]

The value of the gaming industry has increased now due to the pandemic

[@subit4064]

I played alot of his games

[@SamekhAniki]

You didn't even mention Cliff Bleszinski on your video…

[@clutchko2217]

How do I learn to code it’s my dream to make a game that people can enjoy and have fun in any tips to learn any language. Any Language.

[@unglue4083]

yo you forgot to talk about save the world.

[@vmudreamer]

Nice video essay, but unfortunately much of the information is inaccurate or oversimplified; perhaps if you could include your sources next time as it would make it easier to cross-reference.

[@stellar5706]

Bru, Among Us used Unity not Unreal.

[@highlycaffeinated6864]

Obviously did a lot of research for this but really missing on the pronunciation on some names there. Potamac as pointed out by many here, ID software is not the separate letters I and D, its pronounced id like in lid. And Deus Ex isnt duce its Day ous.

[@triadwarfare]

As a person who never heard how they were supposed to be pronounced, I would often call them "I.D." software because of their chosen name, as I always had to carry it to school then when I'm working. I'd still call them I.D. because calling them EED sounds weird because I have nothing to associate it with.

[@monochromenight8943]

@@triadwarfare It comes from psychology. The ego, super ego, and the id.

[@Legocoder1234]

10:33 also me

[@AlphaDwg]

man the way you saying Potomac almost made me turn off the video lol

[@AlexCBrandon]

Pot-ah-mac? Puh-TOE-muck, not Pot-ah-mac lol.

[@johnnyjrotten59]

A likable billionaire -

[@Edward135i]

0:53 puh · tow · mak

[@GANGBENGAL]

stock footage doesn't fit and is kinda cringe

[@DamanSingh1313]

What is epic games. Is it a online games playing centre. I mean we càn play games online

[@Mindwave416]

It’s pronounced Poe-toe-Mac

[@jrak]

PA-TOW-MUC

[@mercuryjazzmode]

It's pronounced pot-ooh-mik, not potamak

[@seanmormino5294]

0:50 those teeth tho

[@CountlessPWNZ]

you skipped a whole generation of unreal, wtf

[@cupcakedragon]

story ariyan vanna malayalis undo

[@tek_lynx4225]

More like the company that forgot a ton of it's IP's and what got it where it is today. You skipped so much before UNREAL where the hell is jazz jackrabbit? And the barrage of other DOS games epic published. They were known for a crap ton before Unreal, and the company has totally forgotten about it's past. Hell they don't even care about Unreal now, the freaking game their engine is named after. Why don't you make the mention that UNREAL 1 \ UT\UT2004 (2003 is lost to Disc) is on GOG and Steam but not Epic's own Store. Which is just insane when you think about it.

[@SuperHns]

Steam you dont included???????? Valve? lol console gamer?

[@50bill75]

Afk survival

[@Tunip65]

pewdiepie would destroy epic games since of fOrTnItE

[@Jesus-pq7et]

Yeti

[@clifcarothers8559]

pa TOE mac

[@ap2582]

this dude just said "Pot-O-Mac" Maryland. now i have to turn this video off

[@ninthcircleIX01MM]

Bruh you skipped a whole generation

[@HandheldGamingHQ]

Id software is pronounced "id" not "eye dee"

[@lexuslfa945]

I’m confused

[@lexuslfa945]

...

[@afr0952]

Bro it’s pronounced patonic

[@MARIA.sayonara]

6:00 wait so he can take percentages of profit from others but apple and Google can't? Got it

[@opiniononion919]

Because games made with unreal engine are using the engine as a solid foundation to build their game. Apple and Google "just" offer a marketplace. Like Steam. And no one said they can't take a cut, companies are complaining because they take too much.

[@mov4736]

Just to add to Opiniononion's comment. Epic takes 5% after the first million dollars of revenue. Meaning: If your game makes 1.1 million dollars, they take 5% of 100,000 => 100,000 * 0.05 = 5000$ We are talking about a full fledged engine with a shitton of features that you will probably struggle to create your game (in the same quality) without it. compare that with the percentage apple/google take despite offering nothing as a base. Just the store front.

[@shadowplayz1930]

#FreeFortnite 2020

[@Aaaaaahhhh183]

We like fornite

[@RustyyFork]

Everyone don't know how to pronounce it 🤣

[@karstafarius]

Epic conquered something? LOL There is only steam

[@alirohani2687]

I mean they only have the biggest game in the world and best engine but I guess steam has a shopping cart so Gabe wins 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Funny-Cobra]

Think Again!

[@Funny-Cobra]

if you didn't know epic owns Rocket League and Easy Anti Cheat aka the best anti cheat in the World!

[@akdream5313]

Make Video Tencent Games! Pro

[@blakedmc1989RaveHD]

90's and Early 2000's Epic Games > Modern Epic Games

[@gevara454]

#Epicgames is the best because they keep giving people free AAA games ... On like others like yes I am looking at you steam that don't give anything back to the community

[@samyazaazazyel7701]

Epic games is garbage

[@azgharibanu6842]

This guy must be in jail for creating fortnite

[@mistick2010]

nah, he's good

[@1percent22]

the best → pubg

[@Clide_Entertainment]

In 2015/2016

[@1percent22]

@@Clide_Entertainment still now.

[@Clide_Entertainment]

@@1percent22 nuh uh

[@Jessica805.]

Bro who created it

[@gregrich91]

Potomac is actually pronounced poe-toe-mik

[@mikul3122]

Unreal engine is so good