How Apple's battle with Epic Games could affect hundreds of other games
The Unreal Engine extends back about 20 years, and is based on back-end technology that Epic built for a hit 1998 game called Unreal. When someone wants to make a new game, they can painstakingly create their own code to model 3D graphics, or they can use software like Unreal Engine, which also makes it possible to run the same game on multiple platforms — like on both Sony Playstation and Windows, for example. Even Nintendo now uses Unreal Engine to make Switch games.
Unreal Engine is now on its fourth major version and works across nearly every major computing platform. Even if you're not a Fortnite player, you're using Epic technology if you play PlayersUnknown's Battlegrounds, or Rocket League, or's Minecraft Dungeons, among many other titles. Epic says that its use extends well beyond gaming: Software makers in the medical world use it to build training apps, and Hollywood studios use it to create realistic backgrounds and environments, for instance.
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