Unity and Epic Games, creators of today’s largest video game engines, have announced a partnership that will make Unity games available. FortniteEpic allows creators to publish their own experiences (or “islands”), Fortnite The number of experiences has increased significantly since 2018, and in recent years. In 2024, 198,000 islands were published within the game, double the number from the previous year. This partnership is likely to grow Fortnite The experience can be made even better by welcoming Unity developers and giving existing developers more freedom.
“Just like in the early days of the web, we believe companies need to work together to build the open metaverse in a way that’s interoperable and fair,” Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said in a statement. “Working with Unity, we’re helping developers create fun games, reach larger audiences, and find success.” Sweeney announced the partnership with Unity CEO Matt Bromberg at Unity’s annual developer conference. He added that developers will be able to publish games that use Unity’s game engine. Fortnite Sometime next year. The companies promised to announce more details and exact timing in the future.
Additionally, Unity has announced that the cross-platform commerce management dashboard launched in October will support Unreal Engine. The dashboard allows developers to manage pricing and promotions on websites and stores for mobile and PC from a single place. It will start supporting Unreal Engine in early 2026.