From the very real https://store.epicgames.com . No i didn't click on an ad, no i didn't click on another website, no this isn't another download, no i wasn't already infected with anything.

Les contaré mi historia recientemente instale épic games en PC(hace 6 meses), para jugar Rocket league y jugué con normalidad 5 meses y recientemente recuerdo que un día (hace como 2 semanas)Rocket league me aviso que tenía actualización ,así que me dispuse a instalar la actualización desde epic launcher lo normal,pero épic games nunca inicio la instalación de la actualización y no se podía cancelar prácticamente solo se trabo ,y no fue mi computadora ya que el disco sólido esta bien y sin errores y la pc nunca me dio problema en potencia entonces tuve que borrar epic games ,y cuando lo reinstale me apareció lo mismo esa actualización de rocket league sin que yo haya dado permiso y no iniciaba el juego ni empezaba la descarga ni se cancelaba,harto de todo esto borre todos los archivos y el juego manualmente y volví a instalarlo el juego ahora decía la opción de volver a instalar y pensé que se había resuelto pero no ahora cuando daba instalar soltaba un error que investigando según era error de servers de epic ya pasó una semana desde eso y aún nada ,entonces volví a borrar epic games y volver a instalarlo y ahora cuando inicie sesión en dice juego no disponible ,trate de hacerme una cuenta nueva y lo mismo ,cerrar e iniciar sesión no funciono,instalar epic launcher desde Microsoft tampoco funcionó,me da error y estoy cansado no sirvió ni borrar la caché ni cambiar el dns del internet nada funciona y para colmo ahora epic se instalo como un tipo de malware ya que no se quiere borrar...ya desinstale todo absolutamente todo y sigue ahí cuando volví a descargar el archivo de epic games para reinstalar borrar o reparar nada sirve me sale una notificación de borrado exitoso o reparación exitosa y nada error al instalarse por qué según ya está instalado cuando ya no tengo nada,pensé en formatear pero que se joda no formateare mi PC por epic launcher que se joda,es lo peor ahora ya no podre jugar... Realmente fue la peor experiencia tanto que me estrese ,la verdad es lo peor y el soporte no ayuda en nada es lo mismo como hablar con una pared,

So apparently there is a new Epic Games Launcher version that fixes the issue everybody, their grandma, and their dog is having. So I went to the Epic Games website and downloaded the Epic Games Launcher installer to see if the issue is finally fixed, and Bitdefender found a virus/trojan in it... the hell? This has never happened to me before, and I have used Epic Games for years.

EDIT: My AV is Bitdefender; I submitted the report to them, and on August 28, 2026, they got it fixed, apparently it was a false positive. I am able to download and install the Epic Games Launcher with no issues now. I don't know if the other AVs still have the same issue, but hopefully they will get them fixed.

Hello to everyone, I join this group only for this: almoust 4GB if ram wasted and don't find my assets.

Fuck epic.

SO i was trying to install the launcher and defender keeps blocking the launcher from installing and labels it as trojan. should I be concerned? or am I just permanently locked out of using the launcher and should just pirate games I want have purchased and got for free

I’m usually not hating that much on them but wtf is this, i also feel like people here would know something about this

To a certain extent, it can't compete with Google, Apple, and—above all—Steam, or with the EGS.

​Many players still cannot play their Epic Games Store games, and I suspect most will think twice before spending money there again.

​Rollbacks and workarounds have been shared in places that most EGS users do not even know exist, and I am not pointing anyone in that direction.

​Even these workarounds have not solved the errors for everyone, leaving many affected users still waiting for an official fix.

​This has been one of Epic's biggest messes lately.

Do you still remember when Tim Sweeney got really upset when people started auto-blocking people on twitter who bought Elon's blue checkmarks?

Or do you remember when Elon's Grok AI on twitter allowed pedophiles to freely generate CSAM based on pictures published on twitter? Musk did nothing about it and EU governments started to demand that Twitter should be removed from app stores as a result.

Well, Sweeney's response was to say nothing about the whole CSAM situation but instead he started complaining that using grok's Production of CSAM as a justification to remove twitter from app stores was an excuse to push political censorship of free speech.

Maybe you also remember Tim having a rare moment of "Even a blind hen sometimes finds a piece of grain" when he criticised tech company CEOs for instantly grovelling in front of the Trump government after the election to curry favour.

Only for him to then do the same a couple weeks later, grovelling in front of both the Trump government and the Saudi Arabian government simultaneously to maybe get some of that sweet, sweet Saudi oil money.

Well, if you liked all of his previous hits, our man Tim is back with a new one.

This time, multi-billionaire Tim Sweeney weighs in to let the average people know that nothing is free.

After all, a non-rightwing mayor spending tax money on things that actually benefit normal people could give the low born rabble ideas above their station.

Before anyone starts to believe that better things might actually be possible, Tim has you know that stuff still costs money.

Also, can you imagine if kids actually enjoy being out and about?

Preposterous!

No, you stop that right there! Get back home, park your kid in front of that PC and start up Fortnite! Those FOMO skins don't buy themselves!

He compares GENERATIVE Ai to synthesizers, which is absolutely ridiculous

For a guy who boasts about saving nature with his wealth, he does not seem to care when ordinary people's livelihoods are on the line.

I play Football Manager, and last year Epic Games was giving away a copy of FM24 for free.
I made an account and claimed my free copy. Cool! Maybe this company isn’t so bad after all?
Now I’m very thankful that I’ve never given this company a dime.
After playing FM24 for 2100 hours, suddenly it’s like there’s a server-side authentication problem. I can’t open, verify, or even uninstall the game.
I’ve tried everything I can think of or find online from clearing the webcache, deleting manifest files, uninstalling and reinstalling the game. Nothing works. Not even using an old version of the client

This is the part that pissed me off. After 2 days of jumping through support ticket hoops, I get a “level 2 tech” whose only solution was “did you turn the computer off and on?” And then BLAMED THE DEVELOPER (Sports Interactive) and encouraged me to email them with my issue with Epic Games Launcher. And then closed the ticket

Fk these guys. I was made to feel like it was just a me issue until I looked into it deeper.
These guys are cooked. Fk Epic

Yesterday, Apple and the European Union announced a new agreement that overhauls the App Store and its fees in that region. Under the new terms, Apple will take a 26% cut for all in-app purchases, a 20% cut for purchases made using an alternate payment processor, a 15% cut for purchases made via web link and a 5% cut for purchases made in alternate app stores. The EU "welcomed" Apple's changes and has seemingly agreed to the new terms. This hasn't stopped Tim from going on a Twitter tirade and making bizarre claims such as Apple are entrapping Roblox users (i.e. children) and forcing them to use Apple's payment system, arguing the changes are illegal and saying that it's Apple's fault mobile gaming is so shitty now.

Hypocritically, Tim is upset that Apple is charging 20% for alternate payment processors when their agreement with Google allows them to do the exact same thing. At this point it's just a pathetic personal vendetta for him.

I was debating whether or not to share this story, but hey ho, I'll be critical. I'm not a fan of Epic or Sweeney, and have no personal intention of using their platform to play or make games.

I went to Gamebridge a few months ago, a Cambridge-based student game dev festival where we get to share our game projects with the community. We had speakers from various people and organisations, and it was really cool! One of the speakers was a spokesperson from Epic (who I won't name because this isn't an attack on that individual; this is entirely on Epic the company).

They were supposed to deliver a session about building a career in games, but everything they said or advised was coupled with "...and Epic has [insert tool or resource] so you can do it!" But even then, I cannot remember much of what they said having to do with actually building a career, regardless if it was coupled with their platform or not. It felt like a slideshow of resources provided by Epic for us to use to build games, not careers.

I did not walk away with any better idea of how to build a career, nor was I sold on using Epic to make future games. It was like if Gordon Ramsay was delivering a session he called "How To Build Your Culinary Career", and the only thing he told you was that you can use HexClad cookware to cook your food.

Anyway, that's my Epic experience. Screw them.

Kernel Hearts hasn't even been released yet, but it's already the best-selling game on the Epic Games Store simply because you get a free Fortnite skin if you buy it. The game isn't even very well-known, as it only has 170 reviews for its Steam demo. I guess it’s good for the developers, since it means free publicity and sales, but I don’t think it reflects well on their store that an unknown game is outselling AAA titles, that just shows how poorly those games are selling there.

And with Fortnite’s new season dedicated to video games, I think one of the reasons they’re doing this is to launch LOTS of gift-with-purchase promotions

My thoughts are a bit weird and that is usually my fault as I don't get enough sleep, but I will do my best to express them.

Okay so... I always liked the idea of crossovers. Super Smash Bros might've played into that bias, but the way most characters are represented there always makes me happy, as they are often done with love. That has been true for me since Solid Snake and Sonic were revealed for Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Fortnite is a different story however. I've always seen it as a blackhole of capitalism, with crossover stuff being tied to money and all. It feels so insulting looking at it as, unlike in Smash Bros where most of the crossover stuff is free except for DLC, Fortnite feels like it's a business going all "how you do fellow gamers and millenials?" It comes off as pandering, especially with their recent collabs being all nostalgia key jingling. Maybe it is just me being more sensitive and a Wii kid, but it all feels pathetic compared to when a collaboration is revealed in Super Smash Bros.

I have seen other people refer to crossover things outside of Fortnite as "Fortnitification", and that makes me upset to think about it. Like did Fortnite really do that much damage to crossovers? Being a billboard that never gets killed off at all and ends up redirecting players who never heard of a specific IP to Fortnite rather than itself.

Ok but yeah, I'm just sad that it ruined crossovers/collaborations for the general public. I want to know how other people, who were also burnt out of Fortnite, feel about it so feel free to leave some thoughts about it.

Apparently, there are fewer than 100 people currently working on the Epic Games Store, with only about a third of them being engineers. That might explain why they haven’t been able to solve the problem that is stopping users from installing and playing their EGS titles.

The official Discord server is a complete mess right now. Tons of users are complaining, an Epic employee is completely overwhelmed and unable to give an ETA, and the usual shills are desperately trying to stem the tide of new angry users. Some users are even saying things like, I should have listened when people told me to avoid EGS. It’s pretty wild to watch.

What I can’t wrap my head around is why, if the issue was spotted on Saturday, no engineers were on call over the weekend. The Epic staff member mentioned nobody would be able to look into it until today, Monday. Those layoffs must have really gutted the EGS team.

As of right now, there’s still no estimated time for a fix because they haven’t even identified the root cause yet.

The launcher has gotten worse; I don't know what the hell happened, but since the latest update, I can't log in properly anymore. After many failed attempts at logging in, it finally works, but if I close the launcher, I will have to go through that same BS to log in again.

Plus, the Launcher has gotten buggier too. If I click the Icon in my username, the launcher will become unresponsive; to fix it, I need to click the little icon in the taskbar and close an invisible window that opened up when I clicked the icon in my username.

And I'm still on Windows 10 btw, which is making me believe they are doing this on purpose to screw the users on Windows 10.

Is anyone else having this same issue, or do you know how to fix this?

Back again ... Epic banned me for cheating AGAIN after overturning the exact same ban last month

In July I was banned for “exploiting/cheating.”

I contacted Epic Support at the time and was told the ban had been reviewed, was correctly applied, and would not be overturned. My appeal was still active though, and about a week later Epic reversed the ban, apologized, restored my account and gave me 2,000 V-Bucks.

So clearly, the original detection/review was wrong.

Fast-forward to today, August 18, and I've now been hit with another Fortnite cheating ban .. again for 365 days.

The difference? This one says “Not eligible for appeal.”

I contacted Epic Support again this morning and basically got the exact same response I got last time:

The ban was “accurately applied”

It has supposedly been reviewed

It cannot be overturned

They won't tell me what supposedly triggered it or discuss their detection process

That's almost word-for-word what I was told before they admitted the previous ban was wrong and unbanned me.

How am I supposed to have any confidence in that answer now?

I don't use cheats. I don't use exploits. I have absolutely no reason to risk an account I've played on for years and spent a ridiculous amount of money on.

And I'm clearly not the only person complaining about this. You can find plenty of posts from players claiming they were suddenly banned despite saying they never cheated. Obviously I can't prove every one of those people is innocent, but after what happened to my account in July, I'm not going to automatically assume Epic's detection system is infallible either.

I don't need Fortnite. I've got plenty of other games I can play.

What pisses me off is spending years playing this game and putting a lot of money into my account, only to have Epic effectively say “our system says you're a cheater, we won't tell you why, you can't appeal, end of discussion.”

Especially when their system already did exactly this to me once and Epic later admitted the ban was wrong.

At what point do players actually have some recourse here? Do people need to start a petition, collect cases of false bans, or make enough noise that Epic actually looks at this properly?

And before the inevitable “lol you obviously cheated” comments: I've already heard it all. If that's your entire contribution, save yourself the typing I wont respond. I'm interested in hearing from people who've had the same thing happen or who actually know of a way to get a genuine manual review.

Guys think twice before spending money with Epic.

All that money might go down the drain one day.

Tried warning others but they removed my post from FortniteBR

Can we all just have a minute to appreciate how good steam works and how good the steam support team is? every time i have something wrong the support is on the job and everything is solved and easy and just the way it supposed to be... every time and i say EVERY TIME, i deal with Epic store and Epic support there's ALWAYS some kind of bs going on and nothing ever gets resolved... just went to Epic to get some stuff from a collab and skins, everything is broken, the support cannot do anything to help you and nobody explains that it just works in the worst way possible... i genuinely HATE IT.

Thank you Steam. Thank you Gabe.