https://cdn-www.bluestacks.com/bs-images/Plans-for-the-Future.jpg
<sup>[Source](https://www.bluestacks.com/blog/news/epic-games-android-store-en.html) </sup>

### Epic Games shows some of its cracks.

At a time in video gaming where it seems that the hype bubble only leads to disappointments and where studios have teams dedicated to crafting the worst possible decisions for players it seems that no one is safe from making the occasional bad move on the board, this time it was the turn of one of the biggest developers in the industry right now, Epic Games has made a reputation with titles like Fortnite and I have at more than one point commented on their weekly free games program, but it seems that everything is faltering. 

This morning I woke up to the news that Epic Games just fired a huge proportion of their workforce, 16% if we go by Bloomberg's estimated data, this affects about a hundred workers in various areas, the internal discourse seems to be that they spent more than they earned, that seems to be the norm many times in this kind of big studios, but there may also be something else.

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https://www.epam.com/content/dam/epam/case_studies/epic-games-transforming-the-gaming-industry/epic_games_transforming_the_gaming_industry_1200.jpg
<sup>[Source](https://www.epam.com/services/client-work/epic-games-transforming-the-gaming-industry) </sup>


The central focus goes to Fortnite of course, the biggest product Epic has ever had by a long way, all the time they are investing in content, events, new dynamics, items, skins and much much much more, it's an expense that very few companies can afford to sustain for long, and apparently it's now Epic's turn to do damage control. 

There are also the recent developments that have been made on Unreal Engine that despite being one of the most used engines in the video game takes a considerable part of the efforts of the company, it seems that all this line of production will not be touched by these reforms. 

But something that has surprised me is that the Fall Guys studio seems to be definitely closed and the work of the game will be put in charge of another studio, remembering that the studio that created this game was bought by Epic not many years ago in the pandemic when the game exploded in popularity. 

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https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/10_share_images/games_15/nintendo_switch_download_software_1/2x1_NSwitchDS_FallGuys.jpg
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Some statements have not been expected, although it remains to be seen what public statement Epic makes about all this I think one of the feelings that live behind the scenes is that they have spent much more than they have generated profits, many notice it with the loss of trend that has had Fortnite compared to its years of greater reach as well as the competition today is fierce and does not seem to slow down. 

Since those years where Fortnite was a feast with players have come to market equally attractive proposals with the same business model of this title, a Free To Play full of content where the expense that is lived daily between the creation of content and servers is huge and every day they are looking for more and more collaborations with other known players, but it is difficult to surprise when you've already done practically everything. 

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https://assetsio.reedpopcdn.com/Fortnite-Battle-Pass-creen-1_Kv8vlfH.jpeg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop&enable=upscale&auto=webp
<sup>[Source](https://www.eurogamer.es/fortnite-temporada-3-capitulo-3-skins-pase-batalla-darth-vader-adira-malik-evie-sabina) </sup>

I think these layoffs have also been a recurring theme in many companies today and not only in the video game, although to name a few we can say that Ubisoft and Embracer Group have done the same relatively recently with a good part of several of its studios, there is a correction that had not been seen before in the video game and at least for workers are coming turbulent times. 

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https://cdn-www.bluestacks.com/bs-images/Plans-for-the-Future.jpg
<sup>[Source](https://www.bluestacks.com/blog/news/epic-games-android-store-en.html) </sup>

### Epic Games muestra un poco de sus fisuras

En un momento del videojuego en donde parece que la burbuja del hype solo nos lleva a decepciones y en donde los estudios tienen equipos dedicados a craftear las peores decisiones posibles para los jugadores parece que nadie esta a salvo de hacer alguna que otra mala jugada sobre el tablero, esta vez le toco a uno de los desarrolladores mas grandes de la industria ahora mismo, Epic Games se ha hecho una reputacion con titulos como Fortnite y yo en mas de un momento he comentado sobre su programa de juegos gratis semanales, pero parece que todo se tambalea. 

Esta mañana me levante con la noticia de que Epic Games acaba de despedir a una enorme proporcion de su fuerza laboral, el 16% si vamos a datos estimados por Bloomberg, esto afecta a una centena de trabajadores de varias areas, el discurso interno parece ser el de que gastaron mas de lo que ganaron, esa parece ser la norma muchas veces en este tipo de estudios tan grandes, pero tambien puede haber algo mas.

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https://www.epam.com/content/dam/epam/case_studies/epic-games-transforming-the-gaming-industry/epic_games_transforming_the_gaming_industry_1200.jpg
<sup>[Source](https://www.epam.com/services/client-work/epic-games-transforming-the-gaming-industry) </sup>


El foco central se lo lleva Fortnite por supuesto, el producto mas grande que ha tenido nunca Epic por un largo margen, todo el tiempo estan invirtiendo en contenido, eventos, nuevas dinamicas, objetos, skins y mucho mucho mas,  es un gasto que muy pocas empresas se pueden dar el lujo de sostener por mucho tiempo, y al parecer le ha tocado ahora a Epic hacer control de daños. 

Tambien estan los recientes desarrollos que han hecho sobre Unreal Engine que a pesar de ser uno de los motores mas usados en el videojuego se lleva una parte considerable de los esfuerzos de la compañia, parece que toda esta linea de produccion no sera tocada por estas reformas. 

Pero algo que si me ha sorprendido es que el estudio de Fall Guys parece que sera cerrado en definitiva y las labores del juego seran puestas a cargo de otro estudio, recordando que el estudio creador de este juego fue comprado por Epic hace no muchos años en la pandemia cuando el juego estallo en popularidad. 

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https://fs-prod-cdn.nintendo-europe.com/media/images/10_share_images/games_15/nintendo_switch_download_software_1/2x1_NSwitchDS_FallGuys.jpg
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Algunas declaraciones no se han hecho esperar, aunque aun falta ver que statement publico hace Epic sobre todo esto creo que una de las sensaciones que se viven detras de escena es que han gastado mucho mas de lo que han generado ganancias, muchos lo notan con la perdida de tendencia que ha tenido Fortnite a comparacion con sus años de mayor alcance asi como que la competencia hoy en dia es feroz y no parece desacelerar. 

Desde aquellos años en donde Fortnite se dio un festin con los jugadores han llegado al mercado propuestas igualmente atractivas con el mismo modelo de negocio de este titulo, un Free To Play lleno de contenido en donde el gasto que se vive a diario entre la creacion de contenido y servidores es enorme y cada dia estan buscando mas y mas colaboraciones con otros actores conocidos, pero  es complicado sorprender cuando ya has hecho practicamente todo. 

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https://assetsio.reedpopcdn.com/Fortnite-Battle-Pass-creen-1_Kv8vlfH.jpeg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop&enable=upscale&auto=webp
<sup>[Source](https://www.eurogamer.es/fortnite-temporada-3-capitulo-3-skins-pase-batalla-darth-vader-adira-malik-evie-sabina) </sup>

Creo que estos despidos tambien vienen siendo un tema recurrente en  la actualidad de muchas empresas y no solo en el videojuego, aunque para nombrar algunas podemos decir que Ubisoft y Embracer Group han hecho lo mismo hace relativamente poco con una buena parte de varios de sus estudios, hay una correccion que no se habia visto antes en el videojuego y al menos para los trabajadores se vienen momentos turbulentos 

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