'Fortnite' Creator Epic Games Made $3 Billion USD in 2018

Epic Games' highly popular free-to-play title Fortnite earned the company $3 billion USD this year, according to TechCrunch. Although the title is free to download, Fortnite makes money selling emotes and cosmetic skins. In September, it was reported Epic Games commanded a valuation of almost $15 billion USD. Epic Games has always made money due to its highly popular Gears of War franchise and Unreal Engine program, but it also received a $330 million USD investment from China's Tencent (WeChat ...