At Unite 25, Unity and Epic Games announced their partnership. This means that Unity developers will be able to bring their games to Fortnite, and that Unity's enhanced commerce platform will be available on Unreal Engine.
Unity and Epic Games have announced that they are collaborating to publish Unity games on Fortnite, one of the world’s largest gaming ecosystems, which has over 500 million registered users worldwide. They can also participate in the Fortnite Creator Economy.
Unity also announced at Unite (its annual developer conference) that it will be bringing Unreal Engine support to its cross-platform commerce platform. This will give Unreal developers extra options for managing their digital catalogues and payment providers for web shops across PC, mobile and the web. Developers will be able to manage pricing, promotions and live operations with Unreal Engine from early next year.
This is the first time two of the world's leading engine providers have collaborated on such a large scale to "advance the open, interoperable future of video gaming".
"We're excited to partner with Epic Games to create more opportunities for game developers around the world," said Matt Bromberg, President and CEO, Unity. "Choice and open systems create growth for everyone in the gaming ecosystem."
"Just like the early days of the web, we believe that companies need to work together in order to build the open metaverse in a way that's interoperable and fair," said Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic Games. "Working alongside Unity we're helping developers build fun games, reach bigger audiences, and find success."
Additional details about this partnership and product timing will be shared next year.
