He says goodbye to Epic Games after less than eight years Sergey Galyonkinlaunched in April 2016 Steam spy. The site automatically collected data from Steam profiles, analyzed it and generated various statistics, including game sales and average play time. He joined Epic as head of publishing for Eastern Europe in February 2016 and was named director of publishing strategy in August 2017.
Galyonkin used Steam Spy knowledge when developing a competing store. Epic Games Store, which was presented to the world in December 2018. That same year, Steam improved privacy protections and disabled Steam Spy from data. Now the two are going their separate ways. Galyonkin explained that this doesn’t really fit with where Epic Games is heading. He thanked his former colleagues and Tim Sweeney, Epic’s CEO and one of the company’s founders, for opportunity to participate in Epic 4.0. At the same time, he admitted that for the new version, which he calls Epic 5.0, not the right person. It is expected that a different type of person will be required at this stage.
“Epic is now on the path to transforming itself from a game developer, engine creator, and publisher into a platform—Epic 5.0,” He wrote Galyonkin, without explaining what exactly he means by the new phase of Epic. Instead, he thanked Epic for more than $144 million donated to charities in Ukraine, and emphasized that Epic was one of the first companies to make such a gesture. Galyonkin intends to remain in the video game industry and looks forward to sharing more.
In the post, he reflected on the success he had with Epic. He called Fortnite a phenomenon that proved free-to-play games could work without pay-to-win elements and be successful.. In the Epic Games store, he once again emphasized that with an 88/12 revenue share, they challenged the status quo in game distribution..
Galyonkin’s departure may be associated with the dismissal of hundreds of employees. Just last week Epic admitted this Fortnite makes less, but the company spends more money. To stabilize finances, the company had to lay off 870 people, about 16% of all employees.
A month ago, the creative director left Epic Donald Mustard. One of the main creators of Fortnite has retired.
Source :Indian TV
