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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Epic games funds a lot of open source game projects, they've funded blender and Godot multiple times.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what their motive is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The more game developers there are, the more potential talent they have. The more game developers there are, the more games there are to sell.

They also understand that Unreal isn't super accessible for beginners.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Could also be to prevent a potential antitrust lawsuit, since they have a de facto monopoly on AAA game engines.

Kind of like Google funding Mozilla.