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Topic > Tim Sweeney
![The DeanBeat: Announcing GamesBeat Summit 2017: How games, sci-fi, and tech create real-world magic](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/claremont.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney to receive lifetime achievement award at GDC](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tim-sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney to receive lifetime achievement award at GDC
![Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Be patient. The Metaverse will come. And it will be open.](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/hellblade.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Be patient. The Metaverse will come. And it will be open.
![Why Qualcomm believes that the future of VR and AR is mobile](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tim-leland-1.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Why Qualcomm believes that the future of VR and AR is mobile
![The DeanBeat: Epic graphics guru Tim Sweeney foretells how we can create the open Metaverse](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tim-sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The DeanBeat: Epic graphics guru Tim Sweeney foretells how we can create the open Metaverse
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How Cliff Bleszinski redeemed himself with his latest shooter, Lawbreakers
![Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tim-sweeney-big.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform (video)
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The DeanBeat: Everybody is an underdog. What you do about it is what matters
![Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tim-sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney still opposes Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform
![Tim Sweeney: How the Universal Windows Platform is like Facebook and a boiling frog](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tim-Sweeney-GamesBeat-Summit-2016-e1462336166951.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Tim Sweeney: How the Universal Windows Platform is like Facebook and a boiling frog
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Unity’s David Helgason on game design, VR, and mobile’s future
![Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney will talk Windows openness and more at GamesBeat Summit](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tim-sweeney-2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney will talk Windows openness and more at GamesBeat Summit
![Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/phil-spencer.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft game chief Phil Spencer on openness, HoloLens, and Xbox 1.5
![Microsoft answers Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney’s fears on Windows 10 openness](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Screen-Shot-2015-04-29-at-1.11.30-PM.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft answers Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney’s fears on Windows 10 openness
![25 years of covering games: My views of then and now](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gdc-6.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
25 years of covering games: My views of then and now
![Game developers weigh in on the openness of Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tim-sweeney-2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Game developers weigh in on the openness of Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform
![Epic Games says Unreal Engine added 1.5 million users in past year](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/tim.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games says Unreal Engine added 1.5 million users in past year
![Microsoft plans to show critics how Windows is an open platform at Build](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/uwp-windows-10-apps-cropped-universal.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Microsoft plans to show critics how Windows is an open platform at Build
![Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tim-sweeney-2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Here’s how to keep Windows an open platform
![Why Epic’s Tim Sweeney blasted Microsoft in bid to keep Windows 10 open](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bullettrain.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Why Epic’s Tim Sweeney blasted Microsoft in bid to keep Windows 10 open
![Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tim-sweeney-3.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic’s Tim Sweeney questions Microsoft’s commitment to an open Windows platform
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Unreal Engine’s latest innovation is about building games while inside virtual reality
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Analysis
Why does Magic Leap need another $827M?
![Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes virtual reality will evolve more like console games than mobile](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/BulletTrain_Epic-Games_dual-wield.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic’s Tim Sweeney believes virtual reality will evolve more like console games than mobile
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The DeanBeat: In the VR industry, a thousand startups will bloom. Most won’t make it
![Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney on AR/VR, game engine wars, and simulating humans](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tim-sweeney-gb-2015.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney on AR/VR, game engine wars, and simulating humans
![Epic chief says games like Ark: Survival Evolved, not mobile, are how small studios can make big money](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sweeney2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic chief says games like Ark: Survival Evolved, not mobile, are how small studios can make big money
![Epic CEO Tim Sweeney expects small games at the dawn of the virtual reality revolution](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney expects small games at the dawn of the virtual reality revolution
![Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on building Bullet Train and the future of virtual reality](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Oculus-Connect_Tim-Sweeney-Epic-Games.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on building Bullet Train and the future of virtual reality
![Epic Games graphics guru Tim Sweeney headlines GamesBeat 2015](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/tim-sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic Games graphics guru Tim Sweeney headlines GamesBeat 2015
![The DeanBeat: Will we see an indie boom or an indie apocalypse as mobile goes triple-A?](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/indie-game-the-movie.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The DeanBeat: Will we see an indie boom or an indie apocalypse as mobile goes triple-A?
![In the game engine wars, Epic and Unity aim at enabling VR](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/unreal-engine-4.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
In the game engine wars, Epic and Unity aim at enabling VR
![The DeanBeat: The best nuggets from a summer of game leader interviews](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN4068.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The DeanBeat: The best nuggets from a summer of game leader interviews
![Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney shares his vision for perfect augmented reality](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSCN4068.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney shares his vision for perfect augmented reality
![Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney predicts augmented reality will eliminate monitors and TVs](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tim-sweeney.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Epic’s graphics guru Tim Sweeney predicts augmented reality will eliminate monitors and TVs
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Ark: Survival Evolved hits 1M downloads and announces Unreal Engine 4 modding
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Nvidia announces the Titan X graphics processor, the most powerful GPU available
![Unreal Engine 4 goes free — but Epic Games still gets its 5% cut of your royalties](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/unreal-engine-4.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Unreal Engine 4 goes free — but Epic Games still gets its 5% cut of your royalties
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Epic’s CEO touts a $5M fund to give grants to Unreal Engine developers
![Graphics guru Tim Sweeney explains why Apple's Metal will make mobile games far better](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/epic-games-tim-sweeney-and-josh-adams.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)