Epic’s Tim Sweeney Says Free-To-Play Is The Future Of Gaming Industry

June 27, 2012Erik Kain

Will Western video game developers mimic the largely Asian business model of free-to-play games built around micro-transactions? Almost certainly says Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic. And he’s not alone. Epic, the developer behind Gears of War and the Unreal Engine, is not known for free-to-play games. But that’s probably going to change if Epic CEO, Tim […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.