NEWS & CASE STUDIES
Keep up to date with the latest news, insights, and feature release information from Epic Online Services.
Courtesy of Manticore Games
Manticore Games goes all in
on Epic for Out of Time
on Epic for Out of Time
Discover why Manticore Games decided to tap into the Epic Games ecosystem to develop, manage, and publish Out of Time, leveraging UE5, Epic Online Services, and the Epic Games Store—and how that decision has paid off big time.
Epic Online Services’ SDK 1.18 is live!
Here’s what you need to know.
Here’s what you need to know.
Check out a collection of new Epic Online Services SDK features and updates designed to save you time, give you more control, and enhance the player experience.
Building Loftia’s MMO Architecture
with Epic Online Services and Hathora
with Epic Online Services and Hathora
Qloud turns to Epic Online Services and Hathora for cross-platform player authentication and scalable server hosting on solarpunk MMO Loftia.
Creating dynamic matchmaking systems
with PubNub and Epic Online Services
with PubNub and Epic Online Services
As a third-party provider, PubNub can work alongside Epic Online Services to enable matchmaking that adapts dynamically according to live and social signals developers choose to support, giving them another way to implement matchmaking in their games.
Epic Online Services Anti-Cheat and Fortnite are now available on Windows on Snapdragon
To help devs bring more games to more devices, we’re working with Qualcomm to add Windows on Snapdragon support to Epic Online Services Anti-Cheat
How Prophecy Games combined Epic Online Services with RallyHere to Safeguard TRIBES 3: Rivals
When cheaters run rampant, players and developers suffer. Find out how Prophecy Games leverages cheat prevention and detection tools from Epic Online Services and RallyHere to safeguard the integrity and financial sustainability of TRIBES 3: Rivals.
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In less than a month: How Earth Defense Force 6 added crossplay by adopting Epic Online Services
Empowering crossplay with Epic Online Services.
Epic Online Services expands
free crossplay overlay from PC to consoles
free crossplay overlay from PC to consoles
Empower your players to play wherever and whoever they want across PC and consoles with Epic Online Services.
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Hide-and-spook: Building a killer multiplayer experience for Midnight Ghost Hunt with Epic Online Services
“Ghosts vs. Hunters” is a great idea, especially when each sides’ strengths can change with the chime of a clock. Learn how Vaulted Sky Games created a new fan favorite—on an indie budget—with Epic Online Services' free developer services.
How Kids Web Services makes parent support simple
Parent verification is a key part of ensuring kids’ safety online—but what happens when parents need help with the process? Find out how Kids Web Services provides multiple avenues to support parents through verification.
Epic Online Services release
free PC crossplay tools
free PC crossplay tools
Connecting friends across PC stores has been a laborious task for developers, until now! With our new crossplay tools, you can welcome over half a billion new players and keep your PC community connected across Steam and the Epic Games Store.
Connect your players with
Epic Account Services
Epic Account Services
Start building a connected community with the Epic Online Services SDK 1.15 and its new crossplay features, which can bring players together from both Steam and the Epic Games Store.
How KWS makes parent verification
easy for developers
easy for developers
Streamline your parental verification process
with Kid Web Services.
with Kid Web Services.
From kicks to crossplay: How Omen of Sorrow connects communities
with Epic Online Services
with Epic Online Services
After launching as a Sony exclusive, AOne Games’ horror-themed fighting game, Omen of Sorrow, needed an overhaul to add cross-platform play for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC. That’s where Epic Online Services (EOS) came in.
Adding achievements to your game
Learn how to add achievements to your game using Epic Online Services’ Achievements interface.
Rank player scores using leaderboards
Learn how to rank player scores in your game using Epic Online Services’ Leaderboards interface.
Manage player statistics with
Epic Online Services
Epic Online Services
Learn how to manage player statistics in your game using Epic Online Services’ Stats interface.
Storing and retrieving
player-specific data
player-specific data
Learn how to use the Player Data Storage service to save and retrieve player data from an Epic Online Services back-end.
Retrieve game-specific data
from the cloud
from the cloud
Learn how to use the Title Storage service to retrieve game-specific data from an Epic Online Services back end.
Accessing Epic Online Services
Game Services with the
Connect Interface
Game Services with the
Connect Interface
Learn how to authenticate players with the Connect Interface to use the platform-agnostic Game Services offered by Epic Online Services.
Querying for Epic Friends
and their status
and their status
Learn how to query for Epic Friends and their status using the Friends Interface of the Epic Online Services SDK.
Getting and setting
player presence
player presence
Learn how to use the Epic Online Services SDK’s Presence Interface to query and set presence information for your players.
Player authentication with
Epic Account Services (EAS)
Epic Account Services (EAS)
Learn how to use Epic Account Services (EAS) in a C# solution using the Epic Online Services (EOS) SDK to authenticate players.
Parent verification tools now free
for developers—download now
for developers—download now
SuperAwesome’s Kids Web Services parental verification tools are now free, making it easy and affordable for developers to provide online experiences for young audiences that are compliant with digital privacy laws.
Setting up a C# solution for
EOS in Visual Studio 2019
EOS in Visual Studio 2019
Learn how to set up a C# solution to use Epic Online Services in Visual Studio 2019 to power your games using Account and Game Services.
Epic Online Services launches
Anti-Cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
Anti-Cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
Easy Anti-Cheat now supports all major PC operating systems, including Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck.
How to set up
Epic Online Services (EOS)
Epic Online Services (EOS)
Learn how to set up Epic Online Services (EOS) to power your games with Epic Account Services (EAS) and various Game Services.
Migrate from GameSparks
to Epic Online Services
to Epic Online Services
Amazon recently announced the deprecation of GameSparks. If your game is running on GameSparks and you’re looking for an alternative solution, Epic Online Services is ready to use with any engine, any store, and any platform.
Introduction to Epic Online Services
Learn what Epic Online Services (EOS) is and how you can use these free services to power your games with battle-hardened back-end services.
Hades | Supergiant Games
Hades uses Epic Online Services to incorporate cross-platform cloud saves and achievements
Supergiant Games shares how it leveraged Epic Online Services to implement player data storage for cloud saves and achievements across PC and Nintendo Switch.
Epic Online Services
releases plugins for Unity
and Unreal Engine
releases plugins for Unity
and Unreal Engine
Introducing a new plugin for the Unity engine and an online subsystem (OSS) in Unreal Engine 4.27—integrating Epic Online Services has never been more simple!
Epic Online Services
launches two new free services
launches two new free services
Voice and Easy Anti-Cheat are new tools that developers can use to connect players with in-game voice chat and to protect PC games against cheating.
Dauntless | Pheonix Labs
Why cross-play matters
Cross-play is quickly becoming an industry standard, encouraging play and opening up player-bases. It’s been embraced by Fortnite and Rocket League players around the world—and we have the stats to back it up.
An Epic cross-play journey: Paragon, Fortnite, and what comes next
Epic Games has played an important role in cross-play becoming an industry norm. Find out more about our journey with Paragon and Fortnite, and what it means for the future of Epic Online Services.
Epic Online Services
featuring Epic Account and Game Services
featuring Epic Account and Game Services
Grow your game’s community across multiple stores and platforms with cross-play, leaderboards, and achievements, and connect to the world’s largest social graph. All in a single SDK, for free.
We succeed when you succeed
Epic believes in an open, integrated gaming community. By offering our own online services to everyone, we aim to empower more developers to serve their own player communities.