September 16, 2025
Epic Online Services’ SDK 1.18 is live! 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.August 21, 2025
Building Loftia’s MMO Architecture with Epic Online Services and Hathora As the small team at indie studio Qloud build solarpunk MMO Loftia, they rely on Epic Online Services and Hathora to do the heavy lifting on cross-platform player authentication and scalable server hosting. Find out how they did it here.August 5, 2025
Creating dynamic matchmaking systems with PubNub and Epic Online ServicesAs 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. March 13, 2025
Epic Online Services Anti-Cheat and Fortnite are now available on Windows on Snapdragon
To help developers bring more games to more devices, we’re partnering with Qualcomm to add Windows on Arm support to Epic Online Services Anti-Cheat. Find out more here.June 11, 2024
How Prophecy Games combined Epic Online Services with RallyHere to Safeguard TRIBES 3: RivalsWhen 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.April 2, 2024
In less than a month: How Earth Defense Force 6 added crossplay by adopting Epic Online ServicesEmpowering crossplay with Epic Online Services.February 7, 2024
An Edgegap guide to launching, scaling your multiplayer gameFind out how Edgegap makes launching and scaling your multiplayer game a breeze. August 16, 2023
Epic Online Services expands free crossplay overlay, enabling multiplayer experiences across PC and consoles.
Empower your players to play wherever and whoever they want across PC and consoles with Epic Online Services.April 3, 2023
How Kids Web Services makes parent support simpleParent 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. October 31, 2022
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.June 16, 2022
Epic Online Services release 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.February 21, 2022
From kicks to crossplay: How Omen of Sorrow connects communities with Epic Online ServicesAfter 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.September 23, 2021
Epic Online Services launches Anti-Cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam DeckEasy Anti-Cheat now supports all major PC operating systems, including Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck.September 16, 2021
Migrate from GameSparks to Epic Online ServicesIf 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.August 25, 2021
Hades uses Epic Online Services to incorporate cross-platform cloud saves and achievementsSupergiant Games shares how it leveraged Epic Online Services to implement player data storage for cloud saves and achievements across PC and Nintendo Switch.August 19, 2021
Epic Online Services 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!June 22, 2021
Epic Online 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.June 16, 2021
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.June 16, 2021
An Epic cross-play journey: Paragon, Fortnite, and what comes nextEpic 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.