Jason Kingsley, the boss of Rebellion, told Gamesindustry at Develop Brighton a few significantly positive thoughts about his experiences with Epic Games, as well as their offer.

„Generally I think I would prefer not to do exclusives but I understand Epic’s position with it, and quite frankly they are paying through the nose to build their store. All credit to them, it’s fantastic, and we’ll take some of their money, thank you very much. [With Zombie Army 4: Dead War] it was a pure business case. I was aware that Epic was doing exclusives, [but] we hadn’t been offered at the time. I didn’t really think they would, because typically they go for the super big [such as Metro Exodus, or Shenmue III – the editor]. Obviously, they count our new title Zombie Army 4 as a big title, which is great, it’s a really nice bonus for us. I was quite impressed by the numbers they offered. Sometimes, as an independent developer, you’ve gotta take your chances. When something like that is offered… you sort of share the risk and share the reward,” Kingsley said. So they only joined Epic Games Store because of the money. Simple as that.

He also thinks that the Epic Games Store is some sort of a wake-up call for Valve’s Steam as well: „I think partly it’s also a bit of a kick up the backside for anybody whenever a new [competitor] comes into the marketplace. It makes you reflect. I mean, developers turn up with a brilliant game and… it makes you focus on your game as well. It’s exactly the same for multinationals.”

Zombie Army 4: Dead War has no exact release date yet. The game, which was announced at E3, and leaked right before it (when we already discussed it as well), will launch in early 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the Epic Games Store on PC. The Steam version might launch in early 2021.

Source: WCCFTech