Epic plans to juice recreation gross sales on its PC storefront by bundling free Fortnite cosmetics with third-party titles. The primary such occasion of this new “official program” seems to be Resident Evil Requiem, as individuals who preorder the sport on the Epic Games Store will obtain a Grace Ashcroft pores and skin within the battle-royale title.
The objective, in keeping with Epic, is “to assist builders promote extra video games on the Epic Games Store by leveraging the advertising energy of Fortnite.” The primary companions for this system embrace Capcom, Genshin Influence’s miHoYo, Dave the Diver’s MintRocket, and Crimson Desert’s Pearl Abyss. Epic has performed one thing comparable previously with Alan Wake 2, as individuals who preordered the sequel years in the past acquired an Alan Wake pores and skin in Fortnite.
This comes as a part of a year-in-review weblog during which Epic acknowledged individuals spent extra however performed much less on the Epic Games Store in 2025. Fortnite continues to be the most-popular title on the Epic Games Store, therefore the corporate utilizing its huge attraction to drive third-party gross sales on the platform. Nevertheless, Circana senior director Mat Piscatella seemingly expressed doubts concerning the new program on Bluesky. “Tremendous wholesome market when one of many acknowledged key incentives for driving purchases of a brand new recreation on a platform is content material for a very completely different recreation that already dominates participant engagement [I don’t know],” he wrote.
Clearly, Fortnite just isn’t new to crossovers. The sport simply collaborated with The Workplace, including Michael and Dwight as skins to purchase within the recreation. Epic has additionally not too long ago acknowledged it is “stepping up our concentrate on the dwell recreation” of Fortnite.
In the meantime, GameSpot not too long ago acquired palms on with Resident Evil Requiem. The survival-horror recreation is shaping up properly to be a Swap 2 showpiece.