2025-11-20 07:01:59
Fortnite will let players launch full Unity-built games inside the platform starting in 2026.
Developer Epic Games announced the shift at Unity’s Unite 2025 conference in Barcelona, confirming that Unity-developed titles will sit alongside Fortnite’s existing lineup of Battle Royale, LEGO Fortnite, Fortnite Festival, and thousands of user-made islands.
The move effectively turns Fortnite into a major distribution hub for Unity creators – and a bridge between two game-engine giants long considered rivals.
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney framed the partnership as a step toward an “open, interoperable metaverse,” saying companies must work together “like the early days of the web” to make it possible.
Unity CEO Matt Bromberg echoed the sentiment, describing the integration as a way to give developers greater choice and broader reach.
As of now, Fortnite creators can only build using Epic’s own UEFN tools, and can’t import projects from other engines.
Unity support fundamentally changes that, as starting in 2026, Unity developers will be able to publish their games directly into Fortnite’s ecosystem – which has more than 500 million registered accounts – and earn money through the Fortnite Creator Economy.
The partnership arrives as Fortnite continues its evolution from a hit shooter into a full-blown platform.
Many community-made islands already rival Epic’s official modes in concurrent players, and Epic’s 2024 partnership with Disney to build a shared “persistent, social universe” further signals where the company wants to go.
Unity also announced it will add Unreal Engine support to its cross-platform commerce tools, giving Unreal developers more options for managing payments, catalogs, and live ops.
More details on the Unity–Epic integration are expected next year.
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