Epic Games is an American video game and software development company based in Cary, North Carolina. The company was founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney.

The company is mostly known for the most popular video game of 2018: “Fortnite”

Epic Games also develops a game engine called “Unreal Engine”, which has been certified by Guiness World Records as the most successful game engine, running on games such as: Fortnite, Gears of War and Infinity Blade series.