‘This era has come to a close’: Unreal Engine veteran leaves Epic Games, says the industry is at ‘a pivotal point’
5 news sources are covering this Technology story right now — PULSE is tracking how fast it spreads.
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"‘This era has come to a close’: Unreal Engine veteran leaves Epic Games, says the industry is at ‘a pivotal point’" is generating significant coverage in the Technology category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Yahoo Tech, Technetbook, PC Gamer and Wccftech. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (7)
- Unreal Engine Lead Evangelist Sjoerd De Jong Leaves Epic Games games.gg · 5h ago
- Unreal Engine senior director Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games after almost 12 years Shacknews · 5h ago
- Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'p... Yahoo Tech · 5h ago
- Sjoerd De Jong Departs Epic Games After 12 Years of Unreal Engine Leadership Technetbook · 5h ago
- Former Unreal Engine 'lead evangelist' Sjoerd De Jong leaves Epic Games, says the industry is reaching a 'pivotal' moment that he must 'come to terms with' PC Gamer · 5h ago
- Epic Games Loses Level Design Legend Sjoerd de Jong After 12 Years As Unreal Engine 6 Embraces AI Wccftech · 5h ago
- ‘This era has come to a close’: Unreal Engine veteran leaves Epic Games, says the industry is at ‘a pivotal point’ Video Games Chronicle · 5h ago
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