Fortnite Reveals How Much Money its Content Creators Can Earn

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Fortnite and Unreal Engine 5 developer Epic Games has announced its all-new revenue-sharing system for in-game content creators as part of its Game Developers Conference show, clarifying that anyone interested will be able to earn money off their virtual creations. Depending on the popularity of their custom content, this may lead to substantial earnings down the line.

With Fortnite's Creative 2.0 features blowing minds following the initial reveal, it didn't take long for it to become obvious that Epic's powerful Unreal Engine 5 tools will be given to players to do whatever they want with them. The sheer flexibility of this game engine means that the creation of custom content should be a relative breeze, and combined with the game's popularity, it may be the winning combo.

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According to Epic Games' announcement of its new Fortnite revenue-sharing model, creatives can look forward to some potentially high earnings for the game's top-performing content. As per the official Creator Economy 2.0 blog post, the studio will now share 40% of the game's revenue with those who design and publish content for it using the upgraded Creative 2.0 Islands feature. As one might expect, the size of a given creator's payout will depend entirely on how popular their creations are and how many people are using their content. Such a competitive system is bound to kickstart the game's new economy systems, inviting many people to try their hand at building something new and interesting.

This is not the first time that someone's tried their hand at making a "Roblox for adults" title of course, and it's going to take a bit of time until it becomes clear just how user-friendly Creator Economy 2.0