Game Souk 53 | June 18th 2026
This week's Game Souk comes to you live from UnrealFest in Chicago, where the team spent four days with UEFN studios, creators, and technologists building the next era of interactive entertainment.
Game Souk airs live every Thursday at 9am Eastern on X @daltonan. Topics covered in this episode:
UnrealFest recap: 75% of UEFN in island transaction revenue now comes from genres outside Battle Royale, UEFN reaches 47% of Fortnite player hours, and Epic passes $1 billion paid to creators since launch
How UEFN creators earn is widening: engagement payouts plus custom in game items, iteration up to…
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