Epic Games is laying off over 1,000 employees. This decision follows a downturn in Fortnite engagement since 2025. The company is spending significantly more than it is making. These cuts, along with $500 million in cost savings, aim for stability. Impacted employees will receive severance, healthcare, and accelerated stock options.
https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/todays-layoffs
So now we now we know why they raised the vbucks and changed the battle pass etc upsetting everyone in their userbase. They wanted to create a narrative to blame the layoffs on that they were planning on doing. They are changing their development and business paradigm from a dedicated team of epic developers on a variety of epic game modes (which they are now shutting down) to paying uefn creators and possibly supplementing with ai. They will ultimately blame users for not supporting them.