Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.
But the new "Preview" app "will have some bugs," Epic warns.
The short version
- Nearly eight years after Epic took on Steam with its own Game Store and launcher, the Fortnite maker is deploying a new tool to give it an edge over Valve: vibe coding.
- Test it out for yourself in Preview: https://t.co/pdtAeEIri4 https://t.co/aMxojUUVPV Epic announced a ground-up “storefront rearchitecture” and “Launcher V2 private Beta” in an Unreal Fest presentation in June .
- At the time, the company said the new Launcher would have “5x faster cold start” times and help solve challenges that “every developer in this room and every player” has experienced with the current Launcher.
What happened
That said, the new Preview launcher adds some long-requested features like a Recent Games list and a centralized downloads hub for tracking network activity. And Epic writes that it is “working toward feature parity” between the new Launcher and the old one.
Why it matters
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