Epic’s ambitious digital asset shop is now open
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6RN7X)
Epic Games' Fab marketplace, which is designed to serve as a unified place to get digital assets like environments and animations, is now live, the company announced today. The launch of the marketplace is an important step in Epic's plans to make it easier for developers to acquire assets for developing games - and, maybe someday, to let them make content for an interoperable metaverse.
The company first revealed its plans for Fab - which will combine offerings from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab Store, Quixel, and ArtStation Marketplace into one place - in March 2023. While Epic initially planned to launch Fab in 2023, the company later delayed the launch to 2024.
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