“I am not a good fit for this new version of Epic”
Sergiy Galyonkin - aka Mr. SteamSpy himself - has left Epic Games after almost a decade at theFortnitemaker, including six years as its director of publishing strategy, saying that he is no longer “a good fit” for the publisher.
“We challenged the status quo in game distribution with the 88/12 revenue share,” Galyonkin said of his time at Epic.
Announcing on Twitter that today, October 2nd, was his last day at Epic, Galyonkin expressed gratitude to “my former Epic Games colleagues and Tim Sweeney for allowing me to help build Epic 4.0”.
“Now, Epic Games is on its way to transforming from a game developer, engine creator, and publisher into a platform - Epic 5.0,” Galyonkin continued. “I am not a good fit for this new version of Epic; it requires people of a different kind.”
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Galyonkin expressed thanks for Epic’s donation of $144 million to support charities working in Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion, saying “it means the world to me [and] I will forever be grateful”.
Galyonkin confirmed that he would remain in the games industry, saying he “hope[s] to be more vocal now that I don’t have to worry about the PR department knocking on my DMs”.
Galyonkin did not confirm whether his departure was related to Epic’s recent announcement that it wouldlay off more than 800 staffas the result of heavy investment and lower than predicted revenue returns from Fortnite.
