Epic Games Store Starts Preview Rollout Of Redesigned Launcher
The launcher's first launch time is the metric Epic is advertising against Steam, and it is shipping the rebuild as an opt-in preview to collect feedback before the official release.
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Epic Games has begun distributing a preview build of a redesigned Epic Games Store launcher. The company says startup is faster, and that its first launch takes roughly half the time Steam needs. The build adds smoother movement between store and library, lower background system load, per-title activity and details, grid or list library views, favorites and themed collections, improved search, download speed readouts showing read and write status, and a combined view of in-progress and queued items.
The preview build is available from the Epic Games Store website, and Epic Games says it will collect user feedback before the launcher's official release. The company describes the work as its largest overhaul to date, developed through vibe coding, in which development proceeds by giving instructions to AI. Epic Games Store launched at the end of 2018, and the launcher has been updated in phases since, from a wishlist in the early days to a news feed, filter functions, library display changes, and faster startup. Further updates, optimization, and new features are planned before the final version.
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