I support everyone’s right to complain about tech industry stuff. Epic’s store, with exclusive games and a spartan feature set, is a fine target for ire. But please help separate facts and opinions from the lies about spyware and foreign control.

I’m the controlling shareholder in Epic Games, and have been since 1991. We have a number of outside investors now. Tencent is the largest. All of Epic’s investors our friends and partners. None can dictate decisions to Epic. None have access to Epic customer data.

Tencent is a Chinese company founded in 1998. CEO Pony Ma and the other co-founders played a lot of Unreal Tournament back then, and visited Epic in the early 2000’s. In 2012 Epic was looking to move to online games, and we invited Tencent in as an investor to help us.

I’ve never regretted it, and the recent anti-China rage doesn’t change that even slightly, as its completely unfounded. Epic has only had positive interactions with Tencent at all levels.

All of Epic’s big decisions are made here in the USA and as CEO I’m 100% responsible for them. I’m grateful for everyone who has spoken in support. I also read and respectfully consider all dissenting arguments of fact and principle. Just please keep it real.

Just a FYI.. I bought on Epic game store.. almost a week from the day I bought, I been regularly receiving phone calls from people talking in Chinese. My phone number @ home is private and the only time I give it is when I buy something/create an account somewhere/credit card. Super rare I get an unwarranted call. A wrong number maybe..

My guess is Epic sold my info. Wayyyy to coincidental. I've so far blocked 6 phone numbers all of which are people talking in Chinese. I since removed any credible/personal information on my Epic account and keeping an eye on my credit card too.

Think about it when you go buy on Epic. I wont be making any other purchases on Epic store. So I guess I'll be waiting even longer for this game.