Epic Games Store and Launcher Ready for a Makeover: Performance Boosts Up to 5 Times Higher

Epic Games had hinted at this in February, but further details have emerged about the revolution that will impact the Epic Games Store. Some presentation slides outline a roadmap of about twelve months that foresees a complete renewal of the launcher and the browsing experience of the store, with particular attention to performance and social features.

The most significant change concerns the access software to the platform. Epic claims that the new Launcher has been rebuilt "from the ground up," on a new architecture designed to improve responsiveness and stability. According to data shared by the company, the new client would be capable of drastically reducing startup times: the so-called "cold starts" would, on average, be five times faster, while resuming from the system tray to the library would achieve an acceleration of about 6.5 times compared to the current version.

The intervention aims to address one of the most frequently reported issues by users of the Epic Games Launcher, namely the slowness in navigation and loading different sections of the store.

Alongside performance work, the company is also rethinking the store’s interface. The homepage will be more personalized and built around game suggestions, with easily accessible categories and a main scrolling section dedicated to featured content. The pages for individual titles will also be profoundly modified: instead of merely serving as a commercial showcase, they should integrate community elements, additional narrative content, and information about game progress.

The roadmap also anticipates the arrival of new social features, including user profiles, avatars, private messaging, voice chat, and independent groups from individual games. The possibility of hosting user-written reviews is also planned. The goal appears to be to gradually transform the Epic ecosystem into a more complete platform capable of keeping users connected even outside of gaming sessions.

Another new feature concerns updates for games published on the store. Epic would be working on a system of "patch notes" integrated directly into the product pages. Developers will be able to publish update notes through the Developer Portal using formatted text, images, and scheduled publications. Users, for their part, will have the option to receive dedicated notifications when new updates are released.