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Epic Games POLITICAL

POLITICAL AUDIT UPDATED 2026-09-22
Political Score 0.00 /10 D Epic Games - BDS-1000 208
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Corporate Communications & Public Stance

Epic’s public Content Guidelines prohibit discriminatory material, real-world violence and assault, threats, and endorsement of terrorism or terrorist organisations 1. The guidelines are general rules and contain no Israel-, Palestine-, Gaza-, settlement-, or conflict-specific provision 1.

No public evidence identified of independently substantiated findings that Epic applies asymmetric moderation to Israel/Palestine-related content on its services.

The supplied document-scoped review found no Epic Games mention in the BDS Movement’s November 2024 corporate-priority-target guide 2. The same review found no Epic Games mention in the UN Special Rapporteur’s 2025 report A/HRC/59/23 3.

Operations in Occupied or Contested Territories

The supplied review found no Epic Games mention in OHCHR’s 2023 settlement-business database report 4. This finding is limited to that report edition and does not establish absence from all databases or later records 4.

No public evidence identified of Epic-operated facilities, contracts, resellers, or other commercial activity in Israeli settlements, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, or the Golan Heights.

No public evidence identified of an Epic legal entity, branch, subsidiary, registered office, or settlement-location operation in Israel, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, the Golan Heights, or an Israeli settlement.

The reviewed evidence does not establish an Israeli government, military, intelligence, settlement, or occupation-related customer for Epic products or services 5, 6, 7.

Internal Governance, Content & Retail Policies

Epic’s Store EULA describes the software as a U.S. government “Commercial Item” when licensed to U.S. government end users 7. This is a general licensing clause and does not identify an Israeli government or military end user 7.

Epic identifies specified group entities as data controllers for products including Fortnite, the Epic Games Store, Fab, Unreal Engine, Rocket League, Horizon Chase 2, Rock Band, and Postparty 8. The policy identifies Epic Games Entertainment International GmbH and Epic Games Commerce GmbH as non-U.S. controllers for specified services and lists their address in Root D4, Switzerland 8. The policy does not present itself as a complete subsidiary register 8.

No public evidence identified of an Epic-specific regulatory finding, academic study, or independently substantiated report demonstrating differential enforcement of Epic policy on Israel/Palestine-related content.

Brand Heritage & State Partnerships

Epic announced in 2013 that Intelligent Decisions joined the Unreal Government Network and had licensed Unreal Engine 3 through Applied Research Associates for 3D training technology supporting a U.S. contract 6. The announcement identifies U.S. government work rather than Israel-related work 6.

Epic announced in 2015 that SoarTech was selected as its official partner for Unreal Engine 4 licensing, support, training, and development services for government and military applications 5. The announcement describes SoarTech as a government and military contractor but identifies no Israeli government, military, Ministry of Defense, settlement entity, or occupied-territory customer 5.

The current status of the 2013 and 2015 intermediary arrangements is not established by the reviewed announcements 5, 6.

No public evidence identified of an Epic sponsorship of a settlement event, “Brand Israel” campaign, Israeli state cultural initiative, or Israel-specific academic or government partnership.

Lobbying, Advocacy, Financing & Logistics

No public evidence identified of Epic corporate donations, matching-program grants, sponsorships, or crisis logistics directed to the IDF, FIDF, JNF/KKL, Israeli reservist funds, settlement organisations, Israeli state bodies, or Palestinian relief organisations.

No public evidence identified of Epic lobbying, advocacy, financing, procurement intermediation, or logistics support connected to Israeli state bodies, settlement organisations, or Palestinian political actors.

The absence findings in this audit are bounded by the reviewed materials and do not establish absence from all corporate records, procurement systems, donation filings, or third-party databases 3, 4.

Corporate Structure & Primary Mission

The FTC identified Epic Games, Inc. as a Maryland corporation with its principal place of business at 620 Crossroads Boulevard, Cary, North Carolina, in December 2022 9. Epic’s privacy policy also identifies Epic Games, Inc. as headquartered in Cary 8.

Epic’s public materials describe its services as games, marketplaces, developer tools, applications, websites, and live events 8. The FTC described Epic as a game publisher, while the Department of Justice described it as a privately held video-game and software developer/publisher 9, 10.

Epic announced that Tonic Games Group, maker of Fall Guys, joined the Epic Games family in March 2021 11. UK Companies House records EPIC GAMES UK LTD as an active private limited company incorporated on 26 October 1993, with London registered-office information and classifications for computer-game publishing and software development 12.

Companies House records Epic Games Organization Limited as the person with significant control of Epic Games UK Ltd, holding 75% or more of shares and voting rights and the right to appoint or remove directors, with notification dated 21 November 2025 13. That record concerns the UK subsidiary and does not establish that Tim Sweeney ceased to control Epic Games, Inc. 13.

No public charter, articles of incorporation, or founding document establishing a state-geopolitical mission was identified in the reviewed record.

Executive & Leadership Footprint

Epic’s April 2021 funding announcement stated that it then had one class of common stock and that CEO Tim Sweeney remained its controlling shareholder 14. The reviewed materials do not disclose a current ownership percentage, current cap table, or complete board composition 14.

Epic identified Tim Sweeney as Founder and CEO in a November 2025 announcement 15. The Department of Justice reported in December 2024 that two Tencent-appointed Epic directors resigned following Section 8 scrutiny 10.

The Department of Justice further reported that Tencent, described as a minority Epic shareholder, amended its shareholder agreement to relinquish its unilateral right to appoint future Epic directors or observers 10. The DOJ release does not state Tencent’s ownership percentage or identify a replacement board 10.

Disney announced in February 2024 that it would invest $1.5 billion to acquire an equity stake in Epic, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals 16. Disney’s announcement does not specify the resulting percentage interest 16.

No public evidence identified of a verified executive-level connection to Israeli settlement activity, Israeli state contracting, or occupation-related operations in the reviewed materials.

Footnotes

  1. https://legal.epicgames.com/epicgames/content-guidelines ↩ ↩2

  2. https://bdsmovement.net/Guide-to-BDS-Boycott ↩

  3. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2

  4. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/53/71 ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  5. https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/soartech-partnership-government-military-applications ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  6. https://www.unrealengine.com/blog/intelligent-decisions-partners-with-unreal-government-network ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  7. https://store.epicgames.com/eula/?lang=%2A ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  8. https://legal.epicgames.com/epicgames/privacy-policy ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  9. https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov/pdf/1923203EpicGamesACCO.pdf ↩ ↩2

  10. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/tencent-removes-two-directors-epic-games-and-relinquishes-its-right-unilaterally-appoint ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  11. https://www.epicgames.com/site/news/tonic-games-group-makers-of-fall-guys-joins-epic-games?lang=en ↩

  12. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02865912 ↩

  13. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02865912/persons-with-significant-control ↩ ↩2

  14. https://www.epicgames.com/site/news/announcing-a-1-billion-funding-round-to-support-epics-long-term-vision-for-the-metaverse ↩ ↩2

  15. https://www.epicgames.com/site/news/unity-and-epic-games-together-advance-the-open-interoperable-future-for-video-gaming ↩

  16. https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/news/disney-and-epic-games-fortnite/ ↩ ↩2