Epic plans to juice game sales on its PC storefront by bundling free Fortnite cosmetics with third-party titles. The first such instance of this new “official program” appears to be Resident Evil Requiem, as people who preorder the game on the Epic Games Store will receive a Grace Ashcroft skin in the battle-royale title.
The goal, according to Epic, is “to help developers sell more games on the Epic Games Store by leveraging the marketing power of Fortnite.” The first partners for the program include Capcom, Genshin Impact’s miHoYo, Dave the Diver’s MintRocket, and Crimson Desert’s Pearl Abyss. Epic has done something similar in the past with Alan Wake 2, as people who preordered the sequel years ago got an Alan Wake skin in Fortnite.
This comes as part of a year-in-review blog in which Epic acknowledged people spent more but played less on the Epic Games Store in 2025. Fortnite continues to be the most-popular title on the Epic Games Store, hence the company using its massive appeal to drive third-party sales on the platform. However, Circana senior director Mat Piscatella seemingly expressed doubts about the new program on Bluesky. “Super healthy market when one of the recognized key incentives for driving purchases of a new game on a platform is content for a completely different game that already dominates player engagement [I don’t know],” he wrote.
Obviously, Fortnite is not new to crossovers. The game just collaborated with The Office, adding Michael and Dwight as skins to buy in the game. Epic has also recently stated it’s “stepping up our focus on the live game” of Fortnite.
Meanwhile, GameSpot recently got hands on with Resident Evil Requiem. The survival-horror game is shaping up well to be a Switch 2 showpiece.