Epic’s ambitious digital asset shop is now open

Epic Games今天宣布，其Fab市场现已上线，该市场旨在作为获取环境和动画等数字资产的统一场所。市场的推出是Epic计划的重要一步，该计划旨在使开发人员更容易获得用于开发游戏的资产，并可能有一天让他们为可互操作的元宇宙制作内容。

该公司于2023年3月首次公布了Fab的计划，该计划将虚幻引擎市场、Sketchfab商店、Quixel和ArtStation市场的产品整合到一个地方。虽然Epic最初计划在2023年推出Fab，但该公司后来将推出推迟到2024年。

Epic为Fab上销售的商品提供88%的收入份额，与Epic Games Store上为开发者提供的收入份额相匹配。在发布之前，Epic允许创作者准备他们的虚幻引擎市场和Sketchfab产品，以便在Fab上使用。（据Epic称，ArtStation Marketplace将“继续像今天一样运营”，但该公司计划在2025年让ArtStation用户将他们的内容带到Fab。）

Epic还分享了一些关于Fab更新的计划。也许最值得注意的是，该公司重申计划增加对Roblox和Minecraft资产的支持。Epic还计划让人们在Fab上访问其超现实的MetaHumans。

Epic Games’ Fab marketplace, which is designed to serve as a unified place to get digital assets like environments and animations, is now live, the company announced today. The launch of the marketplace is an important step in Epic’s plans to make it easier for developers to acquire assets for developing games — and, maybe someday, to let them make content for an interoperable metaverse.

The company first revealed its plans for Fab — which will combine offerings from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, Sketchfab Store, Quixel, and ArtStation Marketplace into one place — in March 2023. While Epic initially planned to launch Fab in 2023, the company later delayed the launch to 2024.

Epic is offering an 88 percent revenue share for goods sold on Fab, matching the revenue share it offers developers on the Epic Games Store. Ahead of the launch, Epic has allowed creators to prepare their Unreal Engine Marketplace and Sketchfab products to be available on Fab. (According to Epic, ArtStation Marketplace will “continue operating as it does today,” but the company plans to let ArtStation users bring over their content to Fab in 2025.)

Epic is also sharing some plans about updates to come for Fab. Perhaps most notable is that the company is reiterating that it plans to add support for offering Roblox and Minecraft assets. Epic also plans to let people access its hyperrealistic MetaHumans on Fab.