Although I haven't done an actual survey, I'd say the chances of catching a high-level executive manager discussing their company's issues without slipping into vague, evasive corporate jargon are about as good as spotting a 6'1" man in a clown costume wandering the Scottish Highlands, so it's always refreshing to see the upper C-level echelon speak in a way that doesn't require a dedicated corporate-to-English translator.

Case in point, the recent admission by Epic Games Store Vice-President and General Manager Steven Allison, who openly stated that, architecture-wise, the Epic Games Store launcher straight-up "sucks" and is in need of massive fixes – which, luckily for us regular users, the company plans to implement in the coming months.

Speaking to Eurogamer, Allison "called it what it is" and said that EGS "sucks" in its current form, pointing to the launcher's speed and the fact that it "makes calls to our back-end services to refresh every time you click around" as the reasons for his assessment. "That just doesn't feel good," the VP said, "especially when people are comparing and contrasting and dual using one that doesn't do that."

The good news is, Allison has confirmed that work on the platform's architecture has been ongoing since November 2025, and the company can be expected to roll out the speed improvements around May or June – improvements that, in the VP's own words, should prompt the "Holy sh*t. It doesn't suck so much." reaction from players.

He further addressed the launcher's lack of social functionality, saying that Epic plans to tackle it by introducing "community spaces" to the Epic Games Store in May, adding avatars, player profiles, and private messaging to cross-platform text chat, along with a voice chat and game-independent parties. A cross-platform library can also be expected to launch sometime this Fall.

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