Tim Sweeney isn't exactly popular. Every other week he posts an asinine take on X and is inundated with backlash, only to double down while a select few, also unpopular game devs rally to his corner. For younger gamers like myself, it might seem like the man behind Unreal Tournament let the Fortnite success get to his head, and is now trapped in a one-sided feud with Steam and Gabe Newell, but in reality, Sweeney has always been like this.
As highlighted by Twitter user Sinnoware, in 2000, when Thief and System Shock dev Looking Glass Studios closed its doors, Sweeney posted a response to internet forum evilavatar, in which he said some devs deserve the axe - likening it to when the comet hit the dinosaurs. “This isn't a sad day, it's an economically realistic day,” he said. “Looking Glass spent lots of money making innovative games that never sold well.”
The post was met with plenty of backlash at the time, with players calling Sweeney an idiot and buffoon among sharing a few colorful things they'd like to do to him. But it's been dredged up again 26 years later and is now being viewed under the...
