Exactly one month ago to this day Epic Games official launched Fab it’s new universal game asset marketplace merging the Unreal Engine marketplace, Sketchfab Store and Quixel Megascans. At the same time, they turned off the Quixel website and Quixel Bridge applications. The big problem here is, a number of the features that Quixel and Quixel Bridge provided were not and are not available on Fab.
Thankfully today Epic Games and the Quixel team admitted the error of their ways and sent out the following email:
Hi,
Many of our community members were justifiably frustrated that Bridge was replaced by an alternative that did not meet their needs. We heard your feedback and decided to bring back the option to get Megascans content via Bridge and Quixel.com. This should allow you to build up your own library of Megascans in Bridge and on Quixel.com, so you can later on enjoy it via the Bridge workflows you know and love.
Starting today, legacy Megascans library acquisitions are again available through Bridge and Quixel.com until December 31, 2024. Anything that you claim until the end of the year you can use immediately and continue to use after January 1, 2025. You can now claim the legacy Megascans library for free under the Epic Content License and we will offer a one-click solution to claim all the assets at once next week.
Check out this forum post to get all the details. All the best,
The Quixel Team
This means that Quixel website and the Quixel Bridge application are now working again and will act as an archive of sorts for existing Quixel content. They will be releasing an updated way to acquire all legacy Quixel assets in a one click process next week. You can learn more about the details of Quixel Megascans and Quixel Bridge returning in the video below.