Some interesting titbits have popped up in the ongoing Epic Games vs Google trial. According to the latest emails that have popped up, Google tried to buy out Epic Games even before Stadia, the dead cloud-gaming platform, was launched. Google thought of this idea of buying Epic Games in 2018, and in fact, it teamed […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Rocket League is developed and published by Psyonix. It was originally released in July 2015 on PlayStation 4 and Windows, with ports to the Switch and Xbox One coming later. Psyonix has announced they will be removing a popular feature, Player-to-player item trading, to “more closely align” with Epic Games’ […]
Read MoreThursday September 28, 2023 11:54 am PDT by Juli Clover Epic Games, the company behind popular video game Fortnite, is laying off 830 employees or approximately 16 percent of its workforce. The layoffs come amid Epic’s ongoing legal battle with Apple, which started way back in 2020. Just this week, Epic Games asked the Supreme […]
Read MoreThink back to any dinosaur illustration you saw as a kid. The background was almost certainly one of two things: an asteroid streaking across the sky or a volcano blowing its top. (If the illustrator was feeling extra dramatic, maybe both.) A 6-mile-wide asteroid, which hit the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula 66 million years […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Epic Games is the developer and publisher of Fortnite, as well as the team responsible for developing and maintaining Unreal Engine. According to Bloomberg, Epic Games is laying off 870 employees, or around 16% of its total workforce. Epic Games is also reportedly divesting two prior acquisitions, selling music website […]
Read MoreJust a day after Epic Games appealed one portion of its legal dispute with Apple to the U.S. Supreme Court, Apple has now done the same for the portion that was ruled in Epic’s favor, reports Bloomberg. The dispute between Apple and Epic dates back to 2020 with Epic seeking to overturn Apple’s App Store […]
Read MoreWednesday September 27, 2023 2:44 pm PDT by Juli Clover Epic Games today filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court, which basically means the company is asking the Supreme Court to make a ruling in its ongoing legal battle with Apple. The Supreme Court is the last stop for Epic […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Bethesda has released a comprehensive timeline of events leading up to the main story of the upcoming RPG, Starfield. The timeline documents how mankind began colonizing alien worlds, various factions being formed, wars breaking out, and more. Starfield is scheduled to be released on Xbox Series X|S , PC, and […]
Read MoreApple does not need to change its “anti-steering” App Store rules while its legal dispute with Epic Games continues to play out, the U.S. Supreme Court decided today. Apple can maintain the App Store rules as is while the Supreme Court considers its appeal, according to Bloomberg Law. Apple’s anti-steering rules prevent developers from directing […]
Read MoreThe Xbox Series X is a fantastic gaming console, and it has steadily gotten better since it initially released. Sales on the powerful console have been essentially nonexistent, though, forcing new purchases to spend big bucks on the nearly three-year-old console. Right now, though, the Xbox Series X is enjoying the best deal we’ve ever […]
Read MoreApple does not yet have to implement changes to its “anti-steering” App Store rules that would allow developers to direct customers to purchase options outside the App Store. As noted by The Verge, Apple was today granted a motion that prevents it from having to make App Store changes for 90 days, giving the company […]
Read MoreIt’s the 4th of July week! At Windows Central, my colleagues call me the “Surface guy.” Why? Well, it’s because I love Surface products! You often see Apple fans with an iPhone, MacBook, and iPad. That’s me but with Surface. I use a Surface Duo, Surface Laptop Studio, and Surface Go for all my mobile […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23 Ultra will get two new epic colors that will make you go “Wooow!” That is, according to a recent teaser tweet by Samsung India, which urges fans to stay tuned for more information. These two new “epic shades” appear to be burgundy and navy blue or derivatives. Samsung hasn’t revealed the names […]
Read MoreEpic Games and Apple have been fighting over Apple’s App Store rules since 2020, when Epic Games opted to blatantly violate the guidelines that prevent apps from avoiding the in-app purchase system. Epic Games did so with the aim of kicking off a long legal battle, but it has not gone in Epic’s favor. In […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Cities: Skylines is a critically-acclaimed city builder available across PC and consoles. On Wednesday, Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive announced Cities: Skylines Remastered for Xbox Series X|S and PS5. The current-gen optimized edition will bring UI and UX improvements, graphical upgrades, and support for much larger cities. It’ll release as […]
Read MoreSamsung brought back the epic in-store experience in San Francisco after Unpacked. The company opened up a new Galaxy Experience Space in the Golden Gate City, where visitors can experience the new Galaxy S23 and Galaxy Book 3 lineups in person, learn about Samsung’s sustainability efforts, play mobile games, and take epic photos that simulate […]
Read MoreRumbleverse, le Battle Royale gratuit d’Epic Games, devrait bientôt fermer ses portes. Selon un tweet du journaliste spécialiste des jeux vidéo Tom Henderson, Epic Games envisage de fermer les serveurs du jeu dès février 2023. Annoncé à la fin de l’année 2021, Rumbleverse est une approche unique sur la formule du Battle Royale puisqu’il se […]
Read MoreSamsung has begun a promo campaign for its first Galaxy Unpacked 2023 with a short video on YouTube. The clip teases the Moon capabilities of the Galaxy S23 Ultra and claims that ‘Epic nights are coming’. So those are clever ways of saying that the Galaxy S23 Ultra will bring a better night mode and […]
Read MoreEpic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has teased a return of Fortnite to iOS in 2023, nearly three years after the best-selling game was removed from the App Store for violating platform rules, marking the start of a contentious and high-profile legal battle. In a tweet to celebrate the new year, Sweeney said, “Next year on […]
Read MoreEpic Games Store demonstrates platform exclusivity as a modern practice in video game publishing, with specific titles being moved away from Steam, but that hasn’t stopped me from playing them on my Steam Deck. Unfortunately, Epic still doesn’t offer an official Linux installer for its platform, making it a little tricky. Still, my guide offers […]
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