7 posts tagged ‘Epic Games’
Unreal on Internet Archive
mjtsai,
Timothy Geigner: But it just doesn’t have to be like this. Companies could be willing to give up their iron-fisted control over their IP for these older games they aren’t willing to support or preserve themselves and let others do it for them. And if you need a real world example of that, you need […]
A Change to Apple's App Store Is Pissing Off Developers
Gizmodo,
After a years-long legal battle, Apple is finally opening up its App Store to external payment processors—although there will be a stiff cost for app developers who want to cash in on that new opportunity. Read more...
The regulation is coming from inside the house!
TechCrunch,
Google's losing the antitrust lawsuit concerning the Play Store brought by Epic Games is going to have far-reaching implications for the mobile app economy. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Google’s App Store Is an Illegal Monopoly, Says Jury in Epic Trial
Google lost its antitrust case against Epic Games on Monday night, where a San Francisco jury unanimously ruled the search giant maintains a monopoly with its Google Play app store. Read more...
YouTube Rolls Out New Games for Premium Users
YouTube ventured into gaming this week by rolling out a test of YouTube Playables to all Premium users. Playables are small, free games for mobile and desktop devices with no downloads, such as Angry Birds Showdown, from YouTube. Read more...
Amazon Restructures Games Division to Refocus on Prime Gaming, Lays Off 180
Another round of layoffs is underway at Amazon, and for the second time, it’s happening at the company’s video games division. Read more...
5 things we learned from the Epic-Google antitrust case this week
Though Match settled its antitrust case with Google over Play Store fees for north of $300 million, Fortnite maker Epic Games proceeded to take its case to trial this week. The game maker argues that Google’s commissions on in-app purchases are anti-competitive and that Google has exerted its power in the marketplace to unfairly compete […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.