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The biggest stories from the Epic-Apple court papers
Read More »PS4 crossplay, EGS free game cost, 12 per cent Xbox cut – all the big stories from the Epic vs Apple documents
Epic committed $444m to exclusives in 2020 – Apple claims store won’t be profitable until 2027
With Epic Games Store (EGS), the Fortnite-creator is undoubtedly targeting Steam’s market dominance on PC. But the store has now been drawn into the legal fight between Epic and Apple as well. In court papers for an upcoming hearing, spotted by PC Gamer, Apple uses EGS as an example of …
Read More »Epic Games Store hits over 160 million users
Epic Games has released its Epic Games Store year in review, revealing that the platform has now reached over 160 million users
Read More »Total War: Troy claimed 7.5m times – an epic game, on Epic Game Store, is downloaded an epic number of times
A truly Epic occurence
Read More »So why is Creative Assembly giving away Total War for 24 hours on Epic Games Store?
Creative Assembly seem to have come up with the best strategy yet for the tricky Epic exclusive
Read More »Epic Games Store introduces self-service refunds and expands keyless integration
The Epic Games store has added a handful of new features to the store, including the addition of self-service refunds as well as expanding the keyless purchases system
Read More »The Epic Games Store has given away over $2k in free games to date
The most recent giveaway of GTA V proved especially popular
Read More »Epic Games Store has generated £523m since launch and attracted 108m users
£192m was raised from third-party game sales
Read More »Epic opens up in-game purchases on Epic Games Store for developers and publishers
"Developers who use their choice of purchase and payment services in-game do not have to share any revenue on those transactions."
Read More »Bandai Namco on Little Nightmares 2, Tori and why Europe is ‘the future of the group’
Having explored an array of varied projects in the past few years, Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe has learnt many lessons, reaching a newfound maturity. Hervé Hoerdt tells us about BNEE’s ambitions, its expectations for brand new project Tori and how the European branch has finally found its identity
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