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£192m was raised from third-party game sales
Read More »Epic Games Store has generated £523m since launch and attracted 108m users
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
Read More »Ubisoft blasts Steam’s current revenue share model as ‘unrealistic’
"It doesn't reflect where the world is today in terms of game distribution"
Read More »Epic’s Fortnite launches crossover event for Epic Games Store PC-exclusive, Borderlands 3
Will we see other EGS exclusives appear in other Epic games?
Read More »Bigben’s next 3 PC games, including WRC 8, will be one-year PC exclusives on Epic Games Store
"We are very pleased to be reinforcing our Epic Games store offer with a variety of unique games from our catalogue"
Read More »Bandai Namco’s Hoerdt on how Epic Games Store and subscription models are potential ‘threats’
Bandai Namco’s Hervé Hoerdt, SVP of marketing, digital and content for Europe, tells MCV@gamescom about the rise of new ways to engage with content and the threats it could represent, while embracing what streaming can bring to the table
Read More »Cloud saving rolls out to 15 additional games on the Epic Games Store
The feature has had to be disabled for Hyper Light Drifter players, though
Read More »Epic defends Ooblets developer following abuse over Epic Games Store exclusivity
"We've been getting thousands if not tens of thousands of hateful, threatening messages across every possible platform nonstop," Glumberland said after it signed an exclusivity deal with Epic for the PC release of Ooblets
Read More »Phoenix Point is delayed until December to ‘keep crunch to a minimum’
"Snapshot has a commitment to keep crunch to a minimum – and that is a commitment we take very seriously"
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