News & Reviews: Epic Games
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Sep 11, 2021
If you recall, the great Epic Games vs Apple saga has been drawing to a close in recent weeks. About 2 weeks ago, Apple reached an agreement with developers to allow certain apps to promote alternate payment methods. Now, the latest court ruling was announced and it isn't quite what both parties wanted.
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Aug 28, 2021
Some of you may recall Epic Games' decision to bypass the Apple App Store's payment system last year. Things quickly blew up between the two companies, resulting in an anti-trust lawsuit against Apple. After a long year, we're finally getting some form of resolution to this.
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Dec 22, 2020
With the year coming to a close, we start to look back on all the things that have happened this year. Pandemic aside, there were plenty of things that many would consider dumbfounding or just sad, and that applies to tech as well.
In that vein, we decided to look back at some of the saddest and worst tech news for 2020. Maybe you'll find it just as dumb as we did, but without further ado let's take a look!
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Sep 02, 2020
If you're a Fortnite player, you would have noticed about Epic Games parody video called Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite. It's based on an old commercial which was directed by Ridley Scott for Apple and he wasn't that impressed with the end result.
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Aug 24, 2020
Last week, Apple announced that it will be terminating Epic Games' developer account. It was likely retaliation to the latter submitting a lawsuit after Apple had removed Fortnite from the Apple App Store. Microsoft has now decided to throw in its support for Epic Games, stating that termination of a developer account will hurt other game creators that rely on Unreal Engine.
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Aug 18, 2020
When Epic Games sued Apple last week over the removal of Fortnite from its App Store, you'd think that things would simmer down before the two companies settle things in court. But Apple isn't going to take things lying down and has banned the former's developer account. And funny enough, it's going to be a fortnight from the date that Fortnite was removed. Oh boy...
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Aug 14, 2020
When money is involved, things tend to escalate quickly. And things certainly escalated when Epic Games decided to implement its own in-app payment system for the mobile version of Fortnite. Now the game has been removed from both Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
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Jul 10, 2020
Game development has become more expensive in recent years but there are always companies out there looking to streamline development processes. Epic Games already unveiled its new Unreal Engine 5 some weeks ago and now it has a new iOS app that makes animating facial expressions much easier.
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Jul 10, 2020
It's been a while since Epic Games was giving away free games during our MCO period, and just a few hours ago, the gaming platform just sent out not one, not two, but three games for free for us to claim. The three free games are Killing Floor 2, Lifeless Planet: Premium Edition and The Escapist 2.
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Jun 12, 2020
From our last news about Epic Games Store, the free game was supposed to be ARK Survival: Evolved but it got delayed for some reason. It was replaced by Overcooked but now that a week has passed, ARK Survival: Evolved is back on track alongside Samurai Showdown: Neogeo Collection. That's right, instead of one free game, you get two free games this time.
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