Cyberpunk 2077 With Best Digital Launch Sales in History
SuperData presented a summary of the digital distribution market in December. It shows that it was a record month for this segment. Cyberpunk 2077, which turned out to be the best earning digital launch in history, had its share in this.
video games
January 22, 2021
Denuvo Anti-Cheat Could Become Standard on Steam
Irdeto's anti-cheat solution, Denuvo Anti-Cheat, has been integrated with Steamworks tools, making it easier for developers to use the system in their games.
video games
January 19, 2021
Blizzard Announces New Update For Battle.net
Blizzard is working on a new version of Battle.net app. Beginning with January 14, fresh launcher features can be tested by North American users as part of beta testing.
video games
January 15, 2021
Steam Breaks New Activity Record
Yesterday, Steam set a new activity record. For the first time the service exceeded the mark of 25 million logged-in users.
video games
January 3, 2021
Epic Games Store Hotfix Repairs Error With Excessive Data Traffic
Sergei Galyonkin announced the release of hotfix 11.0.2 for Epic Games Store client, which fixes a bug that is responsible for sending out excessive amounts of data and significant CPU load. While it's not a complete solution, it clearly improves the situation.
video games
December 31, 2020
Steam Almost Hit Another Record During Holidays
A great year for Steam was crowned with another record. This year's holidays were the best in history when we look at the number of active users.
video games
December 28, 2020
Epic Games Store Launcher Sends Out Suspiciously Large Amounts of Data
Reports that have emerged online suggest that Epic Games Store's digital client is sending out very large amounts of data somewhere - even over 514 KB per hour. One user also claims that the app's behavior negatively affects his Ryzen 7 5800X.
video games
December 28, 2020
Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry
The latest SuperData report has brought some interesting information. It turns out that almost 90% of revenues of the digital gaming market are generated by microtransactions.
video games
December 3, 2020
Apple Helps Little Studios Due to War With Epic Games
There seems to have been an interesting development in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games. The American technology colossus has cut tax in its app store in half, but only for some developers. Interestingly, Epic Games does not meet the conditions.
other
November 19, 2020
Xbox and Call of Duty Consume Tons of Network Resources in the UK
On the day the Xbox Series X/S made its debut, the UK recorded record data consumption. This result, however, was influenced by many more factors, including the updates for Call of Duty games and the pre-load of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.
hardware & software
November 12, 2020
Problems in Ubisoft Store May Cause Significant Delay With AC Valhalla
Ubisoft has reported a problem with Ubisoft Store. Here's the issue: the digital stuff purchased in this online store, including Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, may appear on customers' accounts on the Ubisoft Connect platform even 24 hours after the transaction is finalized.
video games
November 10, 2020
Take-Two's CEO Doesn't Believe in Game Pass Subscriptions
The CEO of Take-Two Interactive has spoken again about services like the Xbox Game Pass. Strauss Zelnick does not believe in this type of subscriptions can gain popularity, but, as he says, the final decision will be made by the players.
video games
November 6, 2020
Players Ask Steam to Mark DRM-free Games
Once again, the gamers vent their displeasure with DRM security. All because of a Reddit user, who suggested that Steam should mark DRM-free games.
hardware & software
November 2, 2020
Cancel Your Facebook Account, Lose Your Oculus Games
After the integration of Facebook and Oculus accounts, if we decide to temporarily shut down or delete the former, we will also lose access to games bought for the latter.
hardware & software
October 26, 2020
Epic Games Inspires Microsoft to Add New Rules to Windows Store
Microsoft has introduced new rules for its store. The rules are designed to give creators freedom of choice and promote fairness and innovation. The changes do not apply to the Xbox Store.
hardware & software
October 9, 2020
Epic Games, Spotify and Others Join Forces Against Apple
Epic Games, Spotify, Tile and others companies have created the Coalition of App Fairness to fight Apple. The organization is to promote healthy competition in the digital distribution market and abolish the 30% profit cut.
hardware & software
September 26, 2020
Xbox Gets New Microsoft Store
Refreshed Microsoft Store finally appeared on the Xbox One console. The new interface accelerates and streamlines store operations, and introduces a handful of new features (including those associated with Xbox Series X and S).
hardware & software
September 25, 2020
Fall Guys is the Biggest Digital PC Debut Since Overwatch
SuperData analytics group summarized the global digital distribution in August. The industry has had a very successful month, but the biggest winner was the debuting Fall Guys, which outclassed all competition on PC.
video games
September 23, 2020
EA Desktop Beta Registration Goes Live
The beta tests of EA Desktop, the application aimed at becoming the successor of Origin, have started. Currently, all owners of EA accounts can take part in them.
video games
September 16, 2020
EA Announces the End of Origin
Electronic Arts is changing the name of its platform, which was a competition for Steam. It will no longer be called Origin, instead the app will simply be named EA.
video games
September 15, 2020