Epic Games Store Remains in the Red
The court documents in Epic Games vs Apple case bring a lot of interesting information. It turns out that Epic Games Store has been making nothing but losses so far, and that's not going to change anytime soon.
video games
Paul Musiolik
April 10, 2021
Sony Provides PS Store Shutdown Schedule for PS3, PS Vita and PSP
Sony has confirmed plans to close the PlayStation Store on older devices. The store will be unavailable on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita in a few months.
Tech
Jacob Blazewicz
March 29, 2021
Epic Games Store Will Add New Social Features
Epic Games Store will get some improvements. First new features (including player cards) will arrive later this month.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 18, 2021
Google Play Cuts Revenue Share, Tim Sweeney Criticizes
Google, following Apple, is cutting the commission for developers submitting apps to Google Play store by half. Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, is not happy with this decision.
video games
March 17, 2021
Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC Twice as Popular as on Consoles
Thanks to SuperData's January report, we've learned that twice as many people played Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online on PC as on consoles last month.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 24, 2021
Valve Refuses to Give Apple Steam Data Against Epic Games
Valve rejected a request from Apple for Steam data. These would have helped in the fight between the Californian company and Epic Games. However, the platform's owner believes that Apple's demands are by no means as modest as the company portrays.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 19, 2021
Chinese Steam Launches With 53 Games and No Forum
China finally got its own version of Steam. Due to restrictions and censorship it is very limited.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
February 10, 2021
Steam With New Activity Record
Steam just set another activity record. Yesterday, more than 26.4 million users were logged in at the same time.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 8, 2021
Over 100 Unannounced Exclusives Coming to Epic Games Store
Epic Games is not giving up on paying for featuring exclusive games in the store. Company's representative revealed that there's still more exclusive games in the pipeline that have been featured so far.
video games
Paul Musiolik
February 6, 2021
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
Agnes Adamus
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
Bart Swiatek
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
Michal Ciezadlik
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
Adrian Werner
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
Jacob Blazewicz
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
Paul Musiolik
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
Bart Swiatek
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
Adrian Werner
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.
Tech
Christian Pieniazek
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
Milosz Szubert
November 10, 2020