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Pop stars became kaiju as a result of the latest concert
Fortnite-maker Epic Games has announced that the first chapter of the game’s upcoming season ‘Hunters’ will begin on December 1. It will feature role-players who will be tasked with hunting demons. The season will also feature a new Juice WRLD track called “Empty Out Your Pockets”, as well as a Snoop Dogg song with Sting…
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Disney invested over one billion dollars in Unreal to create apersistent universe
Disney and Fortnite maker Epic Games have announced a partnership to create a “persistent universe” that will offer “world-class games experience and interoperating with Fortnite”. Disney said it’s investing $1.5 billion in an equity stake in Epic Games. The “persistent universe” will offer a “multitude of opportunities” for consumers to play, shop and engage with…
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The jury decided that a monopoly was illegal in the app store fight
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said he watched most of the Google antitrust trial in person. He added that Google paid game developers to not compete with Android. “If Google had said yes to that, that would have been awesome for all developers, Android ecosystem would have become much, much stronger, and Google would be…
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A jury said that theAndroid app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers
A US judge on Wednesday found in favour of Google-owned Android app store Epic Games in a lawsuit against Apple. The judge ruled that Apple’s App Store practices were anticompetitive. Epic accused Apple of using its dominance in the app store and other apps marketplace to drive developers away. Earlier this year, Epic was ordered…
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It was decided by the jury that the Apps Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly
The US judge who heard the Epic Games lawsuit against Google for allegedly violating in-app purchase fees has ruled that Epic cannot sue Google for damages. The judge said Epic’s argument that Google’s in-app purchases constitute an unlawful monopoly is “over the top” and he’ll not grant the company’s request for an anti-circumvention provision. Epic…
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Scientists are exploring the virtual world
Researchers at the University of Glasgow are using virtual reality (VR) to train robots that create artificial life forms. Lee Cronin, a chemist at the university, has created a VR programme that allows him to control the robots in his lab remotely. The virtual lab he built was built with Unreal Engine, a 3D design…
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The firm will pay $520 million for privacy and deception cases.
Epic Games has agreed to pay $520 million to US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle charges that it tricked Fortnite players into making unwanted charges. The FTC claimed Epic charged players for items that were unwanted in the game during the first half of the year. However, Epic said it had an agreement with…
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The FTC settled with the maker of ‘Fortnite’ for $520 million.
Epic Games will pay over $500 million to settle FTC’s complaints of children’s privacy and methods which tricked players into making purchases. The FTC said the default settings of the game tricked users including teenagers and children. The FTC added that Fortnite’s counterintuitive, inconsistent and confusing button configuration led players to incur unwanted charges based…