The PS5 and Xbox Series release dates are still secret, as Sony and Microsoft are yet to reveal launch and pricing information for the next-gen consoles. A new Fortnite update from Epic Games notes that the company will launch The Last Laugh Bundle on November 17th, and reveals the game update will arrive in time …
Epic Games sued Apple and Google last week after Fortnite was removed from the App Store and Google Play Store Epic Games believes the 30% commission Apple and Google take from microtransactions stifles competition. Epic Games’ crusade ignores the fact that console makers like Microsoft and Sony also take a 30% cut on all transactions. …
The Fortnite bans on iPhone and Android were not surprising, as Epic Games knowingly violated the rules of the App Store and Google Play store. Any other app would have received the same treatment. Epic manufactured the entire crisis so it could take advantage of the current antitrust landscape regarding big tech, and file its …
Apple kicked Fortnite off of the App Store on Thursday after developer Epic Games added a new direct payment method that let users buy V-Bucks for a discounted price. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has been complaining about Apple’s practices for years, but the fight has come to a head, and Epic has even filed …
Before virtually every game on the planet included some form of online multiplayer, the only way to either team up with your friends or fight them to the death was by physically meeting up and playing a game on the same television. Sadly, fewer and fewer games include split screen functionality anymore, but on Thursday, …
Fortnite has been available on Android for quite a while now, but you can’t download the app from the only place you should ever install apps on Android, the Google Play store. That’s because Epic wanted to avoid paying Google any fees on in-app purchases and provided users direct access to the game, which is …
Much to the dismay of hardcore Fortnite players who can’t have enough of their favorite game, the Battle Royale hit was taken offline without warning on Sunday, with a black hole blocking all access. It was all a brilliant marketing stunt, and that much should have been clear from the moment the game offline. But …
Even if you’re not playing that much Fortnite these days, you’ve certainly heard about what has happened: the horror that is the “Black Hole”! In what’s actually a fantastic marketing trick for one of the most important gaming sensations of the last few years, Fortnite gamers found themselves unable to play their favorite game after …
Countless changes are in store for Destiny 2 in the coming weeks, from the launch of the Shadowkeep expansion to the debut of Destiny 2: New Light, which will drop the price of the base game to free. But Bungie is also mixing up the game’s progression system substantially as well, giving players more tangible …
In a letter to shareholders earlier this year, Netflix acknowledged what might have seemed at the time like a surprising fact: “We compete with (and lose to) Fortnite more than HBO,” the streaming video giant admitted. So much of the commentary around Netflix tends to pit it against the obvious rivals — HBO, other streamers, …
