Gamepressure.com News 15 July 2019
Twitch Loses Popularity, but Remains the King of Streaming Platforms
Jacob Blazewicz, 15 July 2019, 23:49
Streamlabs has published a report on the health of game streaming platforms. Twitch remained the undisputed market leader in the second quarter, but fared off slightly worse than in the previous months.
GRID Hardware Requirements
Agnes Adamus, 15 July 2019, 23:47
Codemasters has shared hardware requirements for GRID, the latest installment of the racing series.
New Version of Fan-made Fallout MMO will be Released in October
Paul Wozniak, 15 July 2019, 15:26
Fans are creating another online version of Fallout based on the first two parts of the classic game from Interplay. Open beta of FOnline 3 will be launched in October this year.
Facebook Faces Record Financial Penalty; Company's Stocks Go Up
Paul Wozniak, 15 July 2019, 15:22
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted an agreement whereby Facebook will have to pay USD 5 billion. The record amount did not deter investors, and the company's stock prices increased by almost 2%.
This is How Apex Legends and PUBG Battle Cheaters
Milosz Szubert, 15 July 2019, 15:17
Respawn continues to fight cheaters. The company's representative gave some details about the works on eliminating this problem in Apex Legends. The creators of Playerunkown's Battlegrounds also said a few words about how to combat dishonest players.
EA Refreshes The Looks of The Sims 4; DLC-focused Menu Irritates Fans
Julia Dragovic, 15 July 2019, 13:33
New update from EA for The Sims 4 will be available from July 16. We will get, among others, a new logo and crystal, new sim creationg, characters (and cover), as well as more than a thousand new items, changed main menu and loading screen. What else? A wave of criticism. And I'm sure some of you will join it.
iPhone 6 Explodes in the Hands of an 11-year-old Girl
Paul Wozniak, 15 July 2019, 12:55
Apple is trying to figure out what could have caused the iPhone 6 to explode in the hands of an 11-year-old girl. So far, the cause of the malfunction is unknown.
Modder Removes HUD From Far Cry 5, CoD: WWII and More
Bart Swiatek, 15 July 2019, 11:24
Modder TheJanitor has created mods to numerous titles, including CoD: WWII, Far Cry 5 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. Their purpose is to enable the players to disable HUDs, i.e. interface elements displayed on the screen.
The Division 2 Devs Like the Idea of Single-player Spin-off
Bart Swiatek, 15 July 2019, 10:45
Julian Gerighty, creative director of The Division franchise at Ubisoft, reacted favorably to the idea of a spin-off focusing on a story campaign, which was presented on Twitter by another developer. The creator asked for the opinion of the fans and got an enthusiastic response.