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Uplay Plus - Ubisoft's Answer to Xbox Game Pass Launches Today
Uplay Plus, answer to the competing Origin Access Premier or Xbox Game Pass, was launched on the market. The subscription fee includes access to the full range of games offered by Ubisoft.
video games
Adrian Werner
September 3, 2019
Epic Games Store Resignes From Notifying of Improvement Dates
Epic Games Store has decided to change the organization of the Trello board, where the players can find plans for platform development. From now on, instead of deadlines, we will find bookmarks concerning changes - introduced, forthcoming and future ones.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
August 31, 2019
Publisher of Metro Exodus is Pleased with Cooperation with Epic Games
CEO of Koch Media, the publisher of Metro Exodus, said he was extremely pleased with the partnership with Epic Games Store. He also does not exclude that in the future it will once again decide to sign an exclusivity agreement with Tim Sweeney's company.
video games
Agnes Adamus
August 30, 2019
Ubisoft on Epic Games Store Exclusives: Steam is „Unrealistic”
Chris Early from Ubisoft commented on his company publishing PC versions of games on Epic Games Store rather than Steam. This is the decision of the publisher, who has had enough of the „unrealistic” business model used by Valve.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 28, 2019
Chinese Gamers to Disappear from Steam? Steam China Revealed
Perfect World, a company cooperating with Valve, shared the first details about the official Chinese version of the Steam platform. Soon the players from China will be „almost completely independent” from the rest of the world.
hardware & software
Christian Pieniazek
August 21, 2019
„You owe us $300,000,” Say Subnautica's Creators to G2A [Updated]
The dispute between developers and G2A is raging on and it does not look like anything is going to change in the near future. The tool proposed by the platform to block keys not intended for sale did not arouse much interest among the devs and caused further controversies.
video games
Conrad Hazi
August 14, 2019
Growth of Digital Games Distribution; Great Form of Rainbow Six Siege
The latest report of the SuperData group brings interesting info on digital distribution condition. It shows that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege is still doing great despite being almost four years old and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled had a great start.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
July 24, 2019
Limbo For Free on Epic Games Store
From today, Epic Games users can add Limbo, a two-dimensional platformerm game from PlayDead, to their library at no charge. The game will be available for free for a week.
special offers
July 18, 2019
G2A Offers Devs Tool For Blocking Illegal Keys
G2A again addressed the controversy surrounding the sale of game keys. The platform proposes to devs to create a special tool that would allow automatic blocking of codes obtained by „unethical” methods.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 12, 2019
Steam Labs Launches; Offers AI Game Recommendations
Valve has released Steam Labs, thanks to which we can test, among others, the system of automatic game recommendation, based on the analysis of our preferences.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 12, 2019
Age of Wonders 3 for Free on Steam
On the occasion of the upcoming launch of Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Triumph Studios and Paradox Interactive released their previous work, Age of Wonders III, for free. As it usually happens, we have a limited amount of time to add this production to our library.
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Christian Pieniazek
July 12, 2019
Paradox Interactive: Traditional Video Game Profit Share is Scandalous
Fredrick Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive, believes that the traditional 70/30 distribution of profits between developers and owners of digital distribution platforms is scandalous and outdated. He believes that Epic Games Store is having a very positive impact on the industry. This opinion was shared by several other devs.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 2, 2019
Devs: Better Pirate Games than Use G2A
Developers have just given us a written conscent. Download our games from the torrents instead of buying G2A keys - this is what Mike Rose from No More Robots and Rami Ismail from Vlambeer want the players to do.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 2, 2019
Epic Games CEO: Lack of Steam Keys to Shenmue 3 is Valve's Fault
According to the CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, the lack of keys distribution via Steam is the fault of Valve. Their policy doesn't allow this in the case of games that have their release outside of their service.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 29, 2019
Tim Sweeney Explains Why Epic Games Bets on Exclusive Titles
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, explained on Twitter why the strategy of mass buying of exclusive titles, though unpopular, is beneficial to gamers.
video games
June 26, 2019
Closed Beta of GOG Galaxy 2.0 Launches
Today, a closed beta of GOG Galaxy 2.0 has launched. The tests cover all the new features of CD Project's digital distribution platform client, above all the creation of a combined list of games from various hardware platforms.
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Agnes Adamus
June 24, 2019
Epic Games CEO Responds to Latest Allegations
In a discussion with Twitter users, Tim Sweeney, head of Epic Games, explained the functioning of Epic Games Store and responded to allegations of using anti-consumer practices.
other
Jakub Mirowski
June 23, 2019
Microsoft Supports GOG Galaxy 2.0, Talks With Epic Games Store Are Underway
GOG Galaxy 2.0, the new GOG.com digital distribution platform, has been officially supported by Microsoft. Talks about potential cooperation with owners of other clients are still in progress.
hardware & software
Jakub Mirowski
June 15, 2019
Epic Games Store - Free Games Every Week Until End of the Year
Free games will be available weekly oo Epic Games Store until the end of the year, and not as originally planned until the end of Epic Mega Sale. In addition, the company has published a video on which it boasts of its exclusive titles.
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Christian Pieniazek
June 12, 2019
Telltale Games Titles Will be Pulled From Steam and GOG by May 27
If you are planning to purchase a Telltale Games game, it is worth to hurry up. All the team's productions will disappear from Steam and GOG.com distribution by May 27th. This is the result of last year's bankruptcy of the company.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 24, 2019