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Epic Games Won't be Selling Any "Crappy" Games
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, assures that his company's Store will not be selling bad games. It will also not offer pornographic production and those created only with shock value in mind.
video games
March 21, 2019
Epic Games Store Titles Available on Humble Store
Humble announced cooperation with Epic Games. Humble Store and Humble Bundles will offer activation keys to games offered on Epic Games Store. What's more, we've learned that in total, the retailer has donated over $145 million to charity.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 21, 2019
Tim Sweeney Defends Epic Store Exclusives
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, has taken the floor on Reddit and commented that securing exclusive titles for the Epic Games Store platform is not an anti-consumer, but rather a "procompetitive" action.
video games
Jakub Mirowski
March 17, 2019
Future of Epic Games Store Includes Trophies, Mods, and Player Reviews
We've learned the roadmap for Epic Games Store. The creators of the platform are working on e.g. adding support for mods, achievements, user reviews and wishlists.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 15, 2019
The Division 2 Soon Available Only on Uplay and Epic Store
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will only be available on Uplay and Epic Games Store beginning with the day of release. The info comes from the British website Gamesplanet, according to which Ubisoft will ban all independent digital stores from selling the
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 8, 2019
Rape Day Removed from Steam
Valve took a lot of flak recently for allowing Rape Day, a controversial title that deals with violence against women, to be released on Steam. The company has decided to intervene and removed the game from Steam's offer.
video games
Agnes Adamus
March 7, 2019
Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam
Mike Rose, the founder of No More Robots, has noticed a peculiar unfair practice adopted by some developers on Steam. Here's the trick - a fake release date is being set, and changed, to keep the title on top of the recommended upcoming titles list.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 6, 2019
GOG Direct to Account - GOG Games Available at Third-Party Stores
GOG offers a new function - GOG Direct to Account. It enables us to buy games and contents in selected partner stores and have it connected directly to our GOG account.
video games
Milosz Szubert
February 28, 2019
GOG.com Abandons the Fair Price Package Program
As part of changes introduced at GOG.com, the CEO decided to abandon the Fair Price Package Program, which compensated for regional differences game prices in the form of a virtual currency added to customers' cart.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
February 26, 2019
Layoffs at GOG.com
GOG.com has fired a significant number of employees. The reason for the layoffs is allegedly financial difficulties and the mounting market pressure to reduce the revenues of digital distribution stores.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 26, 2019
Steam vs GOG.com and Other Digital Stores, Based on Cultist Simulator Sales
The independent developer Weather Factory boasted pushing 100,000 copies of Cultist Simulator. What's interesting, the devs have revealed the sales data for all major digital stores, providing a clear picture of the market.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 19, 2019
Razer Game Store Closes After 10 Months
Razer Game Store, the digital distribution service founded by the dedicated gaming peripherals manufacturer, will close by the end of this month.
video games
Adrian Werner
February 17, 2019
The Division 2 Has More Pre-Orders Than First Part
Yves Guillemot, President of Ubisoft, said in a conversation with investors that the number of pre-orders for the PC version of The Division 2 is higher than for the first installment of the series.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 15, 2019
Take-Two is Not Interested in Epic Games Store Deals
In the wake of recent controversies surrounding Epic Games Store, the CEO of Take-Two Interactive presented his stance on the issue of exclusivity.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 7, 2019
47% of EA Console Sales in 2018 Were Digital
The popularity of digital distribution keeps on growing. As much as half of console games sold by EA last year were bought without a physical medium.
video games
February 7, 2019
Epic Games Store Introduces Optional User Reviews
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of Epic Games, announced that in the near future the Epic Games Store will receive a game review system.
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February 2, 2019
Metro Exodus only on Epic Store until February 2020 [Updated]
Deep Silver and Epic Games announced that Metro Exodus will be an exclusive Epic Store title for one year.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
January 28, 2019
December SuperData – Fortnite high, Battlefield 5 low
SuperData Group has published a report summarizing the results of the digital games market for December last year. Fortnite: Battle Royale turned out to be the leader on consoles. Battlefield V is doing poorly.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 24, 2019
Fortnite earned 2.4 billion dollars in 2018
SuperData Group has published a report summarizing the results of the digital gaming market for the past year. The leader was Fortnite, which generated 2.4 billion dollars of revenue.
video games
Adrian Werner
January 18, 2019
Steam Spy creator explains how the Epic Games Store gets influencers
Sergey Galyonkin, the director responsible for preparing the Epic Games Store's publishing strategy, presented a lot of information about the backstage of the platform.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 16, 2019