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Epic Games Store Hotfix Repairs Error With Excessive Data Traffic
Sergei Galyonkin announced the release of hotfix 11.0.2 for Epic Games Store client, which fixes a bug that is responsible for sending out excessive amounts of data and significant CPU load. While it's not a complete solution, it clearly improves the situation.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 31, 2020
Steam Almost Hit Another Record During Holidays
A great year for Steam was crowned with another record. This year's holidays were the best in history when we look at the number of active users.
video games
Paul Musiolik
December 28, 2020
Epic Games Store Launcher Sends Out Suspiciously Large Amounts of Data
Reports that have emerged online suggest that Epic Games Store's digital client is sending out very large amounts of data somewhere - even over 514 KB per hour. One user also claims that the app's behavior negatively affects his Ryzen 7 5800X.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 28, 2020
Microtransactions are the Main Course in the Gaming Industry
The latest SuperData report has brought some interesting information. It turns out that almost 90% of revenues of the digital gaming market are generated by microtransactions.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 3, 2020
Apple Helps Little Studios Due to War With Epic Games
There seems to have been an interesting development in the dispute between Apple and Epic Games. The American technology colossus has cut tax in its app store in half, but only for some developers. Interestingly, Epic Games does not meet the conditions.
other
November 19, 2020
Xbox and Call of Duty Consume Tons of Network Resources in the UK
On the day the Xbox Series X/S made its debut, the UK recorded record data consumption. This result, however, was influenced by many more factors, including the updates for Call of Duty games and the pre-load of Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.
hardware & software
Christian Pieniazek
November 12, 2020
Problems in Ubisoft Store May Cause Significant Delay With AC Valhalla
Ubisoft has reported a problem with Ubisoft Store. Here's the issue: the digital stuff purchased in this online store, including Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, may appear on customers' accounts on the Ubisoft Connect platform even 24 hours after the transaction is finalized.
video games
Milosz Szubert
November 10, 2020
Take-Two's CEO Doesn't Believe in Game Pass Subscriptions
The CEO of Take-Two Interactive has spoken again about services like the Xbox Game Pass. Strauss Zelnick does not believe in this type of subscriptions can gain popularity, but, as he says, the final decision will be made by the players.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 6, 2020
Players Ask Steam to Mark DRM-free Games
Once again, the gamers vent their displeasure with DRM security. All because of a Reddit user, who suggested that Steam should mark DRM-free games.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
November 2, 2020
Cancel Your Facebook Account, Lose Your Oculus Games
After the integration of Facebook and Oculus accounts, if we decide to temporarily shut down or delete the former, we will also lose access to games bought for the latter.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
October 26, 2020
Epic Games Inspires Microsoft to Add New Rules to Windows Store
Microsoft has introduced new rules for its store. The rules are designed to give creators freedom of choice and promote fairness and innovation. The changes do not apply to the Xbox Store.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
October 9, 2020
Epic Games, Spotify and Others Join Forces Against Apple
Epic Games, Spotify, Tile and others companies have created the Coalition of App Fairness to fight Apple. The organization is to promote healthy competition in the digital distribution market and abolish the 30% profit cut.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
September 26, 2020
Xbox Gets New Microsoft Store
Refreshed Microsoft Store finally appeared on the Xbox One console. The new interface accelerates and streamlines store operations, and introduces a handful of new features (including those associated with Xbox Series X and S).
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
September 25, 2020
Fall Guys is the Biggest Digital PC Debut Since Overwatch
SuperData analytics group summarized the global digital distribution in August. The industry has had a very successful month, but the biggest winner was the debuting Fall Guys, which outclassed all competition on PC.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 23, 2020
EA Desktop Beta Registration Goes Live
The beta tests of EA Desktop, the application aimed at becoming the successor of Origin, have started. Currently, all owners of EA accounts can take part in them.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 16, 2020
EA Announces the End of Origin
Electronic Arts is changing the name of its platform, which was a competition for Steam. It will no longer be called Origin, instead the app will simply be named EA.
video games
Arkadiusz Strzala
September 15, 2020
How Much Would It Cost to Buy Everything on Steam?
There is a site that enables us to check how much we would need to spend to buy all the games available on Steam. Currently, the amount is just over $537,000 (nearly $522,000 if discounts are included).
hardware & software
Milosz Szubert
September 14, 2020
Augmented Steam Plugin Offers Enhanced Steam Experience
Steam with advanced filters and information about price changes, player activity, DRM, etc.? No, this is not a new update from Valve, but the Augmented Steam plugin. The expansion for Chrome and Firefox makes browsing Steam's catalogue much easier.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
September 10, 2020
Apple Countersues Epic as the Battle for 30% Profit Cut Continues
In response to Epic Games' accusations, Apple has filed its own lawsuit, in which it accuses Tim Sweeney's company of breach of contract. The company demands compensation.
video games
Milosz Szubert
September 9, 2020
Fortnite's Losses on iOS; Epic Demands the Game be Returned to App Store
The removal of Fortnite from App Store and Google Play remains unresolved. However, Epic Games has filed a court order to put pressure on Apple to restore access to the popular battle royale on iOS devices. Reason: Epic Games' „irreparable damage” and a significant decline in the number of players.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
September 6, 2020