Items tagged with Epic Games
Epic Games is getting some powerful new allies in its years long legal battle with Apple, as several technology companies including Silicon Valley giants Microsoft and Meta join the fray. The companies filed an amicus brief in support of Epics Games in federal court a few days after Epic Games filed a motion asking...
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Even the Hatfields and McCoys eventually settled their differences and ended their long-running feud, which lasted from 1863 to 1891 (a truce signed by both families in 2003 officially put the matter to rest). In the modern era, we get to witness a different kind of feud, between Epic Games and Apple. Fortunately it's...
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Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2: Myths & Mortals is bringing the power of the gods to the highly popular battle royale game. However, before gamers can wield the power of the thunder god Zeus, Epic Games has to fix an issue the company ran into during maintenance.
Fortnite fans will soon be ecstatic to possess the...
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The European Union’s DMA, which officially goes into effect today, requires Apple to permit third party app stores, such as Epic Games Store, on its platform. Epic had planned to bring the Epic Games Store and Fortnite to iOS devices in Europe under the DMA rules. However, in what Epic calls “a serious violation of...
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When you get into the ransomware scene, one would think that you want to lay somewhat low while building up a decent reputation before going for the big fish. However, ransomware newcomer Mogilevich is coming out swinging with the claim that it has compromised Epic Games and made off with a good handful of data...
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Gamers can look forward to several quality-of-life tweaks to Fortnite’s various game modes. Battle Royale, Fortnite Festival, Rocket Racing, and LEGO Fortnite will all be seeing improvements in several areas with the latest patch. This will be the final update that is scheduled for this year, with the next set of...
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This is the best time of the year to be a PC gamer. Why is that? Depending on your job, you may find yourself with time off from work to finally tackle that humongous backlog of games you've been meaning to play. Also, however, this is when digital distribution platforms go hard with seasonal sales. Epic Games (which...
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Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is celebrating an early Christmas gift, as a California jury found Google guilty of being a monopoly after four weeks of intense testimony. Sweeney posted a celebratory tweet following the verdict, stating that the court’s work on remedies will begin in January.
The epic court battle...
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Epic Games is empowering gamers with a new tool in an ongoing effort to mitigate bullying, harassment, discrimination, and generally toxic behavior. Effectively immediately, Fortnite players can submit audio recordings to report gamers who cross the line and run afoul of Epic's community rules. This is in addition to...
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Vice President for Partnerships at Google James Kolotouros testified during the Epic versus Google antitrust trial that the search giant agreed to pay $8 billion over four years to Samsung Electronics Company to make its search engine, voice assistant, and Play Store the default on Galaxy devices. Kolotouros testified...
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Google and Epic Games head to court this week in a battle over whether Google's digital payment processing system in its Play Store has been illegally increasing prices for consumers and developers. The epic battle begins with Google still embroiled in a US antitrust trial.
Last week, Google posted an open letter...
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In a letter to Epic employees, CEO Tim Sweeney confirmed that the company was laying off around 16 percent of its workforce, divesting Bandcamp, and spinning off most of SuperAwesome. The news of the layoffs has sent many of the company's now-former employees to reach out on social media for any leads on new...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has cleared the way for anyone charged for unwanted purchases in Fortnite to possibly get some of their money back. Those who feel they were charged unnecessarily can now apply for a refund as part of a $245 million agreement between the FTC and Epic Games.
The formal complaint by...
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Between the rise of asset virtualization and the emergence of real-time ray-tracing, video game graphics technology is on the cusp of a revolution. Leading the charge forward is Epic Games with its Unreal Engine software, a package that just got its version 5.3 update.
Unreal Engine 5 has two major rendering...
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At this stage, we probably don't need to tell an audience of technology enthusiasts that Unreal Engine is capable of mind-blowing photorealistic visuals. Indeed, that's really not even what Epic's demo at GDC was all about. Unreal Engine has reached its 5.2-nd version, and with this latest release comes two very...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finalized an order that requires Epic Games to pay $245 million to consumers. The settlement is in regard to accusations that the company "used dark patterns to trick players into making unwanted purchases" in the highly popular Fortnite game.
The formal complaint was made known...
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There are a few things you can count on every holiday season—a plethora of discounts and deals on all things tech related, continued debate over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie (spoiler: it most certainly is), and more recently, Epic Games hosting a 15 Days of Christmas giveaway through its digital storefront...
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Epic has reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations of privacy violations and unwanted charges. The company will pay a total of $520 million in relief over the allegations.
Many children and adults alike have become enthralled with the highly-popular Fortnite video game from Epic...
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Gamers fueled by nostalgia have received some sad news today. Epic Games has decided to remove several titles that are based on what it defines as "out-of-date online services" from all storefronts. There is some good news though, as gamers are likely getting a free game out of it.
The announcement came yesterday...
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It's that time of year again, the time of giving, building, and destroying. That's right, Fortnite's Winterfest is here. Along with it, there are some awesome in-game loot items for players to unwrap for the season. Let's check out all the pertinent details...
The latest update to the latest chapter of the popular...
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A new chapter of Fortnite is upon us, and with it comes new Exotic and Mythic items. Be ahead of the pack, and know where to find these alluring and powerful weapons the next time you drop (be sure to thank the bus driver).
Chapter four of Fortnite brings about a lot of cool new stuff for gamers to try out in...
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Chapter 4 Season 1 for Epic Game's mega-popular Battle Royale hit s Fortnite is scheduled to launch today.
There are some very interesting and intriguing updates in this latest chapter. We'll start with what is arguably the biggest technical update: the move to Unreal Engine 5.1. We reported on the release of...
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