In today’s issue, we take a closer look at Max Payne, Alan Wake, and Control creator Remedy‘s shift to self-publishing. We also bring you a fresh podcast episode on web shops, as well as noteworthy content from around the gaming world.
Today, we look at Off The Grid from Gunzilla Games. The third-person, cyberpunk-themed battle royale recently launched into Early Access and has garnered interest from players and commentators alike. We also talk direct-to-consumer distribution in our latest podcast episode, and round up this past week’s top news items.
In 2020, Epic launched lawsuits against Apple and Google, attempting to break the app store duopoly. Four years later, we’re starting to see some change. The Epic Games Store launched on mobile this August, available on iPhones in the EU and on Android worldwide. Its launch marks the return of Fortnite to iOS — albeit…
In this week’s Roundtable, the squad delves into Supercell’s cancellation of Floodrush and highlights from Gamescom 2023, including NetEase’s Project Mugen and Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Jade. We examine Sony’s rationale for acquiring Audeze alongside a notable Playstation Plus price hike. Then we unpack the advantages and target audience of Epic’s new First Run exclusivity program…
Epic released the Epic Games Store’s 2022 numbers (in much the same as Steam does). In this issue, we take a look at the store’s past performance and analyze Epic’s strategy forward based on this year’s numbers.
Epic Games Store is opening up its arms to web3 games. And interestingly, web3 games are marching right on through to publish with Epic. We take a step back to look at the narrative building around Epic and web3, and tease our latest game deconstruction of Decentraland.
Last week LEGO & Epic Games announced a partnership to build the metaverse. A few days later, the company behind LEGO announced it had invested $1B in Epic itself. Why did both companies enter to this partnership? What will come from it? In today’s issue, we’ll dive deeper into the partnership and look to better understand what might come of this new agreement
In this Metacast episode, David Amor and Matt Dion, join your host Maria Gillies to discuss Epic & LEGO’s Collaboration and their plan to build towards the Metaverse as compared to Facebook’s creator fees. The team also discusses Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon NFT experiment and Miniclip’s Pivot from Web Browser Games. The group also checks in on Take-Two’s Public Offering, and what the results could mean for the company in the future.
Plus we analyze the Steam Deck’s recent release and cover some of this week’s top news headlines
Plus we break down the recent Epic v Apple news and cover this week’s top headlines
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