Spotify Allowed to Sidestep Play Store Fees as Part of Confidential Deal, Google Executive Says

Spotify Allowed to Sidestep Play Store Fees as Part of Confidential Deal, Google Executive Says

Google allowed Spotify to sidestep the company’s mandatory Play Store fees, a company executive reportedly confirmed while giving testimony during the ongoing Epic vs Google trial. The Verge reports that a confidential deal with the streaming giant has come to light, revealing that Spotify was allowed to process its own payments…

Google Paid Billions to Make Play Store and Assistant Default Apps on Samsung Phones, Google Executive Says

Google Paid Billions to Make Play Store and Assistant Default Apps on Samsung Phones, Google Executive Says

Google paid Samsung billions of dollars in order to make the search giant’s app store, assistant, search engine, and other services the default options on smartphones made by the latter, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic Games trial. On Monday, Google Vice President for…

Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling

Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling

Apple and Fortnite maker Epic Games on Wednesday both asked a US appeals court to reconsider its April ruling in an antitrust case that could force Apple to change payment practices in its App Store. Apple and Epic, in separate court filings, mounted challenges to a ruling by a three-judge…

Apple, Epic Games Request US Appeals Court to Reconsider Its Antitrust Ruling

Apple vs Epic Games: Fortnite Creator to Fight Against Antitrust Ruling Favouring Tech Giant

Epic Games on Monday will try to overturn portions of a court ruling in an antitrust trial last year that largely favoured Apple. The “Fortnite” creator sued Apple in 2020 alleging that the iPhone maker’s App Store rules, under which software developers must pay commissions of up to 30 percent on…

Apple Urges US Court to Undo Antitrust Order on App Store in Epic Games Case

Blankos Block Party Becomes First Web3 Title to Be Listed on Epic Games Store

Video game development giant Epic Games, famous for the popular title ‘Fortnite’, has unveiled its first NFT game on the platform titled ‘Blankos Block Party’ powered by Mythical Games. Mythical Games first unleashed Blankos Block Party roughly two years ago with an open beta, and it has since claimed that…

Yahoo, Paypal Blocked in Indonesia Over Failure to Comply With License Rules

Yahoo, Paypal Blocked in Indonesia Over Failure to Comply With License Rules

Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal, and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash on social media. Registration is required under rules released in late November 2020 and will give authorities broad powers to…

Apple Urges US Court to Undo Antitrust Order on App Store in Epic Games Case

Epic Games Will Not Follow Minecraft in Banning NFTs From Its Gaming Platforms

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has said that the firm will not ban NFTs, as developers “should be free to decide how to build their games.” While Epic Games isn’t necessarily pro-crypto or non-fungible token (NFTs), the firm isn’t looking to enforce any views on the subject on its users….

Fall Guys Reaches 20 Million Players Milestone in Two Days of Going Free-to-Play

Fall Guys Reaches 20 Million Players Milestone in Two Days of Going Free-to-Play

Fall Guys clocked in 20 million players within 48 hours of going free-to-play on June 21, a major achievement for game developer Mediatonic. The platform battle royale game was also launched on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X on the same day, which helped it get…

BioShock: The Collection Goes Free Till June 2 During Epic Games Store Mega Sale 2022

BioShock: The Collection Goes Free Till June 2 During Epic Games Store Mega Sale 2022

BioShock: The Collection — which includes remastered versions of BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite — is now available for free on the Epic Games Store. The collection of games was originally released in 2016, and is the second entry in Epic’s “mystery games” giveaway that commenced with the four-week…