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Tim and crashing out or Dave and shitposting?name a more iconic duo
yesTim and crashing out or Dave and shitposting?
So looks like Disney pulled some games from Steam with no warning. Even though it’s still available that’s all I needed to stop playing around and buy Split Second.
Not sure if it was any good but I’m kinda kicking myself for not buying Hercules when it was like $1 for all of those years.
Not sure if it was any good but I’m kinda kicking myself for not buying Hercules when it was like $1 for all of those years.
Larian really doesn't like EGS 
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Meanwhile at CI Games:
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Baldur's Gate 3 publishing lead says Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney's "altruistic pro-developer talk" over the Steam vs Epic debate "doesn't sit well" after Alan Wake 2 studio "seemingly went into financial crisis"
Millions was left on the table for the horror game
Meanwhile at CI Games:
Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says Epic Games Store exclusivity doesn't matter because the "majority of PC players who want a specific game will buy it" anyway
The upcoming Soulslike is tied to Epic on PC
My headcanon is Tim got so upset he personally called Remedy and told them to make a statement. It's pathetic they even acknowledged it.
Lol.Meanwhile at CI Games:
Lords of the Fallen 2 boss says Epic Games Store exclusivity doesn't matter because the "majority of PC players who want a specific game will buy it" anyway
The upcoming Soulslike is tied to Epic on PC
This is a game I would absolutely buy if it was on Steam, and that I absolutely will not buy on EGS. Well, he'll see the numbers I guess.
nah, it's just using your laptop for mining crypto
Tim needs that extra money, you know
so good to see Tim helping the small devs again
I could have swore years ago I read that Epic uses Unreal Engine for the store itself which might be why that happens but maybe I'm crazy.
Not surprised. I figured he had some deal with Google because he went from trashing them to glazing them overnight. Also the new terms they suggested were weird as hell (i.e. Fortnite's cosmetics microtransactions would only have a 9% cut while basically every other game is in a 20% tier).
He'll stop shitting on Apple and Valve the moment he gets sweetheart deals from them
The only thing we know for sure is Epic is buying $800 million of services from Google and the deal involves Unreal Engine in some way. We don't know the full details and what Google is getting. Also the proposed Google Play rate changes skew heavily towards Epic
Google and Epic strike a deal that could open up Android to third-party stores
The deal would apply globally and could cut Google's fees to as low as 9%
www.gamesindustry.biz
As Fortnite's microtransactions are cosmetic, they get the 9% tier and most other games will be in the 20% tier.
The judge outright asked if it was quid pro quo. The Verge has a more detailed liveblog which includes the judge questioning Sweeney as to why he suddenly wants peace when he once called Android a "fake open platform" to why he dropped the demand that Epic get access to the entire Google Play catalogue.
I obviously have my biases but it looks like a sweetheart deal where Google gets rid of litigation with a nice cash infusion and Epic gets what they want in the mobile market. And FWIW I think the judge will still approve it.
It only took Epic 7 years to figure out what they should have been doing day 1 instead of pissing off everyone with exclusives. It would have also been more popular in 2019 instead of today as Fortnite was more relevant and Steam was much smaller.
Also explains why the likes of Capcom and Pearl Abyss are putting their games on EGS when they had no interest before. Gotta wonder how much Epic is spending on this program because I doubt the residuals from Fortnite skins is going to be that high.
Also explains why the likes of Capcom and Pearl Abyss are putting their games on EGS when they had no interest before. Gotta wonder how much Epic is spending on this program because I doubt the residuals from Fortnite skins is going to be that high.
It's not like it's a new concept either - I believe it was in 2010 that Valve started to do promos where if you bought or preordered certain games on Steam you got promo items based on that game in Team Fortress 2.
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Maybe that's why Tim didn't want to do it.