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PC Gamer chose violence.
I wonder if their new headquarters will ever get built. It was supposed to be completed uhh...this year, but AFAIK they haven't even started construction. I did some Googling and the most recent thing I could find was from 6 months ago where they were still arguing with the city of Cary about zoning.
Guess the cheque from Epic Games finally run out if PC gamer is posting headline like this
PC Gamer chose violence.
I wonder if their new headquarters will ever get built. It was supposed to be completed uhh...this year, but AFAIK they haven't even started construction. I did some Googling and the most recent thing I could find was from 6 months ago where they were still arguing with the city of Cary about zoning.
Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade
“We have a very, very long runway,” says Epic’s CEO.
After hundreds of layoffs and Fortnite player numbers being at all time highs (alongside a V-Bucks price increase), Epic still isn't profitable.
He obviously subscribes to the idea of expanding as much as possible now so they can corner the market later, but all it takes is a single miscalculation for the whole thing to come crumbling down.
But seriously, another game supplanting Fortnite as the defacto game could sink their whole operation. I know they are trying to spend their way to stability and other avenues of revenue, but their acquisition efforts, publishing deals, and running a store have all been money sinks with no clear path to profit.
While use of Unreal has increased, a few years ago it was only making them sub 200m a year. Even with the increased usage after Unity fuck ups and the TV deals, I would be shocked if that increased much more than 500m a year. Edit: Which even with Unreal they are cutting their own profitability to prop up their flailing storefront....
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I feel like that's a bad idea? While things might change, as far as i remember BR is the most popular mode by a large distance. And people don't seem to play any other mode, so locking skins out of it sounds like a bad idea. And if you can't carry skins between modes is less of a metaverse and more of a bunch of silos. But i guess it will only affect a small number of skins so who knows.
The Disney mode will follow the same trajectory as the other metaverse modes where it has a massive launch but quickly tapers off. I simply don't see the Fortnite audience having a long term appetite for anything that isn't the battle royale.
Funny thing is their biggest success the past several months has been Reload which is simply a variant of the main mode. Heck if not for that mode, their player numbers would be nearly flat YoY which says more about the dismal state of their metaverse than anything else.
Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge
Android could soon be a very different place.
I still think, that for the kind of payments one does on phone apps (mostly) being so low (a few bucks) people won't bother going to another site and enter their payment information (this is one of the hardest things to get people to do on online sales). The rest of things, we'll see how they shake up (and how google, like apple, will try to skirt as much as possible).
Although, i'd be surprised if google didn't appeal, so who knows if this will go into effect in a month.
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The fucking irony of Epic getting a judge to say that another company cannot do this is mindblowing.
Google already said they would appeal, but that's wild.
Google was absolutely engaging in bad behavior and should be punished, but some of those remedies are too much IMO.
Google was absolutely engaging in bad behavior and should be punished, but some of those remedies are too much IMO.
I believe it means that (for example) Amazon's app store will carry google apps like gmail, maps and such. Basically that Google can't withhold its apps from rival app stores.
The fact that Google was deemed an illegal monopoly while Apple got away scot free is stupid. This set of rulings sends the wrong message to companies, which is "lock down your platforms from the beginning, keep them locked down and everything will be cool". Only in America.
Most of the remedies are reasonable, but the one where Google must allow the entire Play Store catalogue to be accessible on third party stores (and is opt-in by default) is, pardon my French, batshit insane.
Google giving the illusion of being an open platform while simultaneously locking down competition was their downfall. That and destroying evidence before the trial probably didn't help.
Uh, this seems kind of a technical nightmare.
A blast from the past.
Whoops.
Hopefully that bodes well for GTA 6 PC having a day one Steam launch.
Whoops.
Hopefully that bodes well for GTA 6 PC having a day one Steam launch.
I remember that the game launched on steam, and like a week later it was already discounted. That makes me think to this day, that something didn't work as expected.
Saw X Fortnite collab is online. I wish I was kidding. Because nothing says suitable for children more than the Saw franchise. Epic person that is in charge of collabs, please hit me up. I want whatever you are smoking.
Rocking Racing won't be getting any more official updates and is basically dead.
Epic really has some sort of reverse midas touch. But hey, keep chasing that metaverse dream Tim
It looks like EA Play subscription is on EGS now:
Only 7o titles on EGS. Think Steam has more with EA App having the most games.
Only 7o titles on EGS. Think Steam has more with EA App having the most games.
Alan Wake 2 still hasn't broken even yet:
"Alan Wake 2 continues to be a success for Remedy, with the company reporting today it has recouped "most" of the development and marketing cost of Alan Wake 2 as of the end of September. In its quarterly earnings today, Remedy reported that while the game is not yet generating royalties, it's close to fully recouping costs thanks to continued strong sales."
"Alan Wake 2 continues to be a success for Remedy, with the company reporting today it has recouped "most" of the development and marketing cost of Alan Wake 2 as of the end of September. In its quarterly earnings today, Remedy reported that while the game is not yet generating royalties, it's close to fully recouping costs thanks to continued strong sales."
Epic kicked off their Chapter 2 nostalgia season this weekend and it peaked at ~4.57 million concurrent which is down a tad from the 6.1 million first weekend peak for the chapter 1 throwback season. Please ignore the 9.8 million concurrent for the Snoop Dogg concert as it doesn't fit my agenda.
Person that replied is a Remedy employee.
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I think I'm about halfway through Alan Wake 2. It's amazing. I love the atmosphere, the gameplay and the overall weird vibe. I know Remedy wears their David Lynch inspiration proudly on their sleeve, but there isn't enough Lynchian media so I'm as happy as can be. It's probably the scariest game I've ever played and makes Resident Evil look like a Disney World ride. Would have easily made my top 5 last year. The soundtrack also has some pop/rock bangers I wouldn't have expected such as Night Springs and SHOW ME THE CHAMPION OF LIIIIIGHT
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News from our Capital Markets day: 🔦 Alan Wake 2 has sold over 1.8M units 🔻 Control Ultimate Edition will release on Mac February 12th 2025 💥 Control 2 will be an action RPG 🎁 Control will receive a free update in early 2025, unlocking some previously released content 🔎 https://buff.ly/4eCBQEU
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News from our Capital Markets day:
Alan Wake 2 has sold over 1.8M units
Control Ultimate Edition will release on Mac February 12th 2025
Control 2 will be an action RPG
Control will receive a free update in early 2025, unlocking some previously released content
Alan Wake 2 was at 1.3 million in February so 500k copies sold in ~9 months.
I love how dead this thread is, as well as the EGS subreddit. No one is talking about EGS anymore since Epic dropped the coupons and exclusives.
Same, EGS really is dead and thank god for that, i wonder if they will do their year in review this time.
In other news, Dauntless is coming to steam after being egs exclusive for like 5 years, but you still need epic games account to play it.
Stalker 2 is currently 13th on the Steam daily user charts.
It's 93rd on the EGS most played charts.
Just saying.
One year later and the Fortnite metaverse is dead as a doornail. Also their chapter 2 throwback numbers are down about 30% from last year. We'll see what happens in a few days with chapter 6's launch and chapter 1 coming back permanently.
It's 93rd on the EGS most played charts.
Just saying.
One year later and the Fortnite metaverse is dead as a doornail. Also their chapter 2 throwback numbers are down about 30% from last year. We'll see what happens in a few days with chapter 6's launch and chapter 1 coming back permanently.
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Kinda surprised by that, I figured after Alan Wake 2 didn't light the world on fire that Epic would be turning down their publishing arm, not signing new deals.