Shortly before the start of the confrontation with Apple, the head of Epic Games asked Microsoft to make multiplayer on Xbox consoles free. He sent a letter with this idea to Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox.

Walmart planned to launch its own game streaming service called Project Storm. It was supposed to be released on Windows and support launchers like Steam, Epic Games Store, Origin and Battle.net . It was also assumed that games in Project Storm could be obtained through subscription and direct purchases.

In 2019, immediately after the launch of the Epic Games Store, the owners of the store developed two scenarios for its development: aggressive and cautious. In an optimistic scenario, Epic Games hoped to get 50% of the PC market (but it depended on whether Steam would react to the company’s actions). In the pessimistic — to keep only 8% of the PC market.

On May 11, the head of Epic Games sent a letter to Yves Guillemot, the head of Ubisoft. He wrote that in the last 48 hours, 70% to 90% of fraudulent transactions in The Division 2 have passed through the Epic Games Store (EGS).

During the hearing on the case, the head of Epic Games admitted that he would be satisfied if Apple decided to soften the conditions in the App Store only for his company. Apparently, it was about reducing the commission by 30%.

We continue to share details of the trial between Epic Games and Apple. During the hearing, Epic Games also disclosed financial figures for 2018-2019. Among them: the revenue of individual projects, the profit of the entire company and the number of staff in different directions.

For the first six months since the release of Borderlands 3, it was only available in the Epic Games Store. In case of failure of the game, it could cost Epic Games $ 115 million, but already in two premiere weeks, the loot shooter managed to earn the lion’s share of the amount.

Giveaways in the Epic Games Store are in great demand among gamers. However, only a small part of the audience buys games in the store after them. Epic Games estimated that in the first nine months of EGS operation (December 2018 – September 2019), such users brought her only $53 million – this is 33% of the total revenue of the store.

Yesterday, the trial of Epic Games and Apple began, during which the companies shared a lot of legal documents. One of them contains data on how much Epic paid developers for the first months of free giveaways of their games in the Epic Games Store.

Sony for a long time did not want to support the crossplay function on PlayStation consoles, refusing to share its audience with competitors. In 2019, she changed her mind, but set a condition — game publishers will have to pay a commission.

ArtStation has joined the Epic Games family. That’s how today, on April 30, both companies announced a deal that took place, according to which the developer of Unreal Engine becomes the owner of a social network for digital artists.

Toys For Bob studio, part of Activision Blizzard, will no longer make its own games. Now she will support the third season of Call of Duty: Warzone. Developers are not satisfied with such changes.

About working on events for mobile games on the example of Vikings: War of Clans, — in his column on App2Top.ru the Plarium Krasnodar team told.

Indie studio Wolfire Games, known for the action game about anthropomorphic animals Overgrowth, initiated an antitrust class action lawsuit against Valve. The reason was the dominant position of the company in the PC market. The creators of Steam are accused of the fact that the high commission of the store allegedly forces publishers to raise prices and invest less money in development.Overgrowth

Rovio has published a financial report for the first quarter of 2021 (ended March 31). He didn’t do well. Almost all of the company’s indicators have fallen compared to the first quarter of last year. Only revenue has grown. It amounted to €67.1 million.

Marketing company AdSide Media told App2Top.ru , what tools he uses when creating advertising creatives for mobile games.

Today, the official release of the action bagel Returnal took place – a new big PlayStation 5 exclusive. The average score on Metacritic was 86/100. Most of all, the game is praised for its shooter mechanics, addictive gameplay and extensive use of new DualSense features. However, opinions about the plot and sometimes too random races were divided.

Glu Mobile has officially joined Electronic Arts. The entire transaction cost the company $2.4 billion. Thus, a major publisher plans to significantly expand and strengthen its mobile direction.Glu Mobile’s business was valued at $2.1 billion, but the studio had another $364 million in its accounts.

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery earned $300 million by its third anniversary, and its combined downloads in the App Store and Google Play amounted to 82 million. Such conclusions were shared by Sensor Tower analysts.