Displaying items by tag: Epic Games

GUEST OPINION: The world of online gaming is a high-stakes arena. Platforms like Steam and Epic Games need to distribute content with the efficiency of tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft.

Google has agreed to pay US$700 million (A$1 billion) to settle an anti-trust case brought against the company by US states and consumers in a San Francisco court.

Fortnite creator Epic Games has won an anti-trust case against Google which it filed three years ago, claiming that the app store policies of the latter violated anti-trust laws both at the US federal level and in California state.

Epic Games, creators of the popular battle royale game Fortnite, has been ordered to pay $US 520m in fines and refunds after complaints over children's privacy along with using dark patterns to invoke purchases.

COMPANY NEWS: Today, at Autodesk University, Autodesk, announced a strategic collaboration with Epic Games to accelerate immersive real-time (RT) experiences across industries, with an initial focus on Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC).

Dungeons and Dragons ... with guns. It's Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, the latest game from Gearbox which spins off from its popular Borderlands franchise. It’s a hilarious jaunt through a dungeons and dragons style fantasy world mixed with all the variety of guns and weaponry you’ve come to expect from Borderlands.

Russian security vendor Kaspersky has denied rumours that the source code of its products have been leaked, with the denial coming in the wake of the leak of source code from Samsung's Galaxy devices.

Perth-based Pentanet's Nvidia-powered cloud gaming system will be available next week.

A judge in California has allowed Apple to continue charging developers a fee as it does, giving Android app makers little cheer that a similar case against Google would provide them any relief.

Not-for-profit charity Reset Australia reports that Terms and Conditions of popular apps such as TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat are too difficult for children to read and would require a university degree to understand it. The report gave one platform 2.5 out of 5 stars, and gave two apps a score of zero in terms of readability.

The Federal Court has ruled that Epic Games v Apple should be heard in Australia.

The competition watchdog, the ACCC, has sought leave to appear at the hearing of Epic Games appeal to the Full Federal Court against an earlier Court decision to stay Epic’s proceedings against Apple.

The war between Apple and Epic Games is heating up with Apple now stating it will remove Epic Game’s developer account, which not only affects Fortnite but the Unreal Engine too.

Epic Games is used to people fighting online inside its popular and lucrative game Fortnite, but now the software house is taking its fight to the courtrooms against big guns Apple and Google.

An epic battle is shaping up over the fees mobile store owners charge developers. Fortnite developer Epic Games isn’t happy about giving a 30% cut of the millions it makes weekly through these stores.

Israel-based security company Check Point says it has found a vulnerability in the popular game Fortnite which would allow an attacker to log in taking advantage of the use of authentication tokens by the game.

Open source software developers in the motion picture and broader media industry now have a natural forum in the Academy Software Foundation, a joint creation of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and The Linux Foundation.

Last week's launch of Season 5 of Fortnite broke a record at cloud delivery platform Akamai, showing just how much today's digital citizens love their gaming.

Epic Games has surprised fans, critics and experts by announcing a new Unreal Tournament game, but with a twist. The game will be completely free, and will be co-developed by Epic and Unreal Tournament fans themselves.

Game developers Epic Games is preparing to reveal something, well, epic, related to the Unreal Tournament this week.