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Microsoft Flight Simulator GOTY announced – a free update

20 October 2021, 12:11

Meanwhile, Ubisoft is reviving Splinter Cell, and Epic Games is giving away $£10.

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Nvidia announces global virtual GTC for 8-11th Nov

30 September 2021, 13:11

200k devs are expected to register for the event, kick-started by a Jensen Huang keynote.

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Microsoft Store update enables third party app stores

29 September 2021, 10:11

Amazon and Epic are already on board, but no word yet about Steam, GOG, or others.

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Steam Deck prospects boosted by EAC and BattlEye support

27 September 2021, 11:11

These are two of the most popular anti-cheat solutions seen in Steam PC games.

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Epic files appeal over last week's Apple antitrust ruling

13 September 2021, 10:11

Federal judge said Apple wasn't a monopoly but opened up another revenue angle for devs.

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Alan Wake remaster to use Control engine and raytracing

7 September 2021, 11:11

Meanwhile, BioWare mulls moving Mass Effect from Frostbite to Unreal Engine 5.

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Unreal Engine 5 early access now available

27 May 2021, 12:11

Multimedia content creation engine will be ready for prime time in early 2022, says Epic.

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Epic Games MEGA Sale 2021 marks return of $10 coupons

21 May 2021, 12:11

Any game purchase over $15 will earn you a $10 coupon for your next purchase (of >$15).

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Scale of Epic Games giveaways cost revealed in court documents

4 May 2021, 13:11

The firm spent $11.6m on free games giveaways in its first 9 months of operation.

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Epic introduces the MetaHuman Creator cloud streamed app

11 February 2021, 11:11

Claims to cut realistic digital human creation time from months to minutes.

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Epic Games Store to continue weekly giveaways through 2021

1 February 2021, 12:11

Claims there are now 160 million EGS users and 31.3 million daily active users.

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Epic Games Launcher CPU usage bug fix coming soon

30 December 2020, 10:11

Dev confirms CPU resource problem has been identified and the patch is being tested.

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Microsoft Flight Simulator is now ready for VR pilots

23 December 2020, 11:11

Meanwhile the Steam Winter Sale goes live, and Epic gives away Metro: 2033 Redux.

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Epic Games and Ubisoft line up days of festive giveaways

16 December 2020, 15:11

Ubisoft started its event already, Epic Games starts its Holiday giveaways tomorrow.

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Epic readies Fortnite Performance Mode for PCs

15 December 2020, 12:11

From today you will be able to select this fast fps mode from the in-game settings menu.

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GOG Galaxy to facilitate Epic Games purchases

2 October 2020, 12:11

The purchase feature is in the latest beta and gamers get GOG's 30 day refund guarantee.

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Hitman 3 to be Epic Games Store exclusive for 12 months

21 August 2020, 11:11

Meanwhile, IO Interactive has shared the 'Thornbridge Mystery' trailer, set in Dartmoor.

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Apple strikes Epic with iOS dev tools access revocation

18 August 2020, 12:11

Retaliatory move could affect every Unreal Engine game on iOS and MacOS.

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Fortnite removed from App Store and Play Store, Epic will sue

14 August 2020, 10:11

Epic recently added direct V-Bucks payments in the game which save gamers 20 per cent.

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GOG Galaxy 2.0 users get Epic Games Store integration

21 July 2020, 10:11

The move helps in "breaking down walls between PC stores," said an Epic exec.

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Sony makes a $250m investment in Epic Games

10 July 2020, 13:31

And it has shown off its PS5 retail game case designs for the first time.

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Epic's free game vault campaign precipitates 61m active users

24 June 2020, 13:11

Putting that number into perspective, Steam has about 95m monthly active users.

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EA open sources C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert

22 May 2020, 12:11

And in other PC games news: Civilization VI for free, Valorant launch, Crucible available.

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Epic's servers crumble under Mega Sale GTA V giveaway strain

14 May 2020, 18:11

You still have a week to claim this game for free. The Witcher III: Wild Hunt is rumoured to be next.

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Unreal Engine 5 Demo on PlayStation 5 Powered by AMD Technology

14 May 2020, 18:03

Unreal Engine 5 Demo on PlayStation 5 Powered by AMD Technology Released.

Epic shows off Unreal Engine 5 running on a PlayStation 5

14 May 2020, 10:11

'Lumen in the Land of Nanite' real-time demo intros Epic's 'Nanite' and 'Lumen' technologies.

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Unreal Engine 4.25 ray-tracing features are production ready

6 May 2020, 12:11

Out of beta feature facilitates global illumination, realistic shadows & reflections.

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Fortnite becomes available via the Google Play Store

22 April 2020, 14:41

Epic Games protest crumbles, decides paying Google 30 per cent cut is worth it.

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Call of Duty: Warzone crosses 50 million download milestone

13 April 2020, 11:11

That matches the performance of EA/Respawn's Apex Legends a year ago.

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Nvidia promises to add more GeForce Now games every week

27 March 2020, 10:11

Control has just been added to the lineup. New games will arrive every Thursday.

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Valve's Gabe Newell: games store competition is "awesome"

24 March 2020, 13:01

The Valve and Steam boss adds that the Epic Games Store "keeps us honest".

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Steam broke its 20m concurrent player record on Sunday

16 March 2020, 11:11

Meanwhile PC and console gaming is putting a strain on Italy's broadband network.

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Epic Games acquires Cubic Motion for face animation tech

13 March 2020, 10:11

Long-time Epic partner's tech will be used in video games, film, broadcast, and VR.

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