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May72025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Epic Games Spent over $100 Million on Lawsuit Against Apple

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Epic Games has spent more than $100 million on legal and litigation services in its lawsuit against Apple, the company's CEO Tim Sweeney told Business Insider. “We can’t say exactly how much we would have made on iOS, but over the two years we’ve been on the platform, Fortnite has made about $300 million on iOS. So you could project hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue as a result of the struggle,” the Epic Games CEO said. He said it’s “easy to assume” that the total cost of lost revenue for Epic Games was a billion dollars or more, based on lost revenue from iOS users and lost revenue from people not playing because their friends with iOS devices weren’t able to because of Apple’s restrictions. Sweeney told Business Insider that Epic Games will take advantage of Apple's n...

Apr272025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

New Game from Metro Creators Not Released on Release Day

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The shooter La Quimera, an ambitious debut from Reburn, formerly 4A Games Ukraine, was supposed to be released today, April 25. However, this did not happen, and in the official Discord channel, veterans of the Metro series announced a delay. The game currently has no release date. In a message posted on the team's Discord server, Reburn head Dmitry Lymar (former director of 4A Games) apologized for the sudden delay and cited unforeseen issues as the reason. "Our Reburn team has been working hard on the game, but since this is our first project as an independent developer, we encountered unforeseen issues," Lymar explained in the message. La Quimera was criticized for its ridiculous length (three story missions for $30), superficial gameplay, unclear script, unprofessional English vo...

Apr92025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Gameplay Teaser for Marathon Shooter from the Creators of Destiny

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After almost two years, Bungie is finally ready to show gameplay footage of the upcoming game Marathon. Last week, closed screenings of the shooter took place, which bloggers and journalists were able to try out. This week, it looks like impressions from those who played it will appear, as well as the debut gameplay. Bungie is pitching Marathon as its take on extraction shooters, casting players as cybernetic mercenaries dubbed Runners who must explore a deserted colony on Tau Ceti IV. Selected bloggers and journalists from foreign publications have already had the opportunity to personally try out the preliminary version of Marathon and will share their impressions after the presentation. https://youtu.be/PZUv1-qR1Aw?si=mAq4g3sYQUKGvuRN Marathon doesn't even have an estim...

Apr62025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Microsoft Releases Quake II Playable Demo Generated by Real-Time AI

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Microsoft has unveiled a research project that generates and runs Quake II entirely within an artificial intelligence model, creating a playable version of the game in real time. One of the heads of the Xbox department, Haiyan Zhan, published a demo of this technology - Quake II was launched in a browser using AI. "AI-generated gameplay - movement, shooting, exploration - and each frame is created on the fly by an AI model of the world, reacting to the player's actions in real time. <..> The original Quake II level remains a powerful expression of the developers' vision. This AI opens up new ways to interact with the process and perhaps shows how future tools can empower development teams," the top manager explained. Anyone can try the technology by visiting the project page. ...