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May152025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Epic Games Store Launches Massive Mega Sale and Giveaway of Two Games

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The administration of the digital distribution service Epic Games Store announced the start of a traditionally large-scale mega-sale. Along with the promotion, the distribution of two secret games began. The first was the zombie action game Dead Island 2, the events of which unfold in Los Angeles, engulfed by a virus. You can exterminate the undead in a variety of ways thanks to a wide arsenal and support for a four-person co-op. The second game to be given away was Happy Game, an adventure point-and-click horror. You will play as a nameless boy who will have to go through three worlds (nightmares), solving various puzzles along the way. The mega sale features hundreds of games with discounts of up to 94%, from indie gems to AAA hits. Epic's rewards system allows you...

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...

Epic Games Announces Fortnite Returns To iPhone And iPad

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I’m Back in 2020, Apple and Google removed Fortnite from their stores after Epic Games created a new way to purchase in-game currency directly from it, rather than through the companies' in-game purchase systems. The company said that Fortnite will soon return to iOS in the European Union, and the Epic Games Store will appear on Android worldwide and iOS in the European Union. Created by developer Riley Testut, AltStore PAL was one of the first alternative app stores for iOS. The store launched for European users in April — Apple was forced to partially open its ecosystem in accordance with the local Digital Markets Act (DMA). AltStore is an open-source application that distributes the popular game emulator Delta from Testut himself and applications from other independent develop...