Top news of the week: 15.03.2023.
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Epic will now let developers self-publish to the Epic Games Store
You can publish a game for just $100.
Microsoft is preparing similar 10-year Call of Duty deals with other companies in the coming weeks.
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Microsoft Signs Third ‘Call of Duty’ Deal as It Seeks Approval to Buy Activision Blizzard
The agreement is part of a push to convince regulators that the planned $75 billion acquisition won’t harm the videogame industry.
RT @stephentotilo: “Let's just be honest... The other stores aren't blocking crypto games because they think ‘crypto’ equals ‘bad'... They just want to collect their 30% fees and they're blocking everybody who doesn't go along with it.” - @TimSweeneyEpic
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Epic says some crypto games in its store have done 'pretty well'
About 20 more games are in the pipeline, but the next year is the test
There's a new rule requiring multiplayer games to support cross-play among all PC stores. Devs can either use Epic Online Services for free (with friends and voice chat across all stores and platforms), their own tech, or third-party solutions.
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Epic launches self-publishing tools, calls out Valve again: 'Steam has created a real problem for the industry'
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Valve's Steamworks API is a "classic lock-in strategy."
Activision's Meservey appears have to since deleted her controversial tweet from early 2022 telling Twitter employees critical of Elon Musk's unregulated speech position not to bother applying to Substack (where she worked at the time). https://t.co/tcaQodPFw4
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Activision’s Poster-In-Chief Gives Wild Look Inside Microsoft Sony Fight
The fight over the biggest tech merger in U.S. history continues to be really goofy
RT @deantak: Our exclusive on ex-Blizzard leaders J. Allen Brack and Jen Oneal and what they're up to next. Ex-Blizzard leaders Jen Oneal and J. Allen Brack create startup studio Magic Soup Games #Blizzard #MagicSoupGames https://t.co/qXA8VrKcIG via @GamesBeat
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Ex-Blizzard leaders Jen Oneal and J. Allen Brack create startup studio Magic Soup Games
Ex-Blizzard Entertainment veterans Jen Oneal, J. Allen Brack, and John Donham teamed up to form a new game studio, Magic Soup Games.
More about the free games program:
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Epic explains how it spends millions of dollars on free games
The free games will continue in 2023.
You’re not imagining it — video game characters have gotten chattier https://t.co/bL06cKfg7Y https://t.co/RJBhdoxLu4
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