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EA to rebrand Origin PC app News Sep 15th, 2020

EA to rebrand Origin PC app

Firm says that bringing its games to Steam was about "democratising" games

Valve says companies can't promote non-Steam versions of their game on its platform News Aug 18th, 2020

Valve says companies can't promote non-Steam versions of their game on its platform

In an updated FAQ for developers and publishers

My.Games offers 90/10 rev share to devs driving traffic to its store News Jun 2nd, 2020

My.Games offers 90/10 rev share to devs driving traffic to its store

“We will increase revenue share to all teams willing to promote their games on our platform"

Valve's Newell says Epic competition is "great" News Mar 30th, 2020

Valve's Newell says Epic competition is "great"

Firm's founder says that it brings out the best in all parties

Metro Exodus shifted around 200k copies in first few days on Steam News Feb 21st, 2020

Metro Exodus shifted around 200k copies in first few days on Steam

Title was exclusive to the Epic Games Store for 12 months

Discord is cutting back on non-core features such as games library and launcher News Feb 3rd, 2020

Discord is cutting back on non-core features such as games library and launcher

Comms app wants to focus on helping users chat with their friends

Report: Developers still don't think that Steam justifies its 30 per cent cut News Jan 28th, 2020

Report: Developers still don't think that Steam justifies its 30 per cent cut

Quarter of respondents said that 15 per cent revenue share was acceptable

Epic is now letting companies use whatever in-game payment options the want News Dec 9th, 2019

Epic is now letting companies use whatever in-game payment options the want

"We support developers’ right to choose among the best stores, in-app payment processors, online services, and engines, and to mix and match these components as they wish"

Wolfenstein studio MachineGames says store war is good for the industry News Oct 22nd, 2019

Wolfenstein studio MachineGames says store war is good for the industry

"Competition just makes us be better"

Epic Games Store took financial concerns off Coffee Stain's shoulders for Satisfactory News Oct 22nd, 2019

Epic Games Store took financial concerns off Coffee Stain's shoulders for Satisfactory

Developer says backlash to the Fortnite firm's platform comes from "vocal minority"

Paradox says competition in the PC games market is good for everyone News Oct 21st, 2019

Paradox says competition in the PC games market is good for everyone

Swedish strategy specialist praises both Valve and Epic

Devolver is okay with Steam's 30% cut News Oct 15th, 2019

Devolver is okay with Steam's 30% cut

Co-founder Struthers says that publishers were lucky to make 25 per cent of revenue if they were lucky before Valve's platform

Epic's store helped us reach new Borderlands fans, Gearbox says News Oct 9th, 2019

Epic's store helped us reach new Borderlands fans, Gearbox says

But senior producer Anthony Nicholson also says the growing community around the franchise played a huge role

It looks like Epic paid Digital Bros $10.5m for Control exclusivity News Sep 23rd, 2019

It looks like Epic paid Digital Bros $10.5m for Control exclusivity

Remedy's latest release is well on its way to making back its $22.2m-to-$33.3m production budget

Discord bullish about its platform after dropping free games from Nitro subscription service News Sep 17th, 2019

Discord bullish about its platform after dropping free games from Nitro subscription service

Company confirms that these changes don't affect developers selling titles direct to consumers

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