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Daily Crunch: Apple files countersuit against Epic

Apple strikes back at Epic Games, Android 11 is here and Microsoft announces a new stripped-down Xbox. This is your Daily Crunch for September 8, 2020. The big story: Apple files countersuit against Epic Apple has made the latest move in a legal battle against Epic Games, filing a lawsuit claiming that the company behind Fortnite is in breach of contract. “Although Epic portrays itself as a modern corporate Robin Hood, in reality it is a multi-billion dollar enterprise that simply wants to pay nothing for the tremendous value it

Code S RO24: Dark & Zest advance to RO16

Upsets dotted the round of 24 in the first two Code S Seasons of the year, but it's been smooth sailing so far for the favorites in Season 3.Dark rolled through Group B without incident, recording clean 2-0 wins over both TaeJa and Zest to take first place. In his post-match interview, Dark allayed some of the concerns fans might have had about his poor form in the last two months. He said his wrist pain situation had improved after receiving treatment, and that he had shored up the holes

Futbol Club Barcelona Enters Into Esports Collaboration With Tencent

Spanish soccer club FC Barcelona has entered into a collaboration with Chinese multinational conglomerate and video game technological giant, Tencent.  According to Barcelona and Tencent, the two will engage in what is being described as “deep communication” that will see the two entities look to engage and create a greater esports presence for the soccer organization. As it stands, Barcelona already has teams that compete in the Psyonix title Rocket League and Konami’s eFootball PES 2020. This partnership will create esports and business educational knowledge exchanges so that each can

How Fandango’s App Is Trying To Help You Go Back To Movie Theaters Safely

Across the United States, movie theaters are slowly reopening, under strict guidelines. And now, Fandango has announced the launch of a new program to help movie fans head back to theaters with new safety and health precautions in place.Both Fandango.com and its mobile apps will begin rolling out new functions like social distance seating maps, an overall guide to safety policies provided by more than 100 theater chains, and a search filter to find reopened theaters by location.Fandango President Paul Yanover spoke about the new additions saying that Fandango's mission

Pokemon Sword & Shield: Players Who Bought The Wrong DLC Should Contact Nintendo Support

Pokemon Sword & Shield recently released the first of its two DLC packs, the Isle of Armor, introducing new and returning monsters alongside a new Wild Area for players to explore. But some players have run into a snag when purchasing the Season Pass that will let them access this new area--Sword and Shield have separate store pages, and it's possible to buy the DLC for the version of the game that you don't have.This is an issue, as Nintendo of America's support page specifies that the company is "unable

Blockchain can make video game playing valuable: Hironao Kunimitsu

The blockchain gaming economy will be larger than Japan’s, the Tokyo-based businessman said Hironao Kunimitsu, the founder of Tokyo social gaming firm Gumi, spoke about the future of gaming in the context of blockchain-based trading of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) at the Japan Traders Live organised by CoinTelegraph last week. The entrepreneur believes that the market to trade NFTs in video games will grow to become “larger than Japan’s economy.” He further explained that the potential for video games like Minecraft, if they adopt blockchain technology, is huge. Fungible tokens like

Hit Space Exploration Game Outer Wilds Gets Steam Release Date

Strap on your space suit and get into your rickety craft, because the highly-regarded Outer Wilds has finally gotten a release date on Steam. Following a very successful crowdfunding campaign on Fig, the game was one of several high-profile indie titles that became exclusive to the Epic Store back in mid-2019, which angered some backers at the time.One of the most lauded games of 2019, Outer Wilds allows players to investigate a mini-solar system on the verge of collapse through a Majora's Mask-style time loop. The game snapped up Game

SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’, ‘DOOM 64’, ‘Quell Memento’, and Today’s Other New Releases, Tons of Sales, and More

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 20th, 2020. In today’s article, we’ve got an absolute boat-load of new releases to check out. That’s the bulk of today’s edition, in fact. There’s also a really large list of new sales to check out while we’re at it. News-wise, there isn’t much going on. Sunset Riders is coming to Arcade Archives, and I can confirm the new release of Ittle Dew 2+ is in fact a separate SKU/purchase from the Nicalis release of the game. That’s about

Enjin Coin Review: Putting Gaming On The Blockchain

Enjin is a project has been growing at a rapid pace. This gaming community supports over 300,000 gaming communities, with 19 million registered gamers. Since 2009 Enjin has enabled gamers to create websites for clans and guilds, create forums, add wikis, chat groups, and much more. And in 2017 they held an ICO in order to bring their technology onto the blockchain – as well as adding innovative new features. However, is the Enjin Coin still worth considering? In this Enjin review I will attempt to answer that by taking