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Epic v. Apple trial documents reveal new financial information around Fortnite’s success

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Time Stamp: May 3, 2021 7:58 PM - Modified On: May 3, 2021 - Published By:
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Fortnite served for 97 percent in 2018 and 88 percent in 2019 of total revenue generated by Epic Games, according to documents presented in the Epic Games v. Apple antitrust trial hearing today. In the past three years, Epic has earned more than $15 billion in revenue. Epic brought in $5.7 billion in 2018, the year following the release of Fortnite that saw the company catapult from a major independent game studio to a multibillion-dollar tech company. In 2019, Epic brought in $4.2 billion and in 2020, $5.1 billion, the

The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles Comes West In July

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Time Stamp: April 21, 2021 1:11 PM - Modified On: October 29, 2021 - Published By:
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[embedded content] Capcom is finally releasing the Great Ace Attorney games outside of Japan for the first time. We’ll finally get the chance to experience the Ace Attorney visual novel flair set in Victorian England. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles come bundled with both of the games, The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures and The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve. The Chronicles will be available on PS4, Steam, and Nintendo Switch on July 27. The games star a distant relative of the famous Phoenix Wright, a Japanese law student named Ryunosuke

Esports Regulations Are Front and Center in Brazil

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Time Stamp: April 9, 2021 1:00 PM - Modified On: April 9, 2021 - Published By:
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Since 2017, there has been a movement in Brazil to regulate esports in the country. After public pressure stopped a bill from passing on the federal level in 2019, new legislation with similar language is being pushed forward, and in many cases, being approved, through individual Brazilian state governments. This movement has been surrounded by polemic episodes and conflicting sides, which The Esports Observer discovered in researching this article and will expose as facts that might explain what is happening and what may become of this subject. Prior to this

LDM Esports fails to pay players, disbands Masters winning team

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Time Stamp: April 7, 2021 9:57 PM - Modified On: April 7, 2021 - Published By:
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LDM Esports, the winner of Masters 1 in the northern Latin American region, did not pay its players and they have left the organization. The team is currently on the hunt for a new organization to represent them as the LDM Esports organization has dissolved its VALORANT and Chilean League of Legends team. According to the owner of the Chilean organization, Misrain “MisrraVB” Valenciam, LDM Esports was allegedly scammed by its former co-owner & co-CEO José “Ezio” Pérez. “Towards the end of the entire situation, he left. He simply got

Activision Reportedly Issues Legal Threat to SBMM Warzone Site

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Time Stamp: March 27, 2021 1:30 PM - Modified On: March 27, 2021 - Published By:
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Call of DutyActivision has reportedly threatened legal action against a fan-made site that tracks and displays players' stats. | Photo courtesy of ActivisionSBMM Warzone may be in danger of shutting down, as the site's administrators say Activision has issued them a threat of legal action if they don't comply.Although Warzone uses skill-based matchmaking to fill its lobbies, it doesn't make that information public via a ranking system. SBMM Warzone attempts to solve that problem by scraping Activision's API (Application Programming Interface) to show players the skill level of the players

Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney likens fight against Apple to fight for civil rights

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Time Stamp: November 18, 2020 1:23 PM - Modified On: November 18, 2020 - Published By:
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Earlier today, Apple announced it will reduce the App Store commissions for smaller businesses so that developers earning less than $1 million per year pay a 15% commission on in-app purchases, rather than the standard 30% commission. Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games, says the move — an apparent reaction to current investigations into Apple by Congress, the European Union, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission on antitrust grounds — doesn’t go nearly far enough. This morning, he told the Wall Street Journal that Apple is merely “hoping

How the Tokenization of the Gaming Industry Empowers Players

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Time Stamp: July 12, 2020 8:00 AM - Modified On: July 12, 2020 - Published By:
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear: The video games industry is thriving. As people around the world find themselves with more time on their hands thanks to government-mandated lockdowns and a partial economic shutdown, video game sales have skyrocketed. Despite being overshadowed by some of the more glamorous uses for blockchain technology, the gaming industry may be poised for a generational leap forward with the advent of asset tokenization — a practice that could expose the gaming industry to a whole new wave of investors while simultaneously unlocking

Tesla to file lawsuit with Alameda County, Musk plans to move HQ to Nevada or Texas

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Time Stamp: May 9, 2020 9:31 PM - Modified On: May 9, 2020 - Published By:
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Elon Musk has had it with the stay-at-home order in California's Alameda County, and Tesla's operations are in flux. The volatile CEO tweeted that the company will pursue legal action today. Elon Musk sure wants to reopen America and his Tesla factory in California. The erratic genius entrepreneur tweeted some very harsh words regarding Alameda County's decision that the Fremont, Califonia Tesla plant could not reopen until June 1, 2020 due to COVID-19 procedures in place. In reply to investor Ross Gerber, Musk tweeted, "Tesla is filing a lawsuit against