Epic has revealed more details about how it intends to attract developers to its recently launched mobile store. The company plans to draw in more mobile game developers with self-publishing tools, a free games program, and reduced commission fees for studios using the Unreal Engine to develop their games.
“In the holiday season we’ll open up with our first third-party applications,” Epic Games Store general manager Steve Allison said after the Unreal Fest Seattle event (via Mobile Gamer Biz). “We probably expect somewhere between 10 and 50 of them to be ready, and the biggest thing is just going to be implementing a payment solution, so that may push some of these out into the subsequent months.”
Allison added that Epic plans to launch a free mobile games program by the e…
Read moreA major leak out of Microsoft has revealed much about the company’s short-term strategy, including upcoming consoles, unannounced games, and some of the behind-the-scenes wrangling that goes into getting games on Game Pass. Here’s a rundown of everything that’s been revealed.
Perhaps the biggest thing to come out of the leaks are these early details about Microsoft’s next generation of consoles. Tentatively scheduled for 2028, the next generation of Xbox will, at least according to the documents, focus on “cloud-hybrid” gaming, augmenting console hardware with “cloud-to-edge” architecture. On the hardware side, Microsoft is considering switching to ARM architecture for its CPU, which is more commonly seen in handheld devices and the hybrid Nintendo Switch. The next-gen console wil…
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