Enlarge / A screenshot from Steam Link for macOS. Valve Valve has launched a standalone app for Steam Link on Apple’s macOS App Store, adding a new option for Mac users who want to play games on machines that are often labeled as poor choices for gaming. Steam Link allows users to stream games from […]
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Here’s what Google has in store for us with Android 12
Google As so much of the Android-using public awaits an Android 11 update, Google is already deep in the trenches working on the next release: Android 12. Today, we have the first glimpse at what it has in store, with the launch of the Android 12 Developer Preview. As the name suggests, this is a […]
Kingdom Hearts series is coming to PC via Epic Games Store
Square Enix just announced that the Kingdom Hearts series will soon be available on PC for the first time, with multiple games in the franchise coming exclusively to the Epic Games Store on March 30. This includes the recent Kingdom Hearts III and Melody of Memory, and the Epic Games Store is also getting the […]
Google halts Play Store ‘review bombing’ by GameStop traders
Getty Images Google has removed a wave of negative reviews of popular stock-market trading apps targeted by furious investors. Platforms such as Robinhood have been hit after preventing independent traders buying GameStop and AMC shares. Users of a Reddit message board had managed to upset the market by buying the shares and inflating their value, […]
Apple purges 39,000 game apps from China store to meet year-end licence deadline
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More (Reuters) — Apple removed 39,000 game apps from its China store Thursday, the biggest removal ever in a single day, in keeping with […]
Private party app pulled from App Store by Apple
Enlarge Hinterhaus Productions | Getty Images Despite over 82 million cases and over 1.75 million deaths due to COVID-19, many people are bound and determined to carry on with normal life. For some, that includes attending Saturday night ragers, just like they did in the Before Times. Reports of yet another secret party being broken […]
How one developer is sneaking emulators through a hole in the Xbox Store
How the RetroArch menu looks on the Xbox Series X. Finally, a way to load the shareware version of Wolfenstein 3D on my 4K TV. An in-game menu overlay that can be brought up with a user-set combination of buttons. You don’t need a Virtual Boy to play this homebrew racing game on your Xbox […]
Apple Halves Its App Store Fee for the Smaller Companies
Apple, facing growing antitrust scrutiny over what it charges other companies for access to its App Store, said on Wednesday that it would cut in half the fee it took from the smallest app developers. Developers that brought in $ 1 million or less from their apps in the previous year will pay a 15 […]
Apple cuts some App Store fees, but critics call it a ploy to avoid regulation
Apple announced a big discount for some smaller developers Wednesday, offering to cut fees by 50 percent for companies that make less than $ 1 million in revenue. But Apple’s critics say the move will do little to improve competition and innovation on the App Store. Apple collects a 30 percent payment processing fee for […]
Apple drops its cut of App Store revenues from 30% to 15% for some developers
Enlarge / Apple’s App Store. Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images In one of the biggest changes to the App Store model ever, Apple today announced that the majority of third-party developers releasing apps and games on the company’s App Store will see a reduction in Apple’s cut of revenues from 30 percent to 15 percent. […]
Fortnite still barred from app store, but Epic retains access to Apple development tools, judge rules
In a blow to Apple, a district court approved Epic Games’s request for a temporary restraining order against the iPhone maker and App Store operator. The ruling prevents Apple from barring Epic’s use of tools required for iOS and Mac software design. In a hearing conducted over Zoom on Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne […]
Microsoft adds WINFR file undeletion tool to the Microsoft Store
Enlarge / Although an undeletion utility may occasionally save your bacon, it’s never been a good idea to rely on one. AFP via Getty Images / Benjamin Esham / Jim Salter Although it isn’t yet built into Windows, Microsoft has finally released its own file undelete tool—it’s called Windows File Recovery, and it works with […]
EC opens antitrust probe into Apple Pay, Apple’s App Store
Enlarge / 08 January 2019, Hessen, Rüsselsheim: ILLUSTRATION – The App Store (M) logo can be seen on the screen of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images) The European Commission has opened two formal antitrust investigations into Apple’s App Store and its Apple Pay payment system. The investigation […]
Apple removes Pocket Casts from the Chinese app store under government pressure
In its latest censorship move for China, Apple has taken down podcasts app, Pocket Casts from the Chinese App Store. Pocket Casts, in a series of tweets, claimed that Apple acted at the behest of a request from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the local regulatory watchdog that oversees the information available on the internet […]
Civilization VI is this week’s Epic Games Store freebie
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI is the latest free game available on the Epic Games Store. The game normally carries a $ 60 price tag, but through May 28, you can own the PC version for free on the Epic Games Store. This isn’t a trial, either — the game will remain a playable part of your […]