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Epic Games Store hits 270M PC users, up 17% from 2022

February 20, 2024
Epic Games said the Epic Games Store has hit 270 million PC players in 2023, up 40 million, or 17% from 2022. This community now has a total of 804 million Epic cross-platform accounts. In 2023 Daily Active Users peaked at 36.1 million, and Monthly Active Users reached 75 million users – up from last year’s 68 million. The store launched 1,300 new PC titles, and the Epic Games Store now…
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Could PlayStation benefit from Xbox games going multiplatform?

February 15, 2024
In less than one day, we’ll all know the future of Xbox — Phil Spencer, Sarah Bond and Matt Booty plan to make an appearance on the official Xbox podcast to discuss the topic. This comes after days of chatter following the supposed leak of Xbox multiplatform news. Specifically, some of Xbox’s formerly exclusive titles are set to launch on other, ostensibly “rival” platforms. Since…
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Minecraft is reviving lost Universal Studios rides

February 14, 2024
Universal and Minecraft are teaming up for an in-game theme park experience. The Minecraft DLC, dubbed Universal Studios Experience, is out now. It lets you visit classic Universal rides, including some that have long left the real world. This is especially exciting for a…
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Midnight plans to aggregate games inside Web3 Evergreen MMORPG

February 13, 2024
In a white paper, Midnight announced that it plans to aggregate a bunch of games inside its Evergreen massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Evergreen is a game as well as a first publishing platform that operates as a deconstructed, composable MMORPG, delivering an immersive experience to players across games of all types and genres. Midnight, meanwhile, is a double-A premium Web3 game…
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Why Gaming for Good is a cause to get behind | interview

February 13, 2024
I’ve caught up with Mathias Gredal Nørvig, CEO of Sybo, and Jude Ower, CEO of Playmob, to hear them talk about their book Gaming for Good in the past year. Their book is finally out today. We talked about it during the Game Developers Conference in 2023, the Games for…
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Lightforge Games unveils Project O.R.C.S. RPG with collaborative storytelling

February 9, 2024
Lightforge Games, a studio formed by industry veterans from Epic Games and Blizzard, announced the development of Project O.R.C.S., an online role-playing game with collaborative storytelling. With aspirations to redefine the RPG landscape, Project O.R.C.S. introduces a unique Collaborative Storytelling RPG (CSRPG) genre, encouraging players to craft their tabletop-like experiences in fully…
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