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GamesBeat Decides 159: Epic vs. Apple, Halo delay, and NPD

August 15, 2020
GamesBeat Decides is here once again to shout that you’ve activated Tim Sweeney’s trap card. That’s right, Epic pulled some Yu-Gi-Oh moves on Apple and Google this week, and now we all have to choose the billion- or trillion-dollar corporation we’re gonna root for. It’s appalling! In other news, Warner Bros. Interactive reveals it’s going to talk about Suicide Squad and WB Montreal’s…
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EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play

August 15, 2020
Electronic Arts rebranded its subscription game services — EA Access and Origin Access — under the EA Play brand name. The big video game publisher said that the EA Access and Origin Access subscription game services would get this new name and look starting August 18.
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Apple has finally met its Fortnite match

August 14, 2020
Epic Games executed its most ambitious Fortnite live event yesterday, leading both Apple and Google to remove one of the world’s most popular games from their app stores. It was a well choreographed sequence of events designed to highlight the power Apple and Google hold over app stores, especially Apple’s walled garden. Epic Games has now filed lawsuits against both Apple and Google in a…
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Samsung Galaxy Watch 3 review: time for a change

August 14, 2020
Five years since the first Apple Watch and a full seven years on from Samsung’s Galaxy Gear, we know what a smartwatch is. We know that it’s not going to replace your smartphone anytime soon, that it will need to be charged every day or two, and that its best functions…
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The DeanBeat: Epic Games vs. Apple/Google is a shot heard around the world — but it’s risky

August 14, 2020
Epic Games’ simmering antitrust dispute with Apple and Google turned into a hot war Thursday, as Epic Games announced a discount policy and direct payment mechanism for Fortnite that Apple and Google said violated their terms of service. Apple tossed Fortnite out of the iOS App Store, and Epic Games filed an antitrust suit. Later in the day, Google also dropped Fortnite from Google Play, and…
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Nintendo Switch was the top-selling console in July

August 14, 2020
While all gaming hardware saw a significant jump in sales during the pandemic, that has come to an end for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. These aging consoles were already on the way out, and U.S. consumers are once again bypassing them in favor of the Switch. Nintendo’s…
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July 2020 NPD: Paper Mario and Ghost of Tsushima have strong debuts

August 14, 2020
Consumers are still turning to video games for their entertainment in the United States. While hardware sales have come back to Earth after a peaking sharply during the early parts of the pandemic, game content helped push total spending to $3.6 billion during July, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group. July 2020 Dollar Sales, Millions Jul’19 Jul’20 Change Total Video…
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