Categories Posted inin Business Epic Online Services launches free voice chat and anti-cheat features Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 22, 2021 2 min Epic Online Services will be launching voice chat and anti-cheat services to all developers for free. Epic is also revealing its latest social numbers,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Drake Star Partners: Game deals have reached a record $49B in 2021 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2021 2 min In the first five months of 2021, the game industry has already set a record for the amount of deals in a year, with... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Frost Giant Studios teams up with Dreamhaven and inks licensing deal for Unreal Engine 5 Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 27, 2021 2 min Real-time strategy game maker Frost Giant Studios has teamed up on an advisory basis with Mike and Amy Morhaime’s Dreamhaven, and it is licensing... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Epic Games launches Unreal Engine 5 early access, shows massive 3D scenes Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2021 10 min After years of work, Epic Games is launching early access for game developers for Unreal Engine 5, the latest version of the company’s tools... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple v. Epic antitrust trial closing arguments — Judge grills both sides on competition Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 25, 2021 12 min The Apple v. Epic Games antitrust trial closed today without closing arguments. Rather, the federal judge grilled both sides on the facts of the... Continue Reading 12 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple v. Epic trial wraps up as judge spars with Tim Cook Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 21, 2021 8 min Apple CEO Tim Cook testified as the final witness in the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust trial on Friday, and the poised executive faced... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Sorting through the steamy evidence in Apple v. Epic Games Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 7, 2021 15 min The game industry has been buzzing about the Apple v. Epic Games antitrust lawsuit since testimony in the three-week trial began on Monday. The... Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Gameplay Tim Sweeney testimony and new documents shed light on Epic and Apple’s game businesses Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 4, 2021 6 min The Apple v. Epic antitrust trial that began Monday is digging into some of the secrets of the business of gaming, as documents and... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple v. Epic Games opening statements highlight tech antitrust arguments Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 3, 2021 8 min Epic Games started its antitrust trial against Apple today with its argument about why Apple’s control of its App Store for mobile games and... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple v. Epic trial opens with hilarious audience chatter Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 3, 2021 1 min The Apple v. Epic trial call started out as a hilarious circus as the court using a group phone line failed to mute the... Continue Reading 1 min