#Epic Games

Epic Spanking

Submitted by ionscifi on December 21, 2022 - 17:03

Epic Games has been spanked by the US Federal Trade Commission to the tune of half a billion US dollars.

A settlement was reached whereby Epic will pay a $275 million fine and $245 million in refunds to customers tricked by "illegal dark patterns".

Lost Between Worlds

Submitted by ionscifi on November 30, 2022 - 14:00

The Far Cry first person shooter franchise has just done something slightly unusual though not entirely out of character.

Far Cry 6 is set on a fictional Caribbean island and isn't sci-fi. But it's getting a very sci-fi DLC called Lost Between Worlds.

Deliver Us Mars Delayed

Submitted by ionscifi on August 16, 2022 - 05:17

The developers of upcoming space adventure game Deliver Us Mars have announced a launch delay from September 27 to February 2, 2023.

Citing the entirely usual and expected reason of wanting the game to be its best.

Deliver Us Emotion

Submitted by ionscifi on July 13, 2022 - 08:42

Deliver Us Mars have released their second video developer diary which really plays up the emotion angle.

Just like the excessively slow and abundant rock climbing in their extended gameplay trailer, this one didn't fill us with glee.

More Deliver Us Mars

Submitted by ionscifi on July 1, 2022 - 11:17

Deliver Us Mars dropped a short one minute gameplay trailer during the June game trailer blitz.

Joining that now is a twelve minute video.

Tim Sweeney Interview

Submitted by ionscifi on May 16, 2022 - 11:16

In April Fast Company published a short interview with Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney in which he speaks about both the metaverse generally and their specific plans in this space.

If you're interested in gaming and / or the metaverse it's worth a read.

CDPR Gets Unreal

Submitted by ionscifi on March 22, 2022 - 10:16

Today CD Projekt Red announced that a new Witcher game is in development. The Witcher is great - but fantasy - and they had previously indicated the possibility of a new game in The Witcher universe so this isn't a surprise.

Surprise comes in the form of their using Epic's Unreal Engine 5 to develop the game rather than their own proprietary REDengine.

Doctor Who in Fortnite

Submitted by ionscifi on March 19, 2022 - 22:42

Back in January there was a Doctor Who event in Eve Online which from our perspective was a bit of a yawn so we didn't comment on it.

Now, however, the BBC have launched something much more interesting in Epic's Fornite Creative.

Steamy News

Submitted by ionscifi on March 6, 2022 - 15:04

Following the controlled launch of their new handheld gaming computer the Steam Deck, Valve have been talking to any and everyone about the device.

It is a fascinating development in gaming technology but during their various interviews they've also touched on other topics of interest.

We Will Be Confusing

Submitted by ionscifi on March 2, 2022 - 13:17

And now for something completely different.

So different that it left us actual WTF'ing and scouring the internet trying to figure out what it is.