UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms

UK steps up scrutiny of Apple and Google over mobile platforms

Britain on Wednesday told Apple and Google to be fairer in how they distribute apps on their mobile platforms, setting out possible interventions as it plans to designate the U.S. tech companies with strategic market status over their duopoly. The country’s competition regulator, which was given a wider remit this year to take on Big […]

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Epic Games’ Fortnite returns to Apple App Store in US after nearly 5 years

Epic Games’ Fortnite returns to Apple App Store in US after nearly 5 years

Epic Games’ wildly popular multiplayer shooter game “Fortnite” is available again on Apple’s App Store in the U.S. from Tuesday, capping a ban of nearly five years and marking a major win for the video game company. Epic Games, a U.S.-based studio backed by China’s Tencent, has been locked in a legal battle with Apple […]

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Singer-songwriter Maalavika Manoj’s latest song is now on online video game Fortnite’s radio

Singer-songwriter Maalavika Manoj’s latest song is now on online video game Fortnite’s radio

Mumbai-based singer-songwriter Maalavika Manoj who goes by the stage name, Mali | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Mali’s song, ‘Semi Automatic Butane’, is on Fortnite’s Radio Underground Last week, on Instagram, Mumbai-based singer-songwriter Maalavika Manoj gave a fresh twist to a familiar tune. With her latest single, ‘Semi Automatic Butane’, playing in the backdrop, Maalavika, who […]

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Epic Games won’t ban the use of NFTs in games, says CEO Tim Sweeney

Epic Games won’t ban the use of NFTs in games, says CEO Tim Sweeney

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney tweeted that the company doesn’t have any plans of banning non-fungible-tokens (NFTs) from its games. This comes as Microsoft-owned Minecraft announced that it will soon ban the use of NFTs on community-run Minecraft game servers. “Developers should be free to decide how to build their games, and you are free […]

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Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud lets iPhone users play Fortnite again

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud lets iPhone users play Fortnite again

Microsoft Corp is bringing the hit video game Fortnite back to iOS devices two years after Apple Inc took it off its App Store. Fortnite, produced by Epic Games Inc is one of the most popular video games of all time. But it’s been absent from Apple’s App Store and Google Play after Epic tried […]

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