Take-Two CEO gets all philosophical yet again about GTA 6, says its delay is to support his team’s ‘search for perfection’

I’m always a fan of when Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick gets all contemplative and philosophical about Grand Theft Auto 6. It’s not entirely unearned, mind. As I pointed out when the second trailer dropped, Rockstar’s pushing the envelope hard enough to send me into an existential crisis with priority shipping. Still, this will be a…

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Tim Sweeney is recommending a ‘fake adware version of Fortnite’ to iOS users that’s been ‘approved by Apple’, unlike the real Fortnite

The long-running war between Epic and Apple now feels like it’s just part of the fabric of reality. Just as the sun always rises, Epic and Apple are always at each other’s throats. It’s almost reassuring. And lately, the conflict has been getting pretty spicy again. Last month, a ruling stopped Apple from charging a…

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After Helldivers 2, Arrowhead’s next game will be ‘100% funded by ourselves’, though CEO Shams Jorjani says there’s no hard feelings over Sony’s boneheaded PSN shenanigans

Infinite stratagem glitches aside, Helldivers 2 really does seem to’ve pulled up from some pretty dire times after a chaotic first year. Even if it hadn’t, though, Arrowhead would’ve still very much enjoyed the uproaring success of its first months, which saw it hitting a massive all-time peak of over 450,000 players on Steam alone….

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Welp, Fortnite’s iOS version is ‘offline worldwide’ after Apple continues to shuffle its feet around bringing the game back to the US App Store

Despite a court-mandated kiss-and-make-up between Apple and Epic, it seems like the two aren’t totally ready to reconcile their beef just yet. After its original application to bring Fortnite back to the App Store was ignored for over five days, the follow up submission has been blocked, leaving the iOS version of the battle royale…

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