Epic trumpets surprise victory in its lawsuit against Google: ‘A win for all app developers and consumers around the world’

The long-running lawsuit between Epic and Google has taken a surprising turn because, well, Epic seems to have won. After a brief deliberation, a jury has decided that Google has in fact engaged in anti-competitive behavior in order to establish a monopoly on Android app distribution and billing services. The full verdict, available via CourtListener,…

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D&D and Magic: The Gathering owner Hasbro announces the layoffs of 1,100 employees, calls it a ‘lever we must pull to keep Hasbro healthy’

Hasbro, the toy company which oversees D&D and Magic: The Gathering (under Wizards of the Coast), has announced sweeping layoffs just two weeks before the holiday season. The decision was announced yesterday in an internal memo by CEO Chris Cocks, who wrote: “While we have made some important progress across our organisation, the headwinds we…

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House Flipper 2 review

Need to know What is it? A casual building sim about restoring houses and selling them for profit. Expect to pay $40/£35 Release date Dec 14, 2023 Developer Frozen District, Empyrean Publisher Frozen District, PlayWay S.A. Reviewed on Intel Core i7-10750H, 16GB RAM, GeForce RTX 2060 Steam Deck TBD Link Official site You can see…

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Last Train Home review

Need to know What is it? Survival management plus pausable RTS Release date Out now Expect to pay $40/£35 Developer Ashborne Games Publisher THQ Nordic Reviewed on Radeon RX 6800 XT, Ryzen 9 5900, 32GB RAM Steam Deck Playable Link Official site Last Train Home is an engaging military management game and tactical RTS that…

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The loop begins again as Alan Wake 2 launches a New Game Plus mode featuring a new difficulty, extra videos and manuscript pages, and a whole new ending

Given Remedy’s preoccupation with looping stories in Alan Wake 2, it feels particularly fitting that the game now has a New Game Plus mode. Just as Alan himself is trapped experiencing the same events over and over, now you too can pretend you’re in the Dark Place by turning the year’s best horror game into…

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Veil is a co-op tactical warlock game that looks like someone mashed up Dishonored and Rainbow Six, and it just got its first gameplay trailer

My friends, it’s my delight to inform you that we have entered the era of magical gun wizards. At least, that’s my takeaway from the trailer for Veil, a just-announced, four-player co-op shooter based around squads of tactical warlocks as they try to keep demons from spilling over into our world. It got its first…

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‘I’m an actor, I’m not a doctor—I’m not a hero’: Astarion’s voice actor reflects on his Game Awards win for Baldur’s Gate 3, and the humility of helping others feel seen

The Game Awards had some interesting problems this year. In particular, the words “Please Wrap it up” will be carved into the public’s brains for a while due to some major criticisms on how rushed the award speeches from the devs were. In particular, I noticed that Neil Newbon (the voice of Astarion in Baldur’s…

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