
Epic, which is known for making the ever-popular Fortnite online game has today announced that it is launching its own Epic Games store on Mac and PC, soon.
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Epic, which is known for making the ever-popular Fortnite online game has today announced that it is launching its own Epic Games store on Mac and PC, soon.
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https://9to5mac.com/2018/12/04/fortnite-dev-online-game-store-soon/

You may have seen that PlayStation Access presenter Hollie Bennett teased the following photo which is related to The Game Awards 2018 on Twitter.
They are Crash Bandicoot coloured dice that would normally be hung up in a car on the rearview mirror. Eurogamer understands that the tease is “the real deal” and will be shown off by Activision during the awards which are happening on Thursday evening. It might be a timed PS4 exclusive like the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy.
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Update: Thanks to reader Taumi Smaïlaye who says that the listing translated into English from Swedish says the following: ”This product is only a rumour but we think it will likely be revealed at the game awards with release early 2019 (feb?)”
A Swedish retailer named Inet has published a listing for Metroid Prime Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch. With online chatter hinting towards a Metroid Prime 4 reveal at tomorrow’s The Game Awards 2018 a revamped version of the iconic video game trilogy would be most welcome. We shall have to wait and see what transpires on Thursday evening.
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Streaming video services and TV providers are always looking at ways to optimize and evolve advertising. Now, a new report from Variety details how and why both Hulu and AT&T plan to use start using new “pause ads” next year.
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Development studio Virtuos, who are no strangers to the Nintendo Switch, have participated in an interview with Geek. In the interview the team has given other developers advice on how best to approach development on Nintendo’s latest platform. The company was behind Starlink: Battle for Atlas and Dark Souls Remasteredon the Nintendo Switch. Here’s what they had to say:
Our best advice: Don’t try to force what worked on other platforms on the Switch. You might need to change your approach to get the most out of the hardware.
Common areas to focus should be data compression, forward vs deferred rendering, vertex processing and a scalable threading model. Teams should also start considering Lotcheck requirements from the beginning, especially for features that involve multiplayer or something non-standard, in order to avoid surprises during the final phase of bug fixing.
Nintendo has a pretty sophisticated online system for creating Lotcheck related documentation, test cases and even automated testing, so take advantage of it. Start preparing these things early, upload a build for automatic test as soon as possible and deal with any issues even before your final crunch. Don’t forget about Amiibo – if you are considering Amiibo, make the decision early so that you have as much time as possible to design and test full support including extreme cases and failure scenarios.
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The official Pokemon GO Twitter account has revealed that details regarding the long-awaited trainer battles will be announced today. The company teased that player vs player was finally coming to the game last week, but it is today when the company will divulge all the details.
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Riffing on the tune of ‘Grandma Got Run over by a Reindeer’, Microsoft has posted a new ad for the Surface Go which pokes fun at the iPad for not being a real computer …
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Not a bad spot at all for a lunch break in early December. The F12 is one of my favorite modern Ferraris, especially in this spec. Absolutely pristine!
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Apple’s biggest supply chain partner, Foxconn, is looking to start a new facility in Vietnam as a way to hedge against instability and uncertainty in its current production facilities due to the ongoing trade war between China and the US. As reported by Reuters, Vietnamese state media are reporting Foxconn and the Hanoi People’s Committee […]
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